Last week on Massively: WoW-related stories
by Krystalle Voecks 
May 13th 2008 at 5:00PM
This week's round up of WoW-related posts on our sister site Massively covers many different angles of the MMO universe dominated by World of Warcraft. You can click on the links below or subscribe to a special WoW-only Massively feed.
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Are you an MMO fanboi? We all love massively multiplayer games. Otherwise we wouldn't be here reading this right now. But when does your love for a certain game become an unhealthy obsession? We're not talking about addiction, but we're talking about defending your favorite game regardless of the problems the game may have or what the game's developers might do to completely change the difficulty level. |
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Harvard looks to MMOs for online leadership styles While much has been said in recent weeks about raid leaders and whether the job necessitates being a jerk, nobody seems to dispute that the position engenders players with valuable leadership skills. In fact, according to a recent report by the Harvard Business Review... |
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The Gaming Iconoclast: Taking Sides What about you? Bastion of righteousness or purveyor of deceit? Some folks, to be certain, put a lot of thought into this, balancing role-play, game and class mechanics, racial traits, and a whole constellation of other factors. |
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Player vs. Everything: Analyzing the Wrath of the Lich King news explosion Wow. Or more accurately, World of Warcraft. It's all over the internet today in a big way. Blizzard released a ridiculous amount of information about their next expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, and some of the changes they've announced are pretty major. |
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The Digital Continuum: The Lich King made me do it So I'll admit it. I've been pretty hard on World of Warcraft ever since The Burning Crusade launched. A large part of the reason I've been so down on the game is because a lot of Burning Crusade's end-game content came off as incredibly daunting to me. |
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Player vs. Everything: Pointless mini-zones How pointless are so-called "pointless mini-zones," really? Michael did a post the other day which examined the history of a zone in EverQuest called Surefall Glade. Hitting his links gave me a nice little walk down memory lane... |
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Is there life in MMOs after the fantasy genre? Most of the AAA subscription MMOs are set in the fantasy genre. Many of the in-development titles are set in the fantasy genre. The most popular massive game in the US is a fantasy title. |
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Player vs. Everything: Should MMOGs allow modding? When Diablo first came out, I was a huge fan of it. It was pretty much all I played for months. Then, after a while, I got bored. Even with randomly generated dungeons and enemies, there are only so many loot runs you can do. |
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The top five subscription MMOs in the US The NPD group is well known for being the scorekeeper in this round of the console wars. Their monthly releases of sales figures for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii fill forums and blog posts with endless fodder for discussion. |
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Under The Hood: Stories and Lore Part of any game is how the lore of the world interacts with the players although a lot of times the players don't realize it thanks to boring quest descriptions. World of Warcraft has the rich Warcraft universe behind it... |
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Has the MMO industry been irresponsible with children? Frustration and disappointment was squarely behind the creation of the kid-friendly online space Club Penguin. Co-founder and general manager Lane Merrifield was sick and tired of the MMO industry's "cynicism" when it came to children. |
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Matthew May 13th 2008 6:02PM
Heh.
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Krystalle Voecks May 13th 2008 6:23PM
Well, of course. The story to comment isn't this one. It's the ones that are pointed out above. :)