[Op-Ed] I Think I Need To Find a New Hobby
There was a time back before the commercial internet when you purchased games on a disk, and played it (bugs, warts, etc) with the specific intent of having fun (i.e.…
Gameforge TERA – Signs of Trouble Redux
Back on February 5th, I wrote about Gameforge being on this 70% "bonus" TERA Thalers (TT) which is normally a sign of a publisher "fishing" for whatever revenue they can make…
Amazon Games and Smilegate RPG Respond to Player Concerns
Feeling the heat (and probably seeing actual numbers on their end of steeper than expected drops in engagement (concurrency, login time, etc), AGS and Smilegate RPG put out an pre-emptive…
Lost Ark – The Tier 3 Elephant In The Room
In my "first two weeks" thoughts regarding the game, I mentioned that I felt it was a mistake to release tier 3 because it added to this "rush" to get…
ArcheWorld Pre-registration Site Now Available
XLGAMES in partnership with Kakao Games, unveiled their new site (pre-registration purposes) for the upcoming blockchain NFT version of ArcheAge, called ArcheWorld (aka ScamAge). In addition to ArcheAge 2, this is…
Lost Ark – March Update Live
The first major content update was launched today by Amazon Games for Lost Ark with the Tier 3 Abyss Raid (Argos), along with a new story line (Kadan Story Episode)…
ArcheAge – Called It on the Patron Limit in the Rosen Crystal Shop
Legacy players are really getting screwed over with this entire credit compensation fiasco where their credits were exchanged for Rosen Crystals. As I previously surmised (that it would not surprise…
ArcheAge – Credit Removal and Rosen Crystal Information
Ahead of todays maintenance, Kakao Games provided an update regarding the credit removal (several days ago) in what can now be considered a futile attempt at trying to salvage what…