by Jesse Scoble | Sep 25, 2008 | MMOs, Video Games, Writing
Today, a GenCon follow-up piece from guest contributor Jesse Scoble. Read more of Jesse on his website, at www.jscoble.com. Last month I was lucky enough to attend GenCon, and I caught one of the “Pencils to Pixels” panels (apologies for all alliteration),...
by Will Hindmarch | Apr 18, 2008 | MMOs, Musing, Video Games
I’ve hit a wall. Though I’ve been paying for it, I haven’t played Lord of the Rings Online in weeks. I’ve been busy, but I’d been busy before. So why haven’t I been playing? It is a unique, MMOG-centric experience to hit a point...
by Will Hindmarch | Apr 3, 2008 | Fantasy, MMOs, Musing, RPGs, Video Games
Click any image in this article for a larger version.LOTRO is rated “T for Teen” on account of tobacco and alcohol use (also violence), but the purpose of having your character drink alcohol or smoke tobacco is questionable; they have no meaningful affect...
by Will Hindmarch | Mar 11, 2008 | MMOs, Musing, RPGs, Story, Video Games
When we first started playing LOTRO at the White Wolf office, via a free trial, a lot of us thought (or feared) that the unavoidable public conditions of an MMO would ruin any sense of real immersion into a setting that intended to take itself seriously. We joked...
by Will Hindmarch | Feb 5, 2008 | MMOs, RPGs, Video Games, Writing
A new article of mine, “Confusion on Infinite (Virtual) Worlds,” went live today with the excellent Escapist Magazine: More than 500 people are roleplaying in the expanded universe of The Office by writing in-character reviews at the travel site...
by Will Hindmarch | Jan 18, 2008 | Musing, Video Games
Ahhh, this takes me back: Without taking too much attention away from the last two posts (which need your attention), I’m just dropping this in to say that this was the title that introduced me to periodic and optional text-driven storytelling in the midst of...
