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WyldKard's credentials include an academic background in Computer Science, numerous freelance writing gigs, and conceptual design work in online multiplayer games. Today, Wyldkard is chiefly involved in consulting work for various shady operations.

It’s an accepted fact that competition among companies is good for consumers, as it gives them more options. In the MMOG space, that good becomes questionable, as players are attached to their characters, and are not likely to move onto a new game just because of a few key improvements. However, for players of [...]

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We were too lazy to report on the World of Warcraft (WoW) miniatures game slated for release on November 11th when we heard about it many months ago, but Massively’s recent post on the release reminded us of the irony.

Warcraft has taken the opposite approach of its initial inspiration, Warhammer, by starting with video games [...]

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Not to come across as a Tobold-hater what with our recent post about him, but what’s with him being out-of-touch with traditional roleplaying games (RPGs)? The guy claims to be in a regular group that gets together twice each month, and yet he doesn’t understand the market? Okay, maybe it’s because he’s only been [...]

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We bought Rock Band 2 a week after it was released, and after getting our groove on, we hopped online and ordered the ION Premium Drums, having sold out Rock Band drums months earlier. We held off on a pre-order because of the price, but who can resist the allure of a more customizable [...]

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At Apple Gazette, Michael made a post about why Apple wouldn’t release a netbook, pointing out how the only non-netbooks on Amazon’s list of top 20 selling computers are Macbooks. That’s a nice observation, but then Michael postulates that because of this, Apple would be in danger of cannibalizing its own sales should it [...]

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