Working As Intended Podcast #15: End of the Year Special

By Siam Choudhury | December 29, 2009 | | Filed under: News, Podcast | Tags: End of the Year, Podcast, The MMO Gamer, Working As Intended

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Welcome to this years last episode of the Working As Intended podcast! We will look back the year that has gone by and what is to come in the next year in the MMOG industry.

We hope you have enjoyed this year and look forward to everything we will bring you in 2010!

Topics

Top 10 Most Read Features of the Year

1. Star Wars: The Old Republic – A New Hope for MMOs?
2. Bridging the Culture Divide: NCsoft’s Brian Knox on Aion’s Plans to Bring East and West Together at Last
3. Age of Conan Director Craig Morrison, Part One: Why Can’t MMOs Just be Fun?
4. Review: Runes of Magic
5. Impressions: Aion Closed Beta Event 3
6. BioWare’s Blaine Christine Talks Heroism, Villainy, and Why You Would Play Anything But a Jedi in Star Wars: The Old Republic
7. Age of Conan Director Craig Morrison, Part Two: Gamers are Sociopaths, EQ Clones are Dead, and Why Nobody Reads Quest Text
8. Paul Barnett Speaks, Part One: His Griefer Son, the Meaning of Creativity, and Dating Games Workshop’s Daughter
9. First and Second Impressions: Warhammer Online
10. Paul Barnett Speaks, Part Two: Why Games Aren’t Art, and Hardcore MMO Players Are Yesterday’s News

Top 10 Memorable News of Year

1. Richard Garriott Sues NCsoft for Fraud: Seeks $24,000,000
2. Mark Jacobs To Leave Mythic: BioWare Now in Charge of Both Companies
3. Trading of Virtual Goods Banned in China
4. Console-Only MMOFPS DUST 514 Revealed by CCP Games
5. World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Announcement Trailer, Website
6. Champions Online Released
7. Aion: The Tower of Eternity Released
8. Fallen Earth Released
9. The MMO Gamer’s Working As Intended Podcast Episode One!
10. Metaplace.com shuts down

Hosts & Guests

• Jeffrey Philipp
• Steven Crews
• Siam Choudhury

As always we appreciate your feedback! You can also send us your questions or topics you would like us to discuss by dropping a comment here or sending an email to podcast@mmogamer.com.

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