Monthly Archives: August 2009

What is content?

Posted on Monday, 31 August 2009 by Ferrel

It always intrigues me how we can take a simple little question and turn it into quite an argument. When it comes to MMO design what is content? Do any two people agree what content is? My guess is no … Continue reading →

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Epic Slant goes to Dragon*Con

Posted on Monday, 31 August 2009 by Ferrel

I am most excited to say that I will be taking Epic Slant to Dragon*Con this year! Due to the fact that I have not been to a convention in quite some time now (and to some motivation by a … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Epic Slant

Posted on Friday, 28 August 2009 by Ferrel

I’m honestly not a huge fan of these sort of posts (which means I pretend not to like them) but it almost seems inappropriate to not do one. I am very pleased to say that Epic Slant is now one … Continue reading →

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The League for Greater Comment Volume

Posted on Thursday, 27 August 2009 by Ferrel

Yesterday there was some rumbling on Twitter about creating posts for the sake of advocating more comments on… well posts. I thought it was a joke but apparently Ysharros was serious and I feel honor bound to support this! After … Continue reading →

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What motivates guild membership?

Posted on Wednesday, 26 August 2009 by Ferrel

I know some of my fellow blogger have tried this in the past and it is something that I have been wanting to do. Essentially I will occasionally ask a question and, with any luck, my readers will answer! This … Continue reading →

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Champions Online Open Beta Thoughts

Posted on Monday, 24 August 2009 by Ferrel

When I was away to deal with my family’s business I had the thought to take a laptop with me. For some reason I’ve always found it calming to play an MMO and chat with my guild mates. I have … Continue reading →

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Story driven MMOs

Posted on Friday, 21 August 2009 by Ferrel

I recently received an email from one of my readers, Gareld, that really gave me the opportunity to think about why we play MMOs. It also so happens that this topic has been under quite a bit of discussion due … Continue reading →

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An interview with Ferrel

Posted on Wednesday, 19 August 2009 by Ferrel

Last week I was alerted to an extremely interesting blog via a post by Scott Jennings. Grinding to Valhalla‘s RC has set out on a mission to interview every blogger and industry professional that he possibly can. It seemed like … Continue reading →

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Common MMO Myths IV WoW Edition

Posted on Monday, 17 August 2009 by Ferrel

When it comes to MMOs there is one name that everyone knows: World of Warcraft. For better or for worse no title has done more to bring more players into our genre than WoW. I thought it might be fun … Continue reading →

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