<![CDATA[MMORPG Addict]]>2009-11-14T12:36:53+01:00Feed Atom per i blog di SplinderCopyright (c) 2001-2006, Tipic Inc.http://mmoaddict.splinder.com/uncletomahttp://mmoaddict.splinder.com<![CDATA[E finalmente]]>http://mmoaddict.splinder.com/post/21693513/E+finalmente2009-11-14T12:36:53+01:002009-11-14T12:36:53+01:00uncletomahttp://mmoaddict.splinder.com
su Uthgard sono state implementate le buone, sane, vecchie frontiere!
Old Frontiers
The time has come: The Old Frontiers are available. The patch you need to install can be downloaded here: Download
Further information and an explanation for the setup can be found here: Link
Ecco una preview di Emain Macha (quanti ricordi ma, soprattutto, quante botte prese e date):
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<![CDATA[Meno 10]]>http://mmoaddict.splinder.com/post/21681686/Meno+102009-11-12T14:23:59+01:002009-11-12T14:23:59+01:00uncletomahttp://mmoaddict.splinder.com
Il mio friarino fricchettaro ieri sera ha fatto il livello 40.
Pertanto, come ben sa chi ha gia' giocatoa DAoC, ora inizia il difficile.
Si, perche' la Mythic penso' bene di rendere piu' arduo il level up negli ultimi livelli, incarognendosi particolarmente per il range 45-50.
Pero' concesse i "mythici" mini ding, ovvero dei mini skill up (meta' punti rispetto al normale) ogni mezzo livello.
E se avessero fatto in modo che gli ultimi 5/10 livelli fossero normali come gli altri?
Forse nessuno avrebbe mai sentito il bisogno di nuove avventure... giusto, rimarrebbe la minchiata fatta con Trials of Atlantis per far scappare frotte di giocatori.Pubblicato da uncletoma | Commenti
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<![CDATA[Auguri alla volpe rossa]]>http://mmoaddict.splinder.com/post/21671295/Auguri+alla+volpe+rossa2009-11-10T19:52:09+01:002009-11-10T19:52:09+01:00uncletomahttp://mmoaddict.splinder.com
Firefox compie cinque anni: auguri!
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<![CDATA[I nabbi di 50]]>http://mmoaddict.splinder.com/post/21647801/I+nabbi+di+502009-11-06T23:09:15+01:002009-11-06T23:09:15+01:00uncletomahttp://mmoaddict.splinder.com
Ovvero, una storia di (stra)ordinaria gildatura.
Un ragazzo italiano, con un reaver di 41, e un infiltrator di 50, fa la sua regolare richiesta d'ammissione in gilda.
Normale amministrazione, ovviamente.
O no?
Beh, mica tanto.
Loggo e, a parte uno andato LD (o via senza salutare, oppure era afk e gli si e' chiuso il gioco), sono solo.
Verso le 23:00 iniziano ad arrivare due che possono gildare la gente.
Chiedo al primo, non sa nulla, bla, bla, bla.
Non lo conosco bene, pertanto soprassiedo.
Poi arriva Jump, chiedo, gli faccio presente che la richiesta ha avuto diversi voti favorevoli, fa due calcoli, divide il coseno della tangente con l'area del quadrato costruito sull'ipotenusa e lo moltiplica per pigreco mezzi.
Ovvero: lo gilda ma non gli da accesso alla chat di gilda.
Faccio notare l'incongruenza (cazzo gildi se poi non puo' parlare?) e... bimbumbam, lo "promuovono" al rank giusto.
Ora lo attendono due settimane di periodo di prova.
Benvenuto negli Army of Immortals Samuel.
Gia' che ci siamo, ecco l'emblema degli AoI:
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<![CDATA[Vita grama per gli iCinesi]]>http://mmoaddict.splinder.com/post/21634168/Vita+grama+per+gli+iCinesi2009-11-04T23:01:50+01:002009-11-04T23:01:50+01:00uncletomahttp://mmoaddict.splinder.comNetEase non potra' piu' accettare le registrazioni dei videogiocatori Cinesi che hanno voglia di farsi una partitella a World of Warcraft.
Il tutto perche', secondo il governo Cinese, l'espansione Wrath of the Lich King infrange le leggi Cinesi sull'identita' culturale nazionale.
Se vanno avanti di questo passo i Cinesi potranno solo giocare ai MMORPG sviluppati nel proprio paese.
L'aspetto positivo della vicenda e' che si vedranno meno goldseller e farmer dagli occhi a mandorla.
L'aspetto negativo e' che il governo Cinese se ne strasbatte della liberta' delle persone. Mi ricorda qualcosa... ah, si: URSS, l'attuale Italia e il Vaticano.
Fonti:
HWUpgradeReuters
Ora impazza la mania degli online games sul cellulare, soprattutto su quello piu' trend ma, contemporaneamente, piu' idiota: l'Iphone.
Cosa aveva detto settimana scorsa il buon Davide Bianchi sugli utenti della mela?
Giusto:
DB - I veri uomini non hanno paura di un mouse.
IO - iVeri iUomini non hanno nemmeno paura di una iConsole.
Ora, l'idiozia non ha confini, la madre dei cretini e' sempre incinta e tutta quella serie di cose li.
Ma qui si esagera!
Tratto da download@cnet, ecco una storia di iOrdinaria iFollia:
Playing Eliminate Pro can eliminate your money
Popular iPhone gaming developer Ngmoco released Eliminate Pro yesterday, its much-anticipated, online, first-person shooter. This well-polished "free" game features smooth looking graphics, onscreen controls that are fairly effective (no match for a controller or keyboard/mouse setup, but that's to be expected), a number of power ups to improve your weapons and armor, and five playable maps. In-game kills and winning matches earn you credits you can use to buy new weapons and armor. There are eight armor types, five weapon types, and items to buy like armor designs (skins) to give you a new look. The best part is that you get to play an online FPS from wherever you are on 3G or Wi-Fi against your friends or against players from around the world. The game uses the Plus+ network, so you'll need to register your character before you start playing online. Sounds pretty great, right? Not so fast.
The graphics are smooth--even more so on the iPhone 3GS or the newer iPod Touch.
(Credit: Screenshot by Jason Parker/CNET)
Once you've played a few online games you will quickly see how the revenue model for Eliminate Pro is somewhat less than ideal. Here's the rub: in order to earn credits (for all the great purchases) in online matches, your 12-node energy bar must be charged. Each online game uses up four nodes, so you get three games before you run out of energy (about 15 minutes). So if you want to use the game for free, once you're out of energy, Eliminate Pro displays the time remaining until the next recharge in minutes, which comes out to about four hours. At the end of four hours, it only gives you four nodes of energy back, so you'll only be able to play one credit-accruing game every four hours. This is where the in-app purchase model comes in.
There's plenty of cool stuff to buy once you earn credits in the game.
(Credit: Screenshot by Jason Parker/CNET)
While you can play the Eliminate Pro online and against bots with an empty energy bar, you do not accrue credits nor do you move up in the online leader boards. To recharge your energy bar, you'll need to buy one of four packages of power cells via an in-app purchase. The price scheme goes like this: 99 cents for 20 power cells, $1.99 for 45, $9.99 for 280, and $29.99 for 975 power cells. But the real kicker is that each power cell only fills up one node, meaning you will use 12 power cells to fill up your energy bar (notice how a 99 cent pack of 20 lets you fill up one 12-node bar, but not enough to fill another). In other words, if you want to keep earning credits and buying fancy items, you'll be paying roughly 60 cents per 15-minute game session.
Though this game is highly polished, with just about everything a gamer could want in an iPhone online FPS, the in-app purchase system seems too steep to me. Those who are excited about the game and want to continue to play for free will be playing a highly crippled game needing to wait 4 hours before they can earn a few more credits. Those willing to spend the money will quickly realize the game is eating up their cash quickly.
When you run out of energy, you'll either need to wait or buy more from iTunes.
(Credit: Screenshot by Jason Parker/CNET)
I'm very interested in what people think about this particular pricing model. I think the game itself is pretty great--not as good as Modern: Combat Sandstorm for gameplay, but the best for online first-person shooters. I suppose the casual gamer will have no trouble playing for 15 minutes a day on this game and slowly earning credits over time to buy items. But the people who want to spend time playing the "complete" game will need to pay--and quite a lot if they really like the game and want to get powerful quickly. Finally, I wonder what this means for other iPhone apps in the future and whether we're going to see more pricing models like this one. Will everything become pay-to-play?
What do you think? Is the free version good enough for the amount you would actually play? How much are you willing to spend to continue playing the complete game of Eliminate Pro? Is this pricing model fair? Is this a preview of pricing models of other future apps? Let me know in the comments!
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<![CDATA[World of Goo: il prezzo lo fa l'acquirente]]>http://mmoaddict.splinder.com/post/21556086/World+of+Goo%3A+il+prezzo+lo+fa+2009-10-23T20:40:33+02:002009-10-23T20:40:33+02:00uncletomahttp://mmoaddict.splinder.comWorld of Goo e' uno di quei piccoli capolavori indipendenti che creano assuefazione.
E' bello e piacevole da giocare, un vero e proprio must have.
Forse non sara' l'ultimo ritrovato della tecnica in fatto di grafica, ma chissenefrega?
Ora non ci sono piu' scuse per non averlo e per non giocarlo: ora il prezzo (normalmente $20) lo fai tu!
World of Goo Trailer 2 Director's Cut
di 2dboy
p.s.: promozione finita. Ora costa di nuovo 20 dollari.Pubblicato da uncletoma | Commenti
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<![CDATA[AoC visto da BBT]]>http://mmoaddict.splinder.com/post/21523508/AoC+visto+da+BBT2009-10-18T21:18:46+02:002009-10-18T21:18:46+02:00uncletomahttp://mmoaddict.splinder.com
BBT non e' la BBC tunisina bensi' Big Bang Theory, ina sitcom carina e di buon successo.
Ne ho gia' scritto qui, e ripeto che le voci italiane sono orrende.
Ora due video, in lingua originale (much better!), su... AoC, Age of Conan.
Cimmeri a noi!
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<![CDATA[La vera copertina di Dragon Age Origins per console]]>http://mmoaddict.splinder.com/post/21521188/La+vera+copertina+di+Dragon+Ag2009-10-18T14:33:05+02:002009-10-18T14:33:05+02:00uncletomahttp://mmoaddict.splinder.com
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<![CDATA[Astonished!]]>http://mmoaddict.splinder.com/post/21510752/Astonished%212009-10-16T16:42:00+02:002009-10-16T16:42:00+02:00uncletomahttp://mmoaddict.splinder.com
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<![CDATA[Rido o piango?]]>http://mmoaddict.splinder.com/post/21477883/Rido+o+piango%3F2009-10-11T13:28:29+02:002009-10-11T13:28:29+02:00uncletomahttp://mmoaddict.splinder.com
Immane cazzata televisiva, per di piu' doppiata da un gruppo di persone evidentemente afflitte da paralisi facciale visto le voci che danno.
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The graphics are smooth--even more so on the iPhone 3GS or the newer iPod Touch.
(Credit: Screenshot by Jason Parker/CNET)
Once you've played a few online games you will quickly see how the revenue model for Eliminate Pro is somewhat less than ideal. Here's the rub: in order to earn credits (for all the great purchases) in online matches, your 12-node energy bar must be charged. Each online game uses up four nodes, so you get three games before you run out of energy (about 15 minutes). So if you want to use the game for free, once you're out of energy, Eliminate Pro displays the time remaining until the next recharge in minutes, which comes out to about four hours. At the end of four hours, it only gives you four nodes of energy back, so you'll only be able to play one credit-accruing game every four hours. This is where the in-app purchase model comes in.
There's plenty of cool stuff to buy once you earn credits in the game.
(Credit: Screenshot by Jason Parker/CNET)
While you can play the Eliminate Pro online and against bots with an empty energy bar, you do not accrue credits nor do you move up in the online leader boards. To recharge your energy bar, you'll need to buy one of four packages of power cells via an in-app purchase. The price scheme goes like this: 99 cents for 20 power cells, $1.99 for 45, $9.99 for 280, and $29.99 for 975 power cells. But the real kicker is that each power cell only fills up one node, meaning you will use 12 power cells to fill up your energy bar (notice how a 99 cent pack of 20 lets you fill up one 12-node bar, but not enough to fill another). In other words, if you want to keep earning credits and buying fancy items, you'll be paying roughly 60 cents per 15-minute game session.
Though this game is highly polished, with just about everything a gamer could want in an iPhone online FPS, the in-app purchase system seems too steep to me. Those who are excited about the game and want to continue to play for free will be playing a highly crippled game needing to wait 4 hours before they can earn a few more credits. Those willing to spend the money will quickly realize the game is eating up their cash quickly.
When you run out of energy, you'll either need to wait or buy more from iTunes.
(Credit: Screenshot by Jason Parker/CNET)
I'm very interested in what people think about this particular pricing model. I think the game itself is pretty great--not as good as Modern: Combat Sandstorm for gameplay, but the best for online first-person shooters. I suppose the casual gamer will have no trouble playing for 15 minutes a day on this game and slowly earning credits over time to buy items. But the people who want to spend time playing the "complete" game will need to pay--and quite a lot if they really like the game and want to get powerful quickly. Finally, I wonder what this means for other iPhone apps in the future and whether we're going to see more pricing models like this one. Will everything become pay-to-play?
What do you think? Is the free version good enough for the amount you would actually play? How much are you willing to spend to continue playing the complete game of Eliminate Pro? Is this pricing model fair? Is this a preview of pricing models of other future apps? Let me know in the comments!
iCavolo iLoro, o no?Pubblicato da uncletoma | Commenti
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