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Dec

You will unite or you will fall.

Posted by Tate  Published in A Day in the Life, Avatar, Participant-Observation

In the process of this course, and from experience gained while playing Aion, I’ve found that much of the play in MMOGs could almost be considered multi-player if we were to place them on a console system pre-dating Xbox live and Playstation network. Even from the early levels co-operative play is encouraged through many quests [...]

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Tags: Aion, chat, play, quests, virtual worlds

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13

Dec

A day in the life.

Posted by Tate  Published in A Day in the Life, Avatar, Participant-Observation

So last week I changed game servers to give the other race on Aion a go, and I thought I’d write the day in the life for both. For those who haven’t played Aion before, presumably the majority of people reading, there are only 2 races; the Asmodians, who generally appear to be the ‘darker’ [...]

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Tags: Aion, MMOs, virtual worlds

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4

Oct

What’s in a name?

Posted by Tate  Published in Avatar, Names, Participant-Observation, Pseudonyms

Recently I’ve started online gaming again, partly for this module, so I can get a bit of practice with the controls before we have to research properly and I have to multi-task alongside my role in the Legion, and partly for something to do as a cool down from essays.  I figured since it’s been [...]

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Tags: Aion, Avatars, Identity, Names, play, Pseudonyms, virtual worlds, World of Warcraft

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