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Talking, Listening and Reading
biobreak.wordpress.com - 10/23/2009
Talking, Listening and Reading
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Bronte over at Are We New At This? took a Star Trek Online dev to task over his proclamation that voice-overs (VO) don’t add much in the way of immersion to MMOs and are too difficult to do when you’re trying to speed-rush a game to market. It’s certainly a worrying ...
Cloaked From The MMO Radar – Star Trek Online
overlypositive.com - 10/20/2009
Cloaked From The MMO Radar – Star Trek Online
— overlypositive.com — Over at We Fly Spitfires, Gordon weighs the pros and cons of Cryptic's upcoming Star Trek: Online... release, which has received a tentative confirmation for the first quarter of 2010, not that far from now. If there's any MMO out there that has flown way under the radar, cloaked better than ... (more) Cloaked From The MMO Radar – Star Trek Online

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Could We See an Anniversary Announcement?
darthhater.com - 10/20/2009
Could We See an Anniversary Announcement?
— darthhater.com — With the recent updates in Star Wars: The Old Republic news, and the steadier stream of information... in general, the community is eagerly anticipating a possible anniversary announcement. Although it is taking place on a Tuesday, it wouldn’t be unheard of for BioWare to have a surprise for ... (more) Could We See an Anniversary Announcement?

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Trembling Hand:  Do Any Games Have Good Voice Acting?

Massively:  What voice does for MMOs

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Do Any Games Have Good Voice Acting?
Trembling Hand — ... Syp makes an interesting argument in favour of voice acting in games, including MMOs. Makes me wonder, what games are there that have actually used voice acting effectively? ...

What voice does for MMOs
Massively — ... seems to disagree rather emphatically. As he points out, voice is one of the most immersive and important parts of a game world in which our immersion is, by necessity, limited. We can only hear or see what's going on in front of us, which makes the things we hear and see all the more important. (Or makes a USB taste simulator all the more urgent.) He points out, quite rightly, that each of us have at least one or two bosses that we remember more on the strength of their voice acting than because of the fight itself. ...

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