Art's Closet on Blade Radio aired live Nov 19th 2010
-Emily Diehl-
ArenaNet's Community and Content Manager Emily Diehl is leaving ArenaNet to go to Undead Labs. (Undead Labs, the studio founded by a few ex-ArenaNet employees,)
She started at the studio in 2006 as a member of the systems design team.
Since I’ve worked closely with many of you on this site, I wanted to let you know that my last day at ArenaNet will be this Friday, November 19. Starting next week, I’ll be heading over to join my friends at Undead Labs, working on their unnamed zombie game.
For folks that know me, it’s no secret how much I love horror stuff. The first movie I ever remember seeing was Night of the Living Dead (when I was four), and I’ve been obsessed with horror ever since. I love Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2 with a passion, but in this case, having the privilege to work on a zombie title is fulfilling a lifelong dream of mine.
-Isaiah Cartwright “Izzy”-
Izzy is Game Designer on GW2 but was already part of the team on the first episode. Yeah, remember. He was the one who got most of the players raging about class balancing in GW.
This idea applied to GW2 translates as follow:
Visually intense fights
Skills able to fulfill several functions
-Hearts of the North-
It began yesterday! Hearts of the North, the next phase in Guild Wars Beyond, tells the story of the union of Gwen and Keiran Thackeray. You'll reunite these legendary heroes and help prepare for their wedding through a series of all-new quests and missions. You can even dress for the occasion in one of our elegant new wedding costumes!
http://www.guildwars.com/heartsofthenorth/
-ZAM-
ZAM is proud to announce the launch of our new Guild Wars 2 community site! Check it out for forums, news, information and more!
My name is Jeahr, though some older members of the Guild Wars community may also know me as JR. I've been involved with the fansite business for many years, and I'm pleased to have the opportunity to work with ZAM on opening this site. Guild Wars 2 is a game I'm incredibly excited for, and we're hoping to provide the best experience for every community member here.
-Star Trek Online News-
Enterprise Bundle in the C-Store
Buy all four Enterprise-themed extras and save 20 percent! This pack includes theFederation NX Class Starship Replica, Federation Costume Pack: Enterprise, Federation Costume Pack: Enterprise Mirror Uniforms - Circa 2160, and the Federation Costume Pack: T'Pol.
Season Three: The Genesis Info
-Turbine Point Cards-
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Get your cards at GameStop, Best Buy or Target today and receive FREE Turbine Points with every purchase. The $10 card gives you 120 FREE points, for a total of 750 Turbine Points. The $25 card gives you 450 FREE points, for a total of 2,000 Turbine Points. These offers are valid only while supplies last at participating GameStop, Best Buy and Target retailers, so don't wait!
-All Points Bulletin, The Second Coming.-
Earlier this year Realtime Worlds fell apart and the game “All Points Bulletin” became another Game casualty.
...and then there was light...
APB picked up by GamersFirst
“APB: Reloaded” and reloaded as Free-to-play
76 days and in the toilet...and back out.
-Virtual Real Estate-
Last year, an investor named Erik Novak broke the record for the largest single expenditure in a virtual world, paying $330,000 for a space station in Project Entropia, an online science fiction world where the economy for laser rifles and body armor ultimately comes down to U.S. dollars. But now a group of investors has set a new record, operating in the same game, paying $635,000 for Entropia mogul Jon Jacobs' "Club Neverdie." More than half of that, $335,000, came from a single investor.
The club's previous owner was earning $200,000 a year by taxing every virtual transaction that occurs within the confines of the game space. Panasjuk and the other investors hope to be able to start turning a profit with similar numbers.
-Die2Nite- Game review English-language beta of free to play zombie apocalypse survival game
« A little after midnight, a deathly silence fell all around you, as if all life had suddenly come to a halt. The night was icy cold... Then you saw them, dozens of them... hundreds even, meandering towards you... Their hands grasp you, grab you, pull and claw at you... Then they drag you with them throughout the night, to be devoured in the small hours. »
Yes...Dead, dead and eaten ...
BETA
A Real-time multiplayer browser game – It's the kind where you log in throughout the day to check your status and perform actions – Reminds me of Zynga games, Facebook games.
Originally a French game that was praised by said press.
I spent hours searching for salvage out in the desert, and when I finally came back I came back empty handed and the gate was closed.
You get dropped into a village with a randomized name with several other players from your time zone, and the goal is to survive. Every night the village gets assaulted by zombies, and every day you head out into the desert to scavenge for items. Items them to build anything from walls to guard towers to workshops.
Your village has a wall around it and can only be entered through a main gate, which in turn can only be opened or closed from the inside. If somebody closes the gate too early, the stragglers have no choice but to leave a frenzied posts on your town’s forum to try and save themselves from becoming a late-night snack. If nobody remembers to close the gate, Your town ends up a drive thru.You can die. The whole town can die.
This is why the size of the player base is so perfect. When there’s only 40 of you, you’re all important. For one thing, new players aren’t added after your village is created, and for another thing any dead players become more zombies. Also, in a group that small it’s easy for anybody to rise up and become leaders by giving advice and issuing orders on your town’s messageboard, and anyone trying to be a lone wolf and look after themselves (taking items from the town’s supply dump, say, or stealing) will not only make a noticeable impact, but it’s a relatively easy process to turn enough of the town against them to get them banished, or even hung.
COLONY OF NIGHTS WITHOUT END (2)
No news from our 7 courageous citizens who ventured into the World Beyond yesterday. If in doubt, pillage their house...
It should be noted that last night, some citizens report having seen EvilG opening the gates just before the attack. There are also some who say that it wasn't entirely accidental... Result: 7 deaths.
- The Crow
“What am I playing”
Priston Tale II the 2nd Enigma
Unreal Engine
April 12 2010 Game Bridger unveiled today the name of its new free-to-play games portal, GamerKraft
Guild/Clan/Squad/Fleet
a group of people joined for a common interest.
WHY?
“It's Work”
Solo was difficult then – Joining meant survival
Social benefits- “Honey I'm Home” - “Guys at the Pub” “the Hang out”
Beat the curve, Learning curve – In game help?
Leadership Appreciation Weekend
SOLO player in an MMO
“We are different, you and I”
What makes you different in your MMO?
Or, what makes you consistent...Class, Race, weapons.
Theif, hunter, sniper, rogue or that guy with the big gun
