Category Archives: Video Games

Why Joystiq/Massively Was Shut Down

Posted on February 6, 2015 by jasonwinter

Well, obviously because it didn’t make enough money. So why didn’t it make enough money? Traffic was good, up 40% year-to-year, as Brianna Royce reported. But all the page views in the world don’t matter if you’re not making money … Continue reading →

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DayZorgenblop

Posted on January 7, 2015 by jasonwinter

Reading a forum thread talking about DayZ hate — not a thread of DayZ hate but people talking about why people hate on DayZ. The OP admitted that the game had its issues, but he’s had a lot of fun … Continue reading →

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100 Levels Of Captain On The Wall…

Posted on December 4, 2014 by jasonwinter

When I got to the first level cap on my main in The Lord of the Rings Online, 50, I went back through my quest log and counted every quest I’d done, just to see what it added up to. … Continue reading →

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My Most Played MMOs, And Some Scary Math

Posted on September 27, 2014 by jasonwinter

The entries in 50 in 50 were alphabetical, because it seemed the simplest recourse. I didn’t want to sort them by how much I liked them, which would have been a subjective nightmare. Still, I think I’d like to try … Continue reading →

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50 MMOs in 50 Days #50: Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates

Posted on September 24, 2014 by jasonwinter

Last played: 2009 Experience: Minimal Wait, what? How is this an MMO worthy of discussion? Is it even an MMO? I think it is, and I also think it has a system I wish more MMOs that are trying to … Continue reading →

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50 MMOs in 50 Days #49: World of Warcraft

Posted on September 23, 2014 by jasonwinter

Last played: 2013 Experience: Extensive [I know I originally said this would be last. Had a change of plans, decided that one of the MMOs on my list wasn’t sufficiently MMO enough while another that I’d forgotten about was MMO … Continue reading →

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50 MMOs in 50 Days #48: Wizard101

Posted on September 22, 2014 by jasonwinter

Last played: 2012 Experience: Extensive Wizard101 is one of the most wildly successful MMOs you’ve probably never played. KingsIsle’s got 30 million registered players for the game, which dwarfs all but a few MMOs, As with most of the older … Continue reading →

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50 MMOs in 50 Days #47: Vindictus

Posted on September 21, 2014 by jasonwinter

Last played: 2010 Experience: Very Minimal Like yesterday’s entry, Vindictus also features action combat, and did so back when such a thing was much less common. As an added bonus, when you hit monsters hard enough, they’d fly back and … Continue reading →

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50 MMOs in 50 Days #46: TERA

Posted on September 20, 2014 by jasonwinter

Last played: 2012 Experience: Minimal Ah, TERA. Good ol’ TERA. If you’ve been following along this far, you probably know my opinion of the game. It has all the great elements that I love: dreadful early leveling experience, but with … Continue reading →

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50 MMOs in 50 Days #45: Swordsman

Posted on September 19, 2014 by jasonwinter

Last played: 2014 Experience: Very Minimal You can get my fuller review of Swordsman over here – but does that just sound weird right off the bat? I mean, I know we have way too many games with “Online” or … Continue reading →

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