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Planning our Warhammer hero.
With no MMOG holding our attention at the moment, we’re left to dream of a time when we won’t be yelled at when we next dork it out, and that time approaches now that we’re again enthused what what Warhammer: Age of Reckoning (WAR) will bring to the MMOG table. What makes our impending go [...]
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iPhone nomenclature.
Earlier this week, Apple announced the “iPhone 3G,” which will, as of July 11th, be sold in Apple and AT&T stores instead of the “original” iPhone, which has since ceased production and is now being referred to as the “2G iPhone.” See what they did here?
The “xG” identifier follows the word “iPhone” in one instance, [...]
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Why the 3G iPhone is underwhelming.
As we expected, the 3G iPhone was released with much fanfare, but we’re not quite sure why. Sure, a 3G data network and GPS sounds good, but there’s a lot of fine-print that Steve Jobs doesn’t want people to see, especially existing iPhone users.
Let’s state the obvious: push e-mail, the enterprise solution, and all the [...]
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Warhammer’s class design looks solid.
When we commented that Blizzard didn’t need to make larger design changes to maintain the player-base in World of Warcraft (WoW) for the short-term, we all but tuned out the latest design points that have hit the web from Warhammer: Age of Reckoning (WAR). That’s because last we checked, WAR’s development was progressing slowly, or [...]
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World of Warcraft is not sustainable.
Tobold recently mused about the sustainability of World of Warcraft (WoW), inasmuch as its continued growth or, at minimum, maintenance, of its player base. Like others before him, Tobold is quick to note that Blizzard’s oversight in regards to their WoW expansions it the lack of new material. In fact, we’ve said time and time [...]
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