Interviews

Tabula Rasa Interview at TVG

TVG talks to RG on the QT.
TVG has posted an interview with Starr Long, the producer of Tabula Rasa. All hailed Lord British and then wrote something almost like this:

"Richard Garriott and I (Starr Long) started this project together with other key team members so he has been involved since the beginning. For the first couple of years we took the project down a path that was more fantasy oriented, with a very unique combat system and focused entirely on instanced adventure spaces for small groups. After bringing it to E3 in 2004 we realised that the setting and visuals were getting in the way of the game we wanted to make so we decided to make some major changes. We moved the game towards a more science fiction direction for the visuals and setting. We also changed the design towards a focus on large persistent battlefields where player’s actions can impact the state of the battle. We also changed combat to feel much more like a shooter-style game while retaining RPG systems underneath everything. This means while you are shooting your weapon via a mouse click and cycling through weapons like a shooter, the outcome of each shot is being determined mainly by your character’s skills that you have built up over time."

You can read the entire Tabula Rasa Interview at TVG.

Features, Interviews

Wed, Jul 06, 2005

Boomjack
EQ2: Splitpaw Saga Interview

Gnolls have a saga?
GameCloud has posted a Interview with Sony Online Entertainment's Scott Hartsman covering the latest EverQuest 2 adventure pack, The Splitpaw Saga. While watching the clouds drift by we saw one that looked a lot like Lord Nagafen and it appeared he was writing this:

" The folks at Sony Online recently release the second "adventure pack" for their hit MMORPG Everquest 2 titled The Splitpaw Saga. Gamecloud got a chance to quiz the pack's senior producer Scott Hartsman to find out more about their mini-expansion pack for the game. "

You can read the entire EverQuest 2: The Splitpaw Saga Interview at GameCloud.

Features, Interviews

Mon, Jul 04, 2005

Boomjack
Irth Online Interview at RPGVault

Irthling, take me to your leader.
RPGVault has an interview with Magic Hat, the folks behind Irth Online. From space, it appears that this was written:

"Magic Hat Software's Irth Online is a fantasy-themed persistent state project said to emphasize role-playing and allowing players to determine their own in-game experience. Officially announced late in January, although it had been on our radar for some time, it's now in late beta and targeted to enter commercial service in the coming weeks. The setting is one in which a fragile peace exists among three civilizations, the northern Arcadians, swamp-dwelling Morbus and tropical Mezoteks. Features likely to interest players who prefer open-ended virtual worlds include a free-form storyline and a skill system in which characters can learn any ability without racial or class-based restrictions. Ever since conducting an extensive interview in February, we've been on a quest to gather more in-depth information on the endeavor and its key elements. To this end, we solicited input from various team members."

You can read the entire Irth Online Interview at RPGVault.

Features, Interviews

Wed, Jun 29, 2005

Boomjack
Hero's Journey Interview at MMORPG.com

We ask. They answer.
MMORPG.com has the second installment of their Hero's Journey Q&A series posted. It looks suspiciously like they may have written this:

" Erick Slick is a designer and the Director of Development for Hero's Journey, the upcoming release from Simutronics. Every two weeks we have a chance to quiz someone from the team in what should become a community based Q&A series."

You can read the entire Hero's Journey Interview at MMORPG.com.

Features, Interviews

Wed, Jun 29, 2005

Boomjack
MMOCenter Interview at GameCloud

We have ways of making them talk.
GameCloud has an interview with the folks at MMOCenter posted. The dead sea scrolls revealed this, possibly:

"Atlanta based Rapid Reality Games recently announced a major plan to release not just one but a whole series of massively multiplayer games under the umbrella MMOCenter.com service. The company is already taking pre-orders for their first two games The Chronicle and Machines. To find out more about their plans, Gamecloud got in contact with Rapid Reality's Adam Ghetti to find out more about MMOCenter."

You can read the entire MMOCenter Interview at GameCloud.

Features, Interviews

Wed, Jun 29, 2005

Boomjack
Star Wars Galaxies Interview at GamerGod

Question, Answer this be.
GamerGod has posted a Star Wars Galaxies Interview. We are 100% sure that George Lucas probably didn't write this:

"Welcome to GamerGod's interview with a member of the StarWars Galaxies
team by GamerGod staffer Jeff Rawlings. We'd like to give a big
GamerGod thanks to Lucas Arts Associate Producer Julio Torres for
answering our questions."

You can read the entire Star Wars Galaxies Interview at GamerGod.

Features, Interviews

Wed, Jun 29, 2005

Boomjack
Guild Wars Interview at GameCloud

No monthly fee and now Q&A.
GameCloud has a Guild Wars Interview Gaile Gray of ArenaNET posted. It is with utmost certainty that we say they probably wrote this:

"Ever since ArenaNet's fantasy themed multiplayer action-RPG Guild Wars launched in late April, the game has stayed on top of the US best selling PC games list and critics have responded to the game's mix of action gameplay with massively multiplayer elements. To get a quick update on the game and ArenaNet's future plans Gamecloud got in contact with the game's community manager Gaile Gray."

You can read the entire Guild Wars Interview at GameCloud.

Features, Interviews

Mon, Jun 27, 2005

Boomjack
Lord of the Rings Online Insider

LotRO Insider.
The first installment of Lord of the Rings Online Insider is up and alive at the Official Site . Our Legal Department has strongly advised us not to mention that actor Nick
Nolte was found wandering the streets mumbling the following:

"Welcome to the first installment of our new series, the Thursday Insider. In each Insider, we'll ask some team members to answer a question about themselves, LOTRO, or The Lord of the Rings. You never know what you'll get from the LOTRO team!"

You can read the entire Lord of the Rings Online Insider at The Official Site.

Features, Interviews

Fri, Jun 24, 2005

Boomjack
Ask SoE #37 at EverQuest Vault

Can you believe they've been asked 37 times?
EverQuest Vault has posted the 37th edition of their Ask SoE Column. Combined with appropriate exercise, we're certain that reading the
following will give you rock hard 6-pack abs in only minutes a day
:

"Part of the changes coming to spells and combat arts is to adjust how much damage the various classes do in relation to each other. Can you tell us how the different subclasses will rank in relative damage potential?"

You can read the entire Ask SoE #37 at EverQuest Vault.

Features, Interviews

Fri, Jun 24, 2005

Boomjack
DaoC: Darkness Rising Interview at RPGVault

One on the go and two more on the way.
RPGVault has a Dark Age of Camelot: Darkness Rising interview with Walter Yarbrough, the expansion's producer posted. We remain unconvinced that NHL Hockey settlement talks were postponed
indefinitely upon realizing that they wrote this:

"In Mythic Entertainment's popular Dark Age of Camelot the noble ideals of chivalry, justice and honor no longer define daily life in the legendary community. After King Arthur's demise, the idyllic age characterized by the Knights of the Round Table has soon ended. Instead, three realms contend for supremacy. Albion is where the fabled city still stands. Its inhabitants are primarily humans such as Britons and Saracens, plus Half Ogres and Inconnu. Based on Irish themes and populated by races like the Celts, Firbolgs, Elves, Sylvan, Hibernia is a verdant area where many lean toward the magical arts. Norse-influenced Midgard lies to the north, frequently producing strong, hardy warriors. Trolls, Dwarves, Norsemen, Valkyn and others call it home. Each of these domains persistently seeks to assert itself through force of arms, and to capture the treasures held by the others."

You can read the entire Dark Age of Camelot: Darkness Rising Interview at RPGVault.

Features, Interviews

Fri, Jun 24, 2005

Boomjack

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