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We Don’t Get Fooled Again

After perusing a few Book 7 threads on the Lord of the Rings Online forums, I hit an interesting node.  It seemed that people were thankful of the fact that Turbine added content to their subscription game.  Now, I am a thankful customer whenever I get my product or service without a hitch, but these posts were more in line with getting a free bottle of wine at a restaurant.  I was really confused that these people believe that this content update was not part of the subscription fee they had been paying all along.  As more and more games (and game playing) becomes a service, rather than a product, consumers should be aware of the service they are paying for and the norms with similar services.

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Great Quotes on PR

From Killed in a Smiling Accident:

Am I at fault for setting my expectations against the output of their hype machine? I used to think that maybe I was; I’m under no illusion that the promotion of these games is almost entirely undiluted finger-waggling horseshitery, as an MMO developer tries to build a critical mass of community around its forthcoming product. I should take it all with a pinch of salt, but lately I’ve come to realise that the amount of money these companies spend on marketing could be spent on improving their game such that it’s not an embarrassing bug ridden piece of half-realised promises and pie-in-the-sky design ideals. I find that it’s much better, for me, if I take the marketing of these companies at face value, and if they don’t live up to the tenet of what they’ve spent hundreds of thousands of $monetaryunit preaching to the masses, then it’s a fairly safe bet that there won’t be any substance to the game in the long run either.

Because you are judged against your hype.

: Zubon

I haven’t tried Spellborn yet.

On Bannings

A profit-seeking company, with shareholders who demand returns and employees who have mouths to feed, does not want your money. They advertised for players, they take all comers, and your conduct is so egregious that they have decided that it is not worth the suffering to take your money. They accept the Something Awful guild, but not you.

Wow. That might give you a bit of pride, if your black black heart can feel anything.

: Zubon

Hypothesis

Invoking Star Wars Galaxies, particularly in the explicit form of “If you make this change to the game, you will lose all your customers,” is the MMO equivalent of Godwin’s Law, in both its original form and the convention of losing the argument. Discuss.

: Zubon

Not that this stops explicit Godwin appearances.

Tweeting, You’re Doing it Wrong

I am still skeptical about this new “technology” even if our one-man Illuminati overlord from God’s Debris states humans soak up communications like a sponge in order to transcend.  People seem to use Tweeter in pretty stupid ways.  I think I will stick to the ambiguous and confusing quotes I offer to the world in my Facebook status.

–Ravious
method in the madness

Two Bogeys

Two new hits popped up on my radar this morning.

Sanya over at Eating Bees is starting a new blog at examiner.com on MMOs.  Check it out because not only is she an excellent writer with insider information but it will also help feed her ancient beagle.

I am also currently listening to A Life Well Wasted.  I am only on the first episode, but it is a video game podcast done in the style of This American Life (one of my favorite radio shows).  It is well worth a listen.  Hopefully the Ira Glass-analogue for the show, Robert Ashley, will animate his voice a touch more during narrative in future episodes. 

–Ravious
this is not a test, this is rock’n’roll

NOTE: As a warning A Life Well Wasted, episode 1, is rife with curse words from ex-EGM employees. Headphones at work are suggested.

Silicon I have loved

“Finished” Fable 2 last night. Slightly disappointing ending itself, but the buildup to that ending… by Saint Meier, it’s magistral. Of course I say “finished” because it’s not really-really The End(tm). Now I got a bunch of post-ending quests that opened up, so we’ll see how that goes.

That’s not what I wanted to talk about. I’m still in a reminiscing mood this week, so after talking about games, I started thinking of all the little and not so little machines I owned throughout the years. It struck me as amazing how in only two decades and change the available power at our fingertips increased so much. I know we know this, but it helps to map it out and visualize it.

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