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Vague Patch Notes: There’s more to Skinner boxes in MMOs than mere repetition
As I started watching the latest World of Warcraft video to whip people into a furor, I very nearly turned the thing off as...
Vague Patch Notes: How do you play MMOs when you know humans suffered to make them?
The original Star Wars film was a passion project for a then-young George Lucas, and it was a project that nearly killed Lucas from...
Vague Patch Notes: World of Warcraft, math, and making choices ‘interesting’ in MMOs
So if you somehow managed to miss it, let me recap:Â World of Warcraft's community manager Lore recently gave some feedback on the many complaints...
Vague Patch Notes: Trickle-down metagames in MMORPGs
A while back, there was an interesting set of data coming out of a discussion about Overwatch. The discussion was about the concept of...
Vague Patch Notes: WildStar deserves its shutdown, even though we loved it
Last week, when we heard that WildStar was being shut down, I penned a truthful, heartfelt eulogy for the game as it could've been....
A eulogy for WildStar – a marvelous MMORPG and avoidable tragedy
Friends, readers, genre fans, lend me your eyes; I come to bury WildStar, not to praise it. But just like Marc Antony, I'm going...
Vague Patch Notes: Casual no longer means anything in MMOs
Every time I see someone write something about casual players - including me because heavens know I've done it too - I feel a...
Vague Patch Notes: On scaling and meaningful advancement in WoW and other MMORPGs
It seems like pretty much nobody is happy with how scaling is working in World of Warcraft at the moment. The game's scaling means...
Vague Patch Notes: On balance and differentiation in MMOs
Do you like fighting games? I don't. Let's talk about fighting games. But bear with me because you'll get where this is going.
While I...
Chinese players review bomb PUBG on Steam over in-game VPN ads
Remember a couple of weeks ago when Valve said it was continuing to seek ways to crack down on review bombing, the practice of...
