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29

Dec

Cataclysm is Out!

Posted by MachoMAN  Published in Lore, Names, Narrative, Overheard

It’s the holidays so it means we are gonna have a lot of free time and probably would need something to occupy us away from all the holiday and family chaos, and what better way to that than jump back in World of Warcraft’s newest expansion Cataclysm.  You know what the worst part is?  It’s when [...]

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Tags: Cataclysm, Expansion, mmo, of, pack, Warcraft, world, WoW

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29

Dec

NBA Fantasy an MMO?

Posted by MachoMAN  Published in How-To, Stereotypes

Hey guys, I just realized something interesting that I came upon. As I am a huge NBA fan I wanted to get involved in an NBA fantasy league. But getting involved in a league and running a successful team is much harder than I thought it was going to be at first. I tried joining [...]

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Tags: avatar, fantasy, league, mmo, nba, sports, team

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10

Dec

MMOs on consoles?!

Posted by MachoMAN  Published in How-To, Links, Names, Overheard, Uncategorized

With DC comics in conjunction with Sony Online Entertainment working on DC Universe Online for the PS3 which is set for release in 2011 and Cryptic Studios (City of Heroes/Villains) working on the Xbox 360 version of Champions Online, how do you guys feel about MMOs on gaming consoles (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii). I personally [...]

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Tags: champions, console, dc, game, gaming, mmo, ps3, xbox

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8

Dec

How Would You Change Your MMO?

Posted by MachoMAN  Published in A Day in the Life, Archaeology, Uncategorized

Hey guys, as we are almost done with our virtual worlds class and I assume you guys have been playing your particular MMO for a couple of months now and have been very thorough and familiar with it by now. I was just wondering what the single thing you guys most enjoyed and disliked from [...]

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Tags: change, dislike, icons, like, mmo, quest, Warcraft, world, WoW

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8

Dec

Your Home Setup for Playing MMOs?

Posted by MachoMAN  Published in How-To, Links

Hey guys, I just read an interesting article on engadget that showed a guy in china playing the MMO Magic World Online 2 on a huge TV. To be exact it was on three LCDs that span a massive seven thousand and five hundred square meters. He was playing the game outside in the middle of [...]

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Tags: china, game, gaming, LCD, magic, mmo, MMOs, TV, world. online

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8

Dec

MMO Stereotypes – fact or fiction? Part 2

Posted by Ed  Published in Links, Overheard, Pseudonyms, Stereotypes

In the last blog entry I talked about stereotypes and how they are affecting the mindset of MMO players. Today I am going to focus on what some of these stereotypes are and whether they are fact or fictional. Ask someone who’s never played a massively multi-player online role playing game (MMORPG) what they think [...]

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Tags: Links, mmo, mmorpgs, myths, Stereotypes

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7

Dec

Yslandia! A MMO for the IPhone? – Über 1337!!

Posted by Ed  Published in Links, Names, Overheard, Snapshots, Uncategorized

Yslandia! The highly anticipated US Version MMO for the iPhone platform is coming soon! Description “Darkness’s rebellion rumbles on Yslandia, forever disturbing the balance of the Elements. And thus the rhythm of the drums gives way to the whistling of the blade.” Malaïm belief – Book 4, Humiliation 5 Dive into the heart of the [...]

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Tags: Iphone, mmo, Über 1337, Yslandia

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7

Dec

MMO Stereotypes – fact or fiction? Part 1

Posted by Ed  Published in A Day in the Life, Links, Participant-Observation, Pseudonyms, Stereotypes

“According to all reports, we are a legion of unwashed, relationship-phobic nerds living in our parents’ basements who converse entirely in binary. And, according to most educated news reports, we’re also one frustrating session of Call of Duty away from snapping and taking out a Wal-Mart with a heavily modified Nerf gatling gun.” Source Sounds [...]

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Tags: D&D, mmo, nerds, olympics, Stereotypes

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7

Dec

Top Ten MMORPGs List

Posted by Ed  Published in How-To, Links

As I was looking for a new game to play besides WoW I started looking at the top ten list of MMORPGs from around the net. So obviously I came across many different opinions out there as to what game is the best and whether PvP is better than PvE but in the end it [...]

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Tags: Age of Conan, mmo, mmorpgs, pve, PVP, Runes of Magic, top ten, World of Warcraft

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