Place Your Bets: Valve Bringing Steam To The Macintosh
Mar 3rd
Many of us have noticed that Steam recently released a new beta client, complete with all kinds of cool new UI improvements and other assorted bells and whistles. In reading the beta release notes recently I noticed something interesting. One of the line items in those notes was that Valve has replaced the in game web browser’s rendering engine with WebKit instead of IE. Since Steam runs on Windows only, it makes perfect sense that it would be easy to just use IE, so their motivation to make this change seemed curious to… Read >>
Battle.net: New Bnet Integration Shown In StarCraft II UI, World of Warcraft Implications Pondered (Video)
Feb 18th
I’ve never been a big fan of RTS games, primarily because I don’t multi-task well and managing all those units and construction and such is usually a bit too much for me. Throw in competitive play and I’m bound to have one sad losing experience after another. I guess that explains why my first foray into Blizzard’s games was with World of Warcraft, and it’s RTS style titles. Regardless, I’m throwing that all to the wind and giving StarCraft II a nice long look when it comes out.
Closed beta recently began for SC2, and a… Read >>
Success: A Blizzard Entertainment Timeline
Jan 23rd
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
Jan 13th
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 >>
Steam: 5 Reasons It Is A Gamer’s Best Friend
Dec 31st
In a previous blogging life I’ve ranted and raved about Valve’s digital distribution platform Steam. I truly think this is one of the best things to happen to gamers since…well, ever…and I’ve come up with 5 reasons why I think Steam should be every PC gamer’s best friend. Now, I realize this may come across as a bit of promotion for Valve and looks alot like what they’ve already said about Steam, but trust me I’m not paid by anyone. I’m just here to say that it is my opinion that Valve is… Read >>
World of Warcraft: But It Doesn’t Have…Nevermind.
Dec 23rd
I’ve written many times about how I’ve been simply amazed by World of Warcraft. The game’s almost unbelievable subscriber base, the way it has expanded and popularized MMO gaming, and especially the way it continues to be a relevant game 5 years later are all topics that blow me away any time I think about them. World of Warcraft is the Shaquille O’Neal of gaming; an unbelievable specimen that dominated its competition and still demands your attention even in it’s old age. Yet it is far from perfect; for years new games have been able to release… Read >>
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2010: The Year Of The Cloud For Gamers
Jan 13th
Posted by br3ntbr0 in Analysis ...
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We won’t be getting Star Wars: The Old Republic this year. We’ll get Cataclysm for sure, and that is likely to be great but short lived. Mass Effect 2 and BioShock 2 are right around the corner, but your average online PC gamer just might be feeling a little down about 2010’s gaming prospects. To be honest, I sort of feel the same. There will be some high points for gaming in 2010, but overall it looks to be another year of more of the same. Or is it?
Gamers are indeed set to see some radical… Read >>