Tag: game design
Blizzard Entertainment never ceases to amaze me with its cowardice and depravity. Last summer, they removed the option for players to choose male or female characters in both World of …
Many years ago, I played the Elder Scrolls Online on the PC and I must say I enjoyed my time there. I leveled a character to 45. I played ESO …
In recent years, a disturbing trend has manifested where video game developers are verbally attacking gamers on social media. Part of the reason for this is players are becoming more …
Woke video game designer and one of Geoff Keighley’s anointed Future Class members, Jennifer Scheurle is in deep trouble. It was revealed this week that she has been accused of …
For over 20 years, video game studios have making false promises about their studio culture to woo naive developers to join them. The careers section of every studio has the …
It seems every week, we learn of yet another veteran Blizzard employee that has left the massive studio. According to his LinkedIn page, Alex “Furor Planedefiler” Afrasiabi is no longer …
Luke Sigmund hit the jackpot and won the video game career lottery. With no fanfare or maudlin farewell letter, he quietly left Daybreak Games and is now employed by the …
Tired of your 9 to 5 job? Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired? Are you looking for a career change? Or maybe you’re stuck in your …
Last month the admins of the Fires of Heaven discussion forums organized a long overdue EverQuest AMA (ask me anything) question and answer session for a handful of Daybreak Games …
May 26, 2016 will go down in video game history as the date that the MMORPG genre was saved from oblivion. That was the fateful day that former Blizzard World …
EverQuest fans rejoice! For the first time in years, there is finally a glimmer of hope for a worthy sequel to EverQuest and EverQuest 2. Ever since the cancellation of …
Here are 5 things that Blizzard has engaged in that have distracted them from making great PC video games.
There are few good books about the inner workings of the video game industry. Most end up being dry treatises which might end up being on the book list of …
After years critiquing World of Warcraft, Blizzard’s recent decision to promote ideologies that are incompatible with the values and beliefs I hold dear, is a bridge too far for me …
Love playing video games? Got lots of original ideas? Think you can make a better video game than what’s out there? Want to get a job as a video game …
For many years I have been on a mission to unlock the elusive code that made EverQuest so great. There is no single equation that accurately explains the magic of …
The MMORPG community has just experienced a week like no other. First, we learned the bad news that EverQuest Next was cancelled. Second, a fledgling company called Visionary Realms silenced …
Long before MMORPGs became a homogenized cultural phenomenon thanks to World of Warcraft, pioneering virtual world players felt they were embarking on a journey in a genre that had no …
For the past 15 years, virtual worlds and MMOs have been experiencing a steady inspirational decline. This once great pastime has fallen into a formulaic rut that has all but …
I have always been enthralled by the original EverQuest. Being immersed in the world of Norrath was an experience that changed my life. In the past 16 years that have …
As a former video game developer, I empathize with you. I remember the long hours and time spent away from my family at the game studio where I worked. I …
In advance of Friday's big reveal of Everquest Next (rumored to be released in a playable form - presumably Beta - by the end of the year), many fans have …
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 …
