tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post6549388710045334082..comments2024-03-28T10:18:05.213+00:00Comments on Inventory Full: You Might Think This Is Funny...Bhagpusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-76804665995759054332022-06-19T22:34:30.650+01:002022-06-19T22:34:30.650+01:00Thanks! I'm happy to have expanded the range o...Thanks! I'm happy to have expanded the range over the last few years. I'm still not entirely sure it wouldn't be better to have two or three blogs for different topics, as several people on the blog roll do, but overall I think I'd rather have everything in one place, even if it does feel more than a little chaotic at times.<br /><br />I'm absolutely certain there will be times ahead when I'll get drawn deeply into a new (or an old) mmorpg again and want to write about little else but it's good not to have to focus on the genre if nothing's really grabbing my attention, which it isn't right at the moment.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-79920591572608015392022-06-19T13:52:32.849+01:002022-06-19T13:52:32.849+01:00I've always enjoyed your explorations into oth...I've always enjoyed your explorations into other genres. MMO's many of which I have loved are not what they were 10 years ago. Plus I go in cycles myself and play an MMO for a while then move back to single player games or forego games altogether and get into a reading phase. Mrs. Steveaux doesn't play video games at all so it's just me and my brother whenever I play MMO's. I've never had your dedication to a individual MMO aside from my first MMO Star Wars Galaxies which I played from launch until 2 years in. <br />What I'm saying is I'm glad this isn't just an MMO blog. Our music tastes differ a lot but I still try to look at what you are suggesting. Cheers SteveauxSteveauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17994891654709628757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-37595570753454061942022-06-17T23:30:24.780+01:002022-06-17T23:30:24.780+01:00That is a really interesting quandary. If they ar...That is a really interesting quandary. If they are a big enough hit to do expansions do they parody past expansions that fell on their faces? There is certainly a lot to mock there in the case of some games, but I am not sure that wildly under delivering, launching with bugs that break the game, or massive and utterly pointless class updates could be done in a way that it would come across as funny :-)Yeebohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08028940396189544294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-90924721518627896432022-06-17T21:44:43.043+01:002022-06-17T21:44:43.043+01:00I feel it's a weird take to go for self-parody...I feel it's a weird take to go for self-parody in an mmorpg because no matter how much irony and self-aware meta humor you ladle over it, it's still the same set of tropes and behaviors underneath. Genfanad leans hard into that by telling you up front the mechanics are going to be exactly the same as the ones they're taking the mickey out of but I have to wonder how deep that can go. If the game's a success and lasts for a few years, will the exigencies of running a live service game trump the desire to undercut everything in the game with satire, sarcasm and irony? In the end, won't there still be the same issues with keeping people fed with content?<br /><br />They do actually have a plan for that in as much as they intend to throttle content so you can't just burn through it at your own pace but that seems to be almost predicated on the game not breaking out. It's an interesting project, anyway. I'm glad Next Fest introoduced me to it.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-87506012387574593282022-06-17T18:52:43.785+01:002022-06-17T18:52:43.785+01:00It has been quite a long time since we were gettin...It has been quite a long time since we were getting multiple big budget releases in the MMO space a year. If you restrict to definition to DIKU/ EQ descendants/ WoWalikes I doubt we will ever go back there. Heck, New World was the first really big one in how long?<br /><br />It's not to worrying to me personally because I am still working my way through things from around or before 2014. Guild Wars (the original) is my latest crusty obsession. New to me is often still pretty exciting.<br /><br />On MMO parodies, I feel like the light ribbing that the genre gets in games like Project Gorgon works pretty well. The one you are playing also sounds like I would enjoy it. However the only MMO that has ever worked for me as a full on wall-to-wall parody is Kingdom of Loathing. Though, obviously, it's not so much a parody of the genre as a really funny game that happens to be an MMO. Yeebohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08028940396189544294noreply@blogger.com