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The top 20 PC games of 2008, by sales figures (MMOs highlighted): 1. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Expansion Pack 2. Spore 3. World of Warcraft: Battle Chest 4. Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures 5. Warhammer Online: Age Of Reckoning 6. Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

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Welcome to January, the season to navelgaze. I’ve done my share: The video game industry is not going to be immune from the Great Recession. The MMO industry is especially not going to be immune, as the only proven path to success for MMOs is in huge budget gambles

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Wikipedia is a perfect example of the tragedy of the commons: where multiple individuals acting independently in their own self-interest can ultimately destroy a shared resource even where it is clear that it is not in anyone’s long term interest for this to happen. I love Wikipedia. I use

As the latest pool of saliva in point, a patent lawsuit filed against NCsoft for creating MMOs. That’ll show ’em! Specifically, the suit claims that NCsoft has infringed on patent 7,181,690, “System and Method for Enabling Users to Interact in a Virtual Space” through its games, including

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