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What kickass mmorpgs are you looking forward to?

Brian F. — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 02:41:34 +0000

There are some big name kickass mmorgs coming out soon and I really want to know, what massively multiplayer online role playing games are you looking forward to? Related PostsAion Online Review Has an 8/10 Average on MetaCritic & HD Gameplay VideoWe saw before how negatively a 2/10 score on Metacritic for Darkfall Online hurt [...]

Even Derek Smart Thinks Alganon MMORPG Will Fail

Brian F. — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:56:53 +0000

Despite the fact that Alganon has eliminated subscription costs and will re-launch again April 8, 2010, the game from Quest Online may have already doomed itself.

Former President of Quest Online Dave Allen and 2 others Jason Blood and Hue Henry were fired and Derek Smart is the new President. His first major statement was a post on the official forum that carried much foreboding and whether he intended it or not summed up the potential future doom of Alganon:

"As a game developer, I know all too well that if your game is not finished and you release it, thats just asking for trouble. No matter how great the game and technology are, it can and will fail. Especially in this industry climate. The average gamer is as finnicky as a hummingbird on acid, with a very short attention span and a penchant for being largely unforgiving. In other words, pulling a stunt like that is the death knell for many a game and company..................

Video: What Happens When A WoW Star Trek Fan Gets Angry?

Brian F. — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:04:23 +0000

The below video is hilarious. It features Francis who is a World of Warcraft player pissed off at the difficulty of the Ice Crown Citadel. He is also a huge Star Trek fan and he is also pissed off at the timeline conflicts in Star Trek Online.
What is more dangerous than a Trekkie or WoW fan? A WoW Trekkie. You just don't mess with them.
The below video is about 4 minutes long and he shares his rant with beautiful precision. Check it out below.....

An Open Letter to Runes of Magic & Frogster Interactive – Fix Your Download Patch & Upgrade Process

Brian F. — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:54:48 +0000

Dear Runes of Magic Team & Frogster Interactive,
We at Online Massively Multiplayer.com have received over 160 (one hundred and sixty) comments complaining about the Runes of Magic download, installation, and patch process. The Runes of Magic download and patch process sucks. It is painfully slow and a source of frustration and anger for many who want to play the otherwise great free-to-play Runes of Magic MMORPG.
In fact, Runes of Magic is our #1 Top 10 Free MMORPG. But the patching & upgrading process is particularly terrible. Your potential solution of using BitRaider Streaming has not been implemented and does not fix the overall problem. You are loosing customers and turning away willing gamers with this horrible failure of a process.
Your players are actually turning to torrents, file sharing, and download sites and many of these are being infected with viruses and trojans. This is a great disservice to them. Below are a few comments from our readers highlighting that point...........

MMORPG.com Names AoC Most Improved of 2009 – Cause They’re a Sponsor

Brian F. — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:12:49 +0000
We have written frequently about the Age of Conan massively multiplayer online role playing game. Interest in the game has been on the decline and Funcom recently layed off 20% of their Staff. That is why we were a little bit surprised to see that MMORPG.com named Age of Conan the most improved game of [...]

Java Sucks for Video Game Design

Brian F. — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:10:37 +0000
A few months ago in response to the announcement that Funcom was creating a Java Based MMORPG, I wrote a post that basically said that Java sucks for video game design. It doesn’t take a genious to see that the only thing Java is good for is mobile game design because it temporarily doesn’t matter [...]

Lan Parties Suck – Here are Some Upcoming Ones During LANFest 2009

Brian F. — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:18:04 +0000
We have written before that LAN Parties Suck. And it is true. But that did not stop over 300 gamers from attending LANFest 2009 in California in July and other upcoming lan parties. They claim they like the friendship and food. Intel sponsored the LAN Fest event. Over twenty thousand dollars in prizes were given [...]

Funny Graph: Why You Don’t Have a Girlfriend

Brian F. — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:22:24 +0000
The below is a really funny graph created by a poll of guys answering the simple question: “Why Don’t You Have a Girlfriend”. Check it out below. Funny Graph: Why You Don’t Have a Girlfriend: Related PostsFunny Video Review: Assassins Creed BrotherhoodBelow is a really funny video review of the Assassins Creed Brotherhood massively multiplayer [...]

Can you Believe MMORPGs take over $100 Million to Create? – Copernicus Seeking More Funding

Brian F. — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:17:39 +0000
The word is that 38 Studios is looking for an additional $50 to $100 million dollars for their first massively multiplayer online role playing game code named Copernicus. Wow $100 million more? It just blows the mind sometimes to see how much it takes to develop a new MMORPG in terms of cost alone. Copernicus [...]

Stargate Worlds the Biggest MMORPG Failure in History

Brian F. — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:01:12 +0000
A while back we wrote that the Stargate Worlds MMORPG was dead due to massive financial trouble for Cheyenne Mountain and an Exodus of the Stargate Worlds Employees as well as legal trouble and bad timing. The news section still hasn’t been updated since May 26, 2009 and Cheyenne Mountain has not updated their news [...]

WoW Freakout 2 Video: Stop Freaking Betraying Me

Brian F. — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:36:23 +0000
Some kids do not have the maturity or mental stability to play any video games let alone a highly addicting game such as World of Warcraft. After watching this you should consider whether you want to play more or less WoW. The craziest line is “I will freaking find you and I will kill you… [...]

The Matrix Online MMORPG Closing July 31, 2009: MxO Video & Screenshots

Brian F. — Sat, 30 May 2009 13:18:43 +0000
The Matrix Online has announced that it would be closing on July 31, 2009. The Matrix Online is a massively multiplayer online role playing game that has been running for 4 years capitalizing on the popularity of the Matrix Trilogy Movies since it’s beta test in June of 2004. The bullet-time combat, martial arts fighting, [...]

7 Ways to Get Banned in Darkfall Online: Swimming Against Rocks or Hiding or Being a Meanie – HD Video

Brian F. — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:53:47 +0000
Look there is obviously only one way to play a massively multiplayer online role playing game like Darkfall Online. There are a lot of rules in place for your own good. And if you don’t like it then you are permanently banned with no appeal. Below are some new rules as well as seven ways [...]

10 Ways Aventurine Can Improve the DarkFall Online Web Site

Brian F. — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:26:27 +0000
A great game can overcome a lot. But the DarkFall Online web site makes a bad first impression. Sure there is a cool flying dragon (after it loads) but there are a lot of other improvements that need to be made. Below are the top ten ways that Aventurine can improve the DarkFall web site. [...]

FYI ThePlanet.com & Hosting Companies Like Hostgator Are Down

Brian F. — Tue, 12 May 2009 22:19:13 +0000
FYI ThePlanet.com & Hosting Companies Like Hostgator Are Down. Many people will notice their sites down if they host with companies like Hostgator.com or others that ultimately use ThePlanet.com. Here is the latest info: 1. Network issues at ThePlanet.com Data Center starting at 4:45 CDT. 2. H1, H2, and D6 are down 3. Hostgator.com and [...]

I Cannot Believe the Arrogance & Uncompromising Self Righteousness of the Darkfall Online Team & Adventurine

Brian F. — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:11:06 +0000
I cannot believe the arrogance and uncompromising self righteousness of the Darkfall Online Team and Adventurine. Darkfall Online is slowly destroying its entire fan base with way too many bans and deleting all forum posts that disagree with them. “Those that don’t take our word for it, will be banned like those banned today.” – [...]

Update Vollee Can’t Keep Servers Up: How Will This Effect WoW iPhone Stream Stability?

Brian F. — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:02:14 +0000
Update: I wrote yesterday about the WoW iPhone and Cell Phone Gaming with Vollee. It is interesting to see that their official web site is still down after 36 hours. Come on guys you need some help keeping your web site up? You are not really filling the world with confidence in your product. I [...]

DFO Getting Nasty: Darkfall Over-Reacts to Speculation on Server Crashes & GM Accusations

Brian F. — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:00:28 +0000
Darkfall has been a little bit of a disappointment for many MMORPG fans. From a terrible Darkfall launch, to continued server downtime. Even the most recent Darkfall Patches do not seem to help. It now appears that things are turning a bit nasty and the Darkfall Team has become a little bit jaded. A thread [...]

Quake Live Billboard Ads Piss Me Off – Here are Some Suggestions

Brian F. — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:01:14 +0000
Quake Live is a free to play browser based massively multiplayer first person shooter online game. It is ad supported and Id Software has partnered with IGA to manage ads, sponsorships, and branding. The ads appear in Quake Live in billboards and also on stats and other screens. The advertisements do not show bullet holes [...]

Looking for Guest Posters

Brian F. — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:27:03 +0000
We are looking for guest posters. Read more here. Related PostsHigh Level Free RuneScape Players Can Now Post in Official ForumsUntil recently only paid subscribers to RuneScape were able to post in the official forums. Now all...BlizzCon 2009 Live Streaming Video August 21 – 22 Tickets – Contest – Tournament InfoThe 4th annual BlizzCon will [...]

Maybe I am an Idiot but the N4G Contributor Test is Confusing

Brian F. — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:22:48 +0000
Maybe I am just an idiot. But the N4G contributor test is confusing. I have read the posting guidelines, I have read the tutorial, I have read the tips. I like to think that I can at least solve problems and learn from my mistakes. But no matter what I do I can only get [...]

Still No More Copies of Darkfall Online Available

Brian F. — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:30:27 +0000
There are still no more copies of Darkfall Online available. I wrote before that DarkFall Online was the worst Launch of an MMORPG ever and that continues to be true. Patches have attempted to fix errors but no new players are being let in until more improvements can be made. Maybe you Should Have Hired [...]

Stop Updating Runes of Magic Viewer So Much!

Brian F. — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:06:11 +0000
Stupid Runes of Magic. I wrote in an earlier post that Runes of Magic takes FOREVER to install. Well I logged in again today and was present with yet ANOTHER ridiculously slow update to the viewer. Can you please stop updating the Runes of Magic Viewer so frequently or speed up the update process or [...]

I have to say that Runes of Magic takes FOREVER to Install

Brian F. — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:30:00 +0000
I have to say that Runes of Magic takes FOREVER to Install. After downloading the 2.8 GB .rar file (pretty large for a .rar file), it took FOREVER to install. Finally I said to myself, ok, good to go. BUT NO. Now the Client proceeds to perform an upgrade on top of the download which [...]

Benefits and Drawbacks of Less or More Time Playing MMOs during an Economic Depression

Brian F. — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:23:08 +0000
The economy is really bad. In the past people have turned to forms of entertainment and ways to escape from the depressing financial situation and struggles of life. There are two ways that everyone can go with the struggling economy in terms of participation in MMORPGs. Let’s examine the benefits and drawbacks of each during [...]