Daily Archives: December 28, 2011

Qt3 Games Podcast: the battle against MMO fatigue

Bill Abner joins us this week, bringing a report from the front on the war against MMO fatigue, where Jason McMaster is still valiantly fighting and Tom Chick is engaged in a mostly successful flanking maneuver. Casualties are heavy all … Continue reading

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Suikoden V: 108 samurai. Or knights, ninjas, riflemen, whatever.

From a gameplay perspective, saying there are 108 characters in a Suikoden game really means there are 60 to 80 benchwarmers once you subtract non-combat, non-support characters who are just there to serve as shopkeepers and other RPG jobs for … Continue reading

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Zombie Apocalypse: Never Die Alone violates videogaming Hippocratic oath

The first rule of writing for a videogame should be “do no harm”. If your writing, characters, dialog, and plot actively make me not want to play, you have done the worst you could possibly do. For instance, the follow-up … Continue reading

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