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EverQuest Next: I Want to Believe Again

Wolfshead July 27, 2013 MMORPGs 38 Comments
EverQuest Next: I Want to Believe Again
It's been a frustrating couple of years for the MMORPG genre and its devotees. The once mighty Blizzard Entertainment has had to suffer the embarrassment of years of declining subscriptions …
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38 Studios: Requiem for a Lost Virtual World

Wolfshead June 30, 2012 MMORPGs 9 Comments
38 Studios: Requiem for a Lost Virtual World
The recent drama and subsequent bankruptcy of Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios has haunted me these past few weeks. Although I was just a bystander, I was living somewhat vicariously through …
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38 Studios: A Cautionary Tale of Blind Visionaries

Wolfshead May 23, 2012 MMORPGs 7 Comments
38 Studios: A Cautionary Tale of Blind Visionaries
No one can deny that this past week has been a catastrophe of near biblical proportions for Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios and their proposed “Copernicus” MMO. By now most avid …
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Concert Review: Kevin Eubanks Quartet at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley in Seattle

Wolfshead May 20, 2012 Reviews No Comments
Concert Review: Kevin Eubanks Quartet at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley in Seattle
Guitarist Kevin Eubanks is primarily known for his 15 year tenure as the leader of The Tonight Show Band. When I watched Jay Leno on late night TV show, it …
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Gartner Hype Cycle: Virtual Worlds in the Trough of Disillusionment

Wolfshead May 13, 2012 MMORPGs 2 Comments
Gartner Hype Cycle: Virtual Worlds in the Trough of Disillusionment
Recently I became exposed to an interesting idea called the Gartner Hype Cycle. It’s implications might be useful to those of us still interested in the future viability of virtual worlds and …
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SWTOR’s $300 Million Virtual Bridge to Nowhere

Wolfshead February 11, 2012 MMORPGs 55 Comments
Although I’m not a very big sci-fi or Star Wars fan I figured I’d take a gamble on purchasing and subscribing to EA’s and Bioware’s Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO. After …
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Proposed SOPA and PIPA Bills Endanger Free Speech and Small Businesses

Wolfshead January 17, 2012 Other Writings 1 Comment
Proposed SOPA and PIPA Bills Endanger Free Speech and Small Businesses
I try to avoid delving into the realm of politics here at WolfheadOnline but there is a very important issue that affects almost everyone here in America and in the …
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3D Ocean Is Having a Sale on Indie Game Dev Bundle

Wolfshead December 6, 2011 MMORPGs 1 Comment
I know there are some of my readers involved in various forms of indie video game development. I wanted to share with them an amazing bundle of indie dev items …
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Thoughts on MMO Blogging

Wolfshead December 3, 2011 MMORPGs 25 Comments
I have been blogging and championing the cause of virtual worlds and MMORPG's since 2004. I'm not a big fan of the word "blogging" and it's fellow partner in crime …
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BlizzCon 2011 Aftermath: Before the Thrones of the Virtual Gods

Wolfshead October 23, 2011 MMORPGs 51 Comments
If you could ask God one question what would it be? Would you ask a deep question such as what is the meaning of life or would you waste your …
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The MMO Road Less Traveled: The Actor and the Adventurer

Wolfshead August 31, 2011 MMORPGs 28 Comments
The MMO Road Less Traveled: The Actor and the Adventurer
The past paradoxically becomes clearer as time passes. Trends are very hard to pinpoint and define while they are incubating and growing. When you are personally experiencing a cultural movement …
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The Dark Age of the Super Hero Slacker MMO Player

Wolfshead July 20, 2011 MMORPGs 36 Comments
The Dark Age of the Super Hero Slacker MMO Player
For a long time I have been concerned about how the focus of MMOs has changed from the community as a whole to the individual player. Practically every MMO quest …
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Blizzard’s Smoking Gun Interview that Shows How MMOs Became Games

Wolfshead June 19, 2011 MMORPGs 32 Comments
Blizzard’s Smoking Gun Interview that Shows How MMOs Became Games
Those of us poor souls who are MMO and virtual world veterans have seen a lot in the past 12 years of the history of this genre. We are no …
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Reflections on Blizzard Losing 600,000 WoW Subscribers

Wolfshead May 18, 2011 MMORPGs 110 Comments
Reflections on Blizzard Losing 600,000 WoW Subscribers
In January of 2011, I made the somewhat the bold and outrageous claim that Blizzard's Cataclysm was the worst MMO expansion in history. From the vantage point of a player …
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Why It’s Time to Get Rid of Quests in MMORPGs

Wolfshead May 12, 2011 MMORPGs 62 Comments
I used to think there was something grand and noble about the idea of a quest, that is until MMORPG developers got their slimy hands on them. Quests have become …
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Chasing the Virtual Dragon and the Search for Wonder

Wolfshead April 22, 2011 MMORPGs 31 Comments
Many years ago when I first started to be seduced by the charms of EverQuest — the first fully realized 3D virtual world — I was overcome with a feeling …
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RIFT Impressions: Loving and Hating That New MMO Smell

Wolfshead April 10, 2011 MMORPGs 18 Comments
Almost everyone likes new. In our culture, newness gets an undeserved sense of respect and cachet. There’s a sense of anticipation and mystique about an upcoming film, a new restaurant, …
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MMOs Were Originally Designed to Be Shared Social Experiences

Wolfshead February 9, 2011 MMORPGs 66 Comments
MMOs Were Originally Designed to Be Shared Social Experiences
Most MMO enthusiasts have noticed a sharp decline in the quality of the WoW community of late. Cursing, nastiness, bullying and other forms of rudeness have now become endemic in …
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Is Blizzard’s Cataclysm the Worst Expansion in MMO History?

Wolfshead January 17, 2011 MMORPGs 119 Comments
Is Blizzard’s Cataclysm the Worst Expansion in MMO History?
There's an aging corpulent MMO dinosaur that is lumbering under the weight of its own arrogance and sloth. This MMO has grown too big for its environment and is due …
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MMO Design Lessons from Hannibal Lecter and Why Combat Needs Fixing in RIFT

Wolfshead January 5, 2011 MMORPGs 7 Comments
Ever since watching the Silence of the Lambs movie I've been somewhat fascinated by a particular scene in the film where the character of Hannibal Lecter quotes Roman Emporer Marcus …
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RIFT MMO Beta Impressions and How to Fix What’s Wrong

Wolfshead December 27, 2010 MMORPGs 11 Comments
Now that Trion Worlds has lifted the NDA and I have a few hours of spare time during the Christmas holidays, I'd like to share some of my impressions of …
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Trion Announces RIFT MMO Beta and Opens Floodgates for Free Beta Keys

Wolfshead November 21, 2010 MMORPGs 19 Comments
Via MMO Symposium, for those of us looking for a polished AAA+ MMO that poses a credible alternative to the Blizzard's dominance of the market, there is at last some …
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The Triumph of Personal Virtual Space in Social Games

Wolfshead November 8, 2010 MMORPGs 44 Comments
There's a revolution going on in the video game industry. Each day hundreds of millions of players log on and experience the phenomenon called social gaming in games like Farmville, …
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