If I were a boy…
I’m pretty sure that by now, you are certain that I’m male, that I have a penis, and I most likely have hair covering the vast majority of my body. If you’re still uncertain, I definitely need to work...
View ArticleGirls make love not warcraft
Sadly, it’s true. While 40% of all games players are female (a rather large percentage that often shocks some people), only 15% of them play games like World of Warcraft (WoW). I think this is probably...
View ArticleThis isn't me
As a corollary to my post earlier today, this video highlights why girls need to play online games, like World of Warcraft. [youtube]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=w3GOHoskTY4[/youtube] And boys, do...
View ArticleThis is my life…
Well, a large portion of my life at least. Not quite all, but… an uncomfortably high percentage of it. Anyway, I’ve started a serious series of posts, about being the guild leader of a successful World...
View ArticleIntroducing… the guild leader!
In my previous entry I spoke about WoW itself. Hopefully drew an illustrative picture of the most successful multiplayer game of all time (and probably for the next decade, or until Blizzard’s...
View ArticleThe structure and members of a successful guild
Virtual worlds like World of Warcraft have long been known to mirror certain aspects of real life. It has often been supposed that people play games like World of Warcraft exactly because of that fact;...
View ArticleGuild Leadership – Question & Answer – Common problems in raiding guilds
Since the start of this series of ‘Life as a guild leader‘ articles I’ve received quite a variety of questions both here on the site and via email. With a little break from the norm, I’m going to...
View ArticleEmotional avatars in virtual worlds
Apologies for the long-winded title; it’s actually quite hard to find a subject that gets right to the point. This isn’t about triggering a particular emotion in gamers — not directly, at least. It’s...
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