The real driving force behind Mists of Pandaria…! Found on Corellian Run Radio’s Facebook Page Chat. Thanks to Steve Docherty for the link.
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Oct 222011
Oct 222011
With Star Wars the Old Republic getting closer and closer in the rear-view mirror, Blizzard chose their annual bash, Blizzcon, as the moment to announce their final World of Warcraft expansion, Mists of Pandaria. Designer Tom Chilton announced an array of major changes (revamping talent trees, Pokemon-like companion pet battles, no melee weapons for hunters, etc.), but most people cannot stop talking about the Kung Fu Panda theme.
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Jul 082011
by Chris Logel
[Editor’s note: Today we welcome Staff Writer Chris Logel to the CRR team. Chris discusses the importance of fostering social interactions between players and explains why he is hopeful that SWTOR will be a good environment for socializing.]
The MMO game genre is unlike any other in that a large number of people come together to simultaneously play in the same game space. This is naturally a very social gaming experience. Unfortunately, developers have not been very good at nurturing this inherently social space in MMOs. Their solution has typically been to do nothing and let social behaviors grow organically as an emergent result of the game’s inherently social features.
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