Tag Archives: Copernicus

38 Watch disappears – Updated!

Posted on Thursday, 15 April 2010 by Ferrel

I’ve been a member of a little known forum for quite some time now called 38 Watch. It was one of those amazingly intelligent and reasonable communities that you hear so much about but rarely see. The group there discussed … 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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Do existing IPs bring more MMO success?

Posted on Friday, 14 August 2009 by Ferrel

The MMO genre, like most genres, is not immune to trends. One of the current ones that we’ve been working through is taking an existing intellectual property and designing an MMO around it. We saw it with Star Wars Galaxies, … Continue reading →

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Ten things I hope to see from 38 Studios

Posted on Monday, 23 March 2009 by Ferrel

It would come as no surprise to me if you’ve never heard of 38 Studios or Copernicus. The former is a game studio founded by Curt Shilling and the latter is the yet to be named MMO that they are … Continue reading →

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