Kaldeem

29 avid gamer, English lit major, on twitter as Kaldeem, love the Lord, chill, friendly, I dunno w/e to say..um I love words. :P

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Global Agenda: Pricing and Micro-transactions

February 5, 2010 - 11:31 pm

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The MMO that Could!
A Global Agenda Micro-transaction and ‘One time’ purchase deal.

I was thinking about RMT and cash shops in games. Then a few weeks ago I read a blog about MMO pricing over at GameMonkey. So I’d like to take a min and discuss what Global Agendas pricing plan is and future that may or may-not have a cash shop in it.

When I go to a purchase a game or MMO, there are a few things that play out in my head.

  1. Can I afford this? Is there a monthly
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Global Agenda: More Impressions

February 1, 2010 - 12:51 am

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After just a few days in the Global Agenda ‘Head Start’ event, I can tell this game will be one I’ll be playing for a bit. Some things I noticed instantly were: A) How easy it was to get set up on Hi-Rez’s website and download the game via steam. (Not sure if I’ll have to re-download anything upon launch Monday, Feb 1st but I’m not worried about it either.) The second thing that stuck out after I was all loaded up and registered was the polish of the game. Once entering in the Character… Read >>

Success: A Blizzard Entertainment Timeline

January 23, 2010 - 9:08 pm

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Why is World of Warcraft so successful?

Raptr, a social media networking tool for gamers has clocked 4,070,029 play hours in their database at  an average of 35,000 players daily. These numbers are staggering when viewed in the realization that 35 thousand players (just in Raptr alone) have clocked 4 million hours of game time.

Now if we could see Blizzard’s database numbers for all 5 years the game has been out, multiply that by all the average 14.99 monthly subscription numbers and then the ‘additional’ services they offer at a highly over priced… Read >>

Age of Conan: Then and Now

January 13, 2010 - 4:17 pm

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Since my time in Age of Conan (AoC), I have noticed a lot of players in my guild are one of three types. They are (1)new players that have been scooped up by the most zealous guild recruiter ever, (2)they are returning players looking for changes and improvements in the game, or (3)they are alts that are leveling to the 25, 39, and 59 PvP brackets.

Then

When AoC was first released in 2008, it had promise of being one of the top PvP games to date, some of the best graphics in the MMO scene, and a… Read >>

Dungeons and Dragons Online: Hands On With Turbine’s Reinvented MMO

December 4, 2009 - 7:07 pm

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Dungeons and Dragons is definitely a cool game that is free to play. The starting zone is simple and instructional in the basics of playing the game, but fun enough to keep you interested. You start out ship wrecked on the Island of Korthos, and a rogue named Jeets (who isn’t necessarily there to help anyone as much as he is their to pick up floating loot and treasure) starts yelling at you and asking you questions and proceeds to give your first quest. You have to follow him up a hill to his friends camp site… Read >>

Nostalgia Or Addiction? Signs it’s time to quit your current MMO

November 15, 2009 - 1:42 pm

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There seems to be a #trending topic in the last few days here in the blogosphere in regard to MMO gaming nostalgia, with recent posts like this one from from Syp at Bio Break, then from Game by Night, and Kill Ten Rats even having chimed in on this topic. I realize that most of the discussion is about looking back at a previously played game with fondness for the good times we had, yet also realizing the displeasure leading to why we moved on.  However, I wonder where addiction… Read >>

World of Warcraft: My Fire specced Mage

November 12, 2009 - 7:33 am

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Before you get your hate-inspired Nerd Rage on and spam the comment section with “nOOb” “lul l2p” or w/e form of nerd rage vernacular you might care to use, just hear me out. I know and understand that frost spec is the most commonly used spec,   and also the most widely accepted spec for PvP.  I want to talk about fire and the insane amount of pwnage that goes on with this spec after level 50. I know 50 levels of sucking hard and dieing a lot because you keep missing your target even though its… Read >>

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