A decade of MMOs

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I got the chance to contribute to a piece that Richard Aihoshi put together on MMORPG.com about the last decade in the genre. Richard was one of the first guys I worked for as an associate editor, back when I contributed to IGN, so I always look forward to the chance to work with him again on articles like this...and on a side note is someone I'll always be thankful for helping me along the road to...well...to where I am now (even if he is usually too modest to accept the praise!) so make sure you drop by and check out the full article here,. I think it's an interesting read with comment from Mythic co-founder Matt Frior and Erik Bethke from Zynga.

Comments

Peral said…
Great read. Your comment about the type of mechanics narrowing was very insightful for me. I had not really considered it like that, but you are 100% right. We do have less variety now than we had ten years ago. That is quite sad I think
February 11, 2010 at 8:58 AM
TroyMaster said…
interesting opinions there. I am not sure that I would call what Zynga do as MMOs though, not the way that I refer to them anyway. Mafia Wars I hope is not the future of MMOs!
February 11, 2010 at 11:57 AM
AmandaP said…
Really good article. MMORPG seems to be producing some better and more balanced articles since they brought more writers and contributors on board. As long as I steer clear of their forums it's almost becoming a site worth reading every week.
February 13, 2010 at 12:48 PM
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