08/18/2008
RoleCraft: Aligning Roleplay, Part 2 (WarCry Network)
In this week's "RoleCraft," Jim Moreno continues his look at character alignment in MMORPGs - this time focusing on how in-game factions make characters "evil" (or not).
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08/18/2008
Building a World 101: Ask the Right Questions (Wired News)
In the second post of the series on how to build a world, Geekdad talks about the importance of asking questions about your new world as a starting point.
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08/15/2008
One Character -- Thousands of Choices (IGN PC)
Immense variety in the character development and skill system of Runes of Magic.
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08/15/2008
14:27 (BST), 15/08/2008 Runes of Magic Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS Runes of Magic offers a very interesting ... (gamesindustry.biz)
Runes of Magic offers a very interesting system for character development besides its dualclass system already explained. To equip a character in Frogster's upcoming fantasy MMOG with unique abilities, players may take skills and spells from three basic categories.
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08/15/2008
MapleStory iTrading Card Game to Release NPC Heroes in the Fourth Set (Anime News Network)
August 12, 2008 (Renton, Wash.) – In a continuation of Wizards of the Coast's trading card game legacy, the company has announced a fourth set of the MapleStory iTCG. The new card set, NPC Heroes, is scheduled to hit store shelves this August.
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08/15/2008
Moorpark soldier trains for Iraq in the Mojave Desert (Moorpark Acorn)
A soldier with ties to Moorpark will soon serve in Iraq. But to see him, one would think he is already there. He patrols Arab villages in the desert where locals living there wear long, loose-fitting Arab clothing and scarf-like head covers. He stands among Iraqi natives as Arabic calls to prayer can be heard over loud speakers.
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08/11/2008
Roll them bones! (RPGamer)
August is here once again, and like most Augusts it is hot outside. This August is of course special in the fact that it features one of those lovely dates (08/08/08) but also because the Summer Olympics are underway.
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08/07/2008
Game review: Silverfall: Earth Awakening (Guardian Unlimited)
Silverfall: Earth Awakening is a no-nonsense swords-and-sorcery roleplaying game (RPG) for the PC, the kind of game that will bother the top end of the German gaming charts but barely register in the UK. A shame, really, because Silverfall is a solid slice of goblin-bashing. There is a plot of sorts - the usual save-the-world gubbins - but Silverfall is all about killing stuff, finding loot ...
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08/07/2008
The Precursors (Games Radar)
You could call it the Mass Effect effect if you were willing to bend history a little to make your theory fit. After a few fallow years, it seems that Epic Space Games are no longer an endangered species.
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08/04/2008
RoleCraft: Aligning Roleplay (WarCry Network)
In this week's RoleCraft, Jim Moreno looks at the standard D&D concept of alignment, how it works in roleplaying, and how it's applied to MMORPGs.
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