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You: Fan or Fanboy?

January 25, 2010 - 4:34 am

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Are you a fan or a fanboy?

In most dictionaries, a fan is defined as “an enthusiastic devotee, follower, or admirer of a sport, pastime, celebrity, etc.”  A fanboy as defined by the Urban dictionary, is “a passionate fan of various elements of geek culture (e.g. sci-fi, comics, Star Wars, video games, anime, hobbits, etc.), but who lets his passion override social graces.”

How does this affect the MMO world?  People can become very passionate about their game.  Those that play MMO’s, for instance, tend to spend a lot of time… Read >>

World of Warcraft: Blizzard Burgles Again!

November 22, 2009 - 8:48 pm

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Blizzard will be making several improvements to the user interface for tracking quest objectives in their next content patch, 3.3.  Here are some of the features:
Quest Log
We’ve added a new “Show Map” button on the Quest Log. The “Show Map” feature highlights any quest in the log and will pull up the map for the zone in which the corresponding quest objectives are located.
Map
When viewing the large zone map (‘M’ key), players will notice that all quests they have for that zone will be automatically tracked. In addition, this large… Read >>

Modern Warfare 2: The Dedicated Controversy

October 30, 2009 - 8:02 pm

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Recently, Infinity Ward’s Creative Strategist, Robert Bowling, announced that Modern Warfare 2 would not ship with any dedicated server support.  Instead, the game would be using their new IWNET matchmaking system.   Robert “FourZeroTwo” Bowling’s on his own blog, posted some of the benefits of this new system, which were most likely crafted to quell the lynch mob forming in the shadows.  Here are a few highlights that got lifted for clarification:

  • Matchmaking & Smoother Game play: Bowling says IWNET matchmaking allows players to find and join games much easer
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