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What did they call D&D in Rome?
Modern history tells us that Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson designed Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), and first published the game in 1974. Ignoring its geeky stereotypes for a moment, D&D is chiefly remembered for its use of polyhedral dice, which were used to resolve in-game event through chance-mechanics. In the basic game, a 20-sided [...]
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Why Installer.app may not be dead. Yet.
The iPhone 3G has been out for one week now, and with it came the App Store, which allows iPhone users sporting the new 2.0 firmware to download a variety of applications that Apple has deemed worthy. Some of these applications cost money, others are totally free. Many of these applications happen to be duplicates [...]
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Why Diablo III could disappoint.
No one can seriously dispute that the Diablo franchise was a major player in PC gaming. For us, Diablo 2 easily sits in the top three games occupying our time, neatly sitting beside Counterstrike and World of Warcraft (WoW). For Blizzard, this is quite a feat, as two of their titles managed to grab our [...]
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Player attachment to characters a potential feature?
Much commentary has been made on the addictive components of MMOGs, particularly regarding the item looting system most MMOGs incorporate. In short, the grind-based reward system, compounded with random drops, is what emulates the carrot-on-a-stick for the proverbial geek racehorse. It’s the time tied to the grind, however, that compounds the disaster of addiction, because [...]
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This amusing Bartle controversy.
We’re not sure Richard Bartle deserves two posts dedicated to him in a row, but let’s be fair this time around: the man isn’t without good ideas, even if our last post was all about how ridiculous he can sound. After all, even shooting from the hip during an interview, he ought to at least [...]
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