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The perils of MMO tourism
The perils of MMO tourism
MMOs are a big business these days. This hasn't always been the case -- Ultima Online might have been the first real game of the genre, but it didn't make everyone want to build a competitor. It was the success of World of Warcraft that really opened up the idea that there was a huge ...
A Path to the MMO Revolution
thatsaterribleidea.blogspot.com — Bloggers prattle on about mainstream, big money, big staff, mass-market MMOs. Only there is the stagnation so... brutal and the gameplay so monotonous, yet the money is so huge. But MMOs will not be redefined in this grand marketplace of titans. MMOs ... (more) A Path to the MMO Revolution
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