http://www.mmogamer.com/07/02/2008/interview-alex-st-john-part-two Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:29:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.mmogamer.com/07/02/2008/interview-alex-st-john-part-two/comment-page-1#comment-605 WoW: the last blockbuster MMO? « Dark London Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:16:31 +0000 http://www.mmogamer.com/?p=418#comment-605 [...] Dark London Exploring Immersive Media « Now I am the Master: what MMOs can teach table top RPGs WoW: the last blockbuster MMO? July 15, 2008 I apologise for the tabloid-esque title for this post, it was actually inspired by an interview with Alex St John at MMOGamer. No’ I’d never heard of him either, until I read the interview, but he seems to have pretty good credentials - he was one of the people responsible for the development of DirectX and is CEO of a hugely successful digital distribution gaming platform, oh yeah and apparently, although he doesn’t say this explicitly, he was involved in persuading Richard Garriot to take his Ultima series into the online sphere and we all know what happened then. So all in all then I believe he’s someone worth taking notice of, particularly when it comes to predicting the future of gaming. His specific quote in refernece to the world of MMOs was: “We’re going to see a generation of MMOGs that are much lighter, are delivered online, are m... [...] [...] Dark London Exploring Immersive Media « Now I am the Master: what MMOs can teach table top RPGs WoW: the last blockbuster MMO? July 15, 2008 I apologise for the tabloid-esque title for this post, it was actually inspired by an interview with Alex St John at MMOGamer. No’ I’d never heard of him either, until I read the interview, but he seems to have pretty good credentials – he was one of the people responsible for the development of DirectX and is CEO of a hugely successful digital distribution gaming platform, oh yeah and apparently, although he doesn’t say this explicitly, he was involved in persuading Richard Garriot to take his Ultima series into the online sphere and we all know what happened then. So all in all then I believe he’s someone worth taking notice of, particularly when it comes to predicting the future of gaming. His specific quote in refernece to the world of MMOs was: “We’re going to see a generation of MMOGs that are much lighter, are delivered online, are m… [...]

]]> http://www.mmogamer.com/07/02/2008/interview-alex-st-john-part-two/comment-page-1#comment-590 Interview: Alex St. John Talks Digital Distribution, Microtransacations, and the Future of Gaming, Part One : The MMO Gamer Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:26:27 +0000 http://www.mmogamer.com/?p=418#comment-590 [...] Trackbacks and PingbacksInterview: Alex St. John Talks Digital Distribution, Microtransacations, and the Future of Gaming, P...Pingback from [...] right back up where we left off (which you can read right here, if you missed [...] [...] Trackbacks and PingbacksInterview: Alex St. John Talks Digital Distribution, Microtransacations, and the Future of Gaming, P…Pingback from [...] right back up where we left off (which you can read right here, if you missed [...]

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