Guilds and Guild Management

Why raid accessibility made leaders less tolerant (WoW)

There seems to be a feeling of regret floating around old school WoW raiders lately. I’ve seen it in other places, but this post over on Raging Monkeys does a great job of summing up the conflict. Syl writes, “To this day, I am deeply resentful; resentful of Blizzard, of the game’s later raid designs …

Recruiting for SWTOR: creating your marketing message

It is almost exactly a month until the first people will be let in the pod bay doors for the launch of SWTOR. All my trepidation about level-capped content aside, the game is undeniably going to be incredibly popular. Storefront pre-order numbers are rapidly approaching one million, and while digital pre-orders are not publicly tallied …

Can min-maxers ever truly repent?

From a conversation yesterday: “You write a blog? That’s cool. What’s it about?” “Oh, um. Ummmm,” I replied. “Things in video games that make me angry. And hats.” ————- There has been a lot of talk over the past couple of weeks in the MMO blogging scene about whether games are getting too easy now. …