(via World of Warcraft forums: Buff Skinning? Screenshot by Gelyn, aka Herm of the Ravenholdt realm)
Monthly Archives: November 2007
Game Design Innovations
Interesting compilation of the 50 GREATEST GAME DESIGN INNOVATIONS (their ALL CAPS, not mine), including Exploration, Gestural Interfaces (think Wii), Bullet Time and Stealth. After reading through the historical examples and the commentary, I realized that we could spend a lifetime arguing about which game did what first. (via Next Generation)
Tabula Rasa Live
Tabula Rasa went live today in North America and Europe. (Hmm, you’d think they’d have a more intuitive domain name for that. Ohh, QJ.net owns the domain tabularasa dot com. Weird.) Anyways.
Do you like shooting aliens? I sure do. $50 for the box and $15 a month to play. Nerd bait included with the $70 limited edition:
* Exclusive Boo Bot Pet
* Exclusive dye recipes to customize your armor with unique colors
* Signature LOGOS character emote
* Welcome letter from General British
* Authentic AFS Military Challenge Coin
* Set of Tabula Rasa Dog Tags (Don’t wear those to school, kids. I’m only thinking of your safety. – Uncle Foton)
* Exclusive Black Ops Poster
* AFS Field Guide
* 7 Double-sided maps
* Making of Tabula Rasa DVD
Here’s the press release for the game launch.
I hadn’t followed TR very closely. I suppose because it’s been SIX YEARS in development — mentally, I gave up on it. Joke’s on me though, cuz here it is.
BONUS: MMOG Nation has a spiffy write-up re: TR-beta with some good commentary from other beta players. Seems like the $15 monthly is a major sticking point.