Area teen gives up gaming — (via Bungie.net) the sad tale of Timmy Smith, former Halo 2 gamer, who realized that he had to make some changes before it was too late.
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Monthly Archives: June 2005
PlayOn
PlayOn — interesting WoW statistics, including commentary, by the Palo Alto Research Center. Of course, you know most of this already if you’ve played WoW to level 60, but will confirm your suspicions about the priest stranglehold on the endgame. (that’s hyperbole, folks!)
Where’s the Frog Dude?
Over on plaguelands, Krones wrote an ode to one of the original EverQuest dudes, Kendrick, including a list of the design projects he supervised. I was vaguely aware of Kendrick when he was with the VI/SOE Collective, not in the way that Krones knows everyone’s resume, but more as a disgruntled player that took four-plus years to escape from the hamster wheel.
I certainly remember when the mass exodus was announced and a good portion of the old skool VI left for greener pastures. Initial reaction … have a nice life. Later reaction … damn, maybe they were the ones holding this thing together. The game certainly changed under SOE’s sole reign, whether that was inevitable as the game matured or was due to management, I wouldn’t know.
I always hazarded a guess, of course. It was because SOE was evil, the very nexus of evil.