In my most recent post I made some gripes about the Total War franchise’s inability to fix it’s woefully pedestrian diplomacy model. Frankly, it’s a tired complaint. One so repeated I have come to the earth-shattering conclusion that maybe Total War just isn’t the answer. Don’t get me wrong, I will always love the franchise. […]
Author Archives: Martin
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May
May
Let’s play a game. A sort of… Total War Roulette. It’s been over 8 months since the release of the much anticipated Rome II. The award winning title has garnered praise and criticism, with a couple expansions in the bag and perhaps more on the way. And though it’s still a relatively new title, […]
Elder Scrolls Online Account, Player Driven Economies, Strickly MMO's
A Summer in Tamriel: An (Early) Elder Scrolls Online Review
06
May
May
I prattle on an on about the “new new NEW” quite a bit. The luster of a novel idea is like a shiny new toy to my brain. So it is with online gaming; the revolutionary in me says: unless it shakes a paradigm, it’s not worth my time. But these are more guidelines than […]
Archeage Accounts, MMO Account Sales, Player Driven Economies, Strickly MMO's, Upcoming Releases Worth Playing
A is for ArcheAge
07
Apr
Apr
[pullquote cite=”Anthony Robbins” type=”left, right”]If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.[/pullquote] Call me a cynic, or just human, but life gets feeling a tad bit trite when I sign on my PC. Perhaps it’s all that social media- too many trends and regurgitation’s; worse versions of tired […]
21
Mar
Mar
[custom_headline type=”left, center, right” level=”h3″ looks_like=”h5″ accent=”true”] When the player-driven economist dreams-he dreams big. [/custom_headline] When’s the last time you tossed a stone in a stream? It’s a very fundamental desire, a need we all have. We want to make a splash. We want to feel this movement of the river, that’s always changing, is […]
MMO Account Sales, Player Driven Economies, Star Wars the Old Republic
The Player-driven Economist: Why Pay-to-Play was a Better Way (and Other Rants)
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Feb
Feb
Meet Camryn Mallor: race: Human; class: Trader; a Star Wars Galaxies shipwright with a nerdy starwars-esque name and a dream: to build (and sell) the fastest star fighter engine in the galaxy. Guys like me don’t play MMOs for the PvP combat. We don’t do it for the endless stream of quest-lines with the promise […]