Compromise and Conceit
Infernal adventuring…
Category: computer games
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I stumbled on this story at a blog I’ve never read before, and – though not surprised – was profoundly horrified at the content of the deception it involved. Truly, the possibilities for nastiness on the internet are endless, and the ingenuity of people in ferreting them out to be admired and pitied simultaneously. Also,…
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So between October and April England disappears into a murky world of fog and chilly, dark afternoons. What does one do during that time? I have been reading, my role-playing group switched to an old favourite, and I watched a few things. Here are the things I have been reading and doing recently: Rolemaster in…
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I have complained previously about the injection of banal meat-world activities into computer games which occurs in MMORPGs, particularly the need to “work” to make money and items. I play computer games to escape from my ordinary reality, not to go to work after I have finished work, so the importance of “grinding” and trading…
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The Pugnacious Priest has an amusing post comparing rugby (the game, in MeatWorld) with WoW in terms of Tanks, DpS characters and guild behaviour. Perhaps at last the nerds of the world have found an activity to rival team sports. I wonder how long it will be before: There is a worldwide league for guilds…
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Further to my comments about a game which uses real money in its virtual world, Terra Nova has a post about the game Habbo, in which children buy virtual objects for their virtual world using real money. The company has just put a $35 a month limit on how much the kiddies are allowed to…
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Cruising the canals of Amsterdam over the weekend, I discussed my musings on virtual economies with my good friend (and WoWer) the good Dr. A. His response to my ideas about a virtual economy built on real money was to ask “why”? Good enough question, I suppose. Why would a company make a risky game…
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In an earlier post I suggested a business model in a virtual world based around establishing a manufacturing industry whose products were sold for gold in the world, and/or real money to players. Under this model the business process of the manufacturer is still separate from the economy in which the manufacturing occurs. i.e. the…
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There are only 3 computer games I have ever played start to finish – Halo, Freedom Force vs. the 3rd Reich (hilarious) and Baldur’s Gate 2. I think Baldur’s Gate 2 would have to qualify as absolutely the best computer game I have ever played. It was challenging, it had excellent dialogue, excellent plot and…
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I booted up NWN 2 for Mac a few weeks ago, and have played through to about 8th level already, at what for my inept level of talent is quite a pace. I am currently being sidetracked by my Dwarf mate, Khelgar, and his quest to become a monk. My impression of NWN 2 so…
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Besides a bit of grainy ww2 footage, I’ve never seen a pogrom in action. But thanks to the joys of online worlds, anything is possible. Here is a pair of 12 year old losers hunting down a couple of online characters they think are gold farmers or bots. The first one takes a healing potion,…
Compromise and Conceit 