Post by khrys on Dec 6, 2009 11:00:18 GMT -5
Last night in LTOOC I offhandedly remarked "I don't know why so many bloggers are complaining about the skirmish system" and the chat was suddenly flooded with remarks from two kins about how the blogs they read are full of whining children who nay-say a gaming concept just to hear their own voice, etc. I think there was even a remark about bloggers being like children in regards to their toilet habits.
I thought I'd try to renew your faith in bloggers by offering you a few sites I use, both for my WoWing as well as LotRO. They're written with an opinionated voice, yet based on rational fact by gamers who have either been in the industry itself or have gamed all their lives and have a wide experience to grant comparison across all venues.
(1) Player vs Developer
This fellow used to write MMOs. He plays all the big name games and still has contacts from inside the industry. His opinions are based entirely on his own experiences as he plays. This sometimes fails raiders and PvPers, as he tends to be a solo'r...but regardless, his ability to understand why the companies aren't pleasing all of us gamers all the time is really useful.
(2) Tobold's MMORPG
Another gamer who thinks before he types. I like Tobold because he plays a different game style than I and so I get to hear the opinion of an MMOer who can make me see what other gamers are wishing for. I don't care for PvP - it requires brains, speed and a deep understanding of your toon's abilities that I can't develop with my altoholic syndrome. But he helps me to see why a game chooses to develop certain things so as to make play more fun for those types of people.
(3) Spinksville
She's one of my favourites to read. Very genial and has an attraction to RP. This means I get to read articles and hear opinions on the graphics, audio, and RP-flavour material of games. She speaks sanely and doesn't b**ch-slap a game or a company just to sound important.
All three of these bloggers are LotRO gamers, along with other MMOs. They don't do the heavy-handed nonsense of "I'm going to rip this apart and call those who disagree with me 'ret**ds'" like Greedy Goblin or Keen do (Keen has even censored reader responses by deleting them) and so they're three bloggers worth reading once a month.
I thought I'd try to renew your faith in bloggers by offering you a few sites I use, both for my WoWing as well as LotRO. They're written with an opinionated voice, yet based on rational fact by gamers who have either been in the industry itself or have gamed all their lives and have a wide experience to grant comparison across all venues.
(1) Player vs Developer
This fellow used to write MMOs. He plays all the big name games and still has contacts from inside the industry. His opinions are based entirely on his own experiences as he plays. This sometimes fails raiders and PvPers, as he tends to be a solo'r...but regardless, his ability to understand why the companies aren't pleasing all of us gamers all the time is really useful.
(2) Tobold's MMORPG
Another gamer who thinks before he types. I like Tobold because he plays a different game style than I and so I get to hear the opinion of an MMOer who can make me see what other gamers are wishing for. I don't care for PvP - it requires brains, speed and a deep understanding of your toon's abilities that I can't develop with my altoholic syndrome. But he helps me to see why a game chooses to develop certain things so as to make play more fun for those types of people.
(3) Spinksville
She's one of my favourites to read. Very genial and has an attraction to RP. This means I get to read articles and hear opinions on the graphics, audio, and RP-flavour material of games. She speaks sanely and doesn't b**ch-slap a game or a company just to sound important.
All three of these bloggers are LotRO gamers, along with other MMOs. They don't do the heavy-handed nonsense of "I'm going to rip this apart and call those who disagree with me 'ret**ds'" like Greedy Goblin or Keen do (Keen has even censored reader responses by deleting them) and so they're three bloggers worth reading once a month.