Recent content by Magog_sl

Yeah, this is a really good point and I think it's why you don't generally see large groups of people "choosing" to socialize in MMOs where it's not a requirement to do so. MMOs are great experiments in behavioral science. Skinner would fucking love them. People will follow the path of least...

I generally agree with Merlin's first point. Looking back through my MMO playing history, I find that I mostly enjoyed de-facto forced grouping. There was a positive synergy in a well run group, where everything just worked, like being on a real life team. Plus there was the social aspect which...

I fully expect this to become part of the Republican Party platform once our MMO gamer generation replaces the current generation of politicians.

Nothing at the moment. Last game I played for any length of time was SWTOR. Tried Neverwinter a few nights ago for about 10 minutes before turning it off. Will probably try Marvel Heroes and Guild Wars 2 soon but I doubt they'll hold my attention for very long.

That bad, huh? Shame, it looked kind of good.

No one mentioned Neverwinter, how did that turn out? CoH/CoV was one of my best MMO experiences. Really felt like a powerful hero/villain fighting multiple mobs and the grouping was probably the funnest time I've had. It was just so chaotic with powers flying everywhere. Mastermind class was...

I haven't really been following the MMO scene lately. Is there anything decent/good that came out relatively recently or that is coming out soon? Last MMO I played was SWTOR.

I once took a Statistical Methods class where the prof was this hilarious little Chinese guy who would talk endlessly, in broken english, about how awesome applying Statistics to everyday life was. One of his favorite topics was dating websites because they basically allowed you to Moneyball...