January 2009

Diablo III: the mini-WoW?

January 29, 2009

Show us a gamer who’s not excited about Diablo 3, and we’ll show you a liar. Diablo 2 was the master of hack’n slash, the mother of World of Warcraft (WoW), and the devourer of too many hours of our free time. With a sequel on the way and Blizzard’s massive weight behind it, Diablo [...]

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It’s not about the niche, it’s about the IP.

January 26, 2009

Damion at Zen of Design touched on some of the reasons that Tabula Rasa (TR) failed. Once touted as the next brainchild of Ultima creator Richard Garriott, TR promised to bring an action-packed science-fiction backdrop to the MMORPG landscape. Sadly, TR is slated to close on February 28th, marking less than one year and four [...]

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Possible Mage Knight comeback?

January 22, 2009

Not having paid too much attention to the recent shenanigans at WizKids, we almost missed the news entirely that the Clix line of collectible miniatures is now dead. While Mage Knight was discontinued by WizKids some time ago, the system behind the game lived on, primarily through the HeroClix line. Since Topps’ purchase of WizKids, [...]

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How Blizzard can fund a longer leveling game.

January 19, 2009

Earlier this month, syncaine at Hardcore Casual suggested that because World of Warcraft (WoW) is a well-regarded PvE game, that Blizzard should have increased the level max beyond 80. The argument is that since the leveling game is where people tend to have the most fun because of questing options, and since characters at the [...]

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The Mac Mini needs to eat the AppleTV, and shoot up with TiVo.

January 17, 2009

At the end of an article at TUAW talking about the possibility of the Mac Mini and AppleTV both transitioning over to Nvidia’s Ion platform, Robert Palmer asks the same question we’ve been musing over: But what if the next-generation Apple TV and Mac mini were one in the same? Since the AppleTV is considered [...]

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Stand-alone web applications on the iPhone? Yes, please.

January 16, 2009

With Apple’s market growth, everyone’s talking about what the company will do next. Daniel Eran Dilger makes his own predictions over at Roughly Drafted, and while we’re skeptical as to some of his points, we can’t help but be excited as to their prospects. From Bonjour discovery for mobile Safari (to control a variety of [...]

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