When I first began my Hobo Gamer series over one year ago, I spit-balled several possible ideas for a title with a few friends; the two most popular were “MMO Nomad” and “Hobo Gamer”, with the latter eventually emerging victorious as my final choice. Though I actually prefer the sound of nomad, it doesn’t describe…
By now, even those of you living under a rock have likely encountered the next game in my Hobo Gamer series – Crowfall, the new upcoming MMO currently under development by ArtCraft Entertainment. Having just completed its Kickstarter with abundant success, Crowfall now enters the long march into serious development, with fans – particularly those from old-school PvP…
I recently encountered a Reddit thread in /r/Games (which is like /r/Gaming, but not terrible) that really made me wax nostalgic. The titular question was this: Have you ever had a personal rivalry in an MMO or otherwise? What was it like? Hopefully you’ll pardon me if I share a bit before getting to the point.
It’s been over a month since I started playing ArcheAge, and in that time I’ve experienced much, but not all, of what the game has to offer in some capacity. I’ve been captured in its beautiful land of near endless possibilities, and I remain a happy denizen of the virtual world. This isn’t simply a symptom of a…
When I ended my first steps post, my character was sitting in a field, waiting for crops to mature. Let’s pick up right there, or rather, slightly before it. We are Farmers While grinding out quests, I discovered a new one marked with a strange new icon – a pair of green leaves. Curious, I approached the…
I’ve long been undecided on my preference for an MMO’s mob tagging system. Closed tagging, the traditional model wherein the first group or individual to attack a mob receives all of the rewards, has recently fallen out vogue as newer titles continue to gravitate towards open tagging systems, wherein all players who materially participate in…
I often hear complaints about the ever expanding definition of an MMO, with sites like Massively using the term so loosely as to include basically any game with online multiplayer. Now I’m not overly concerned with what Massively chooses to call an MMO. From their perspective, the more they can cover, the better, and that…
