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Would it be viable to have an MMO which was pay-per-hour? A lot of people don't want to pay a subscription and cash shop always seems to be a kludge or P2W. What if paying for game time worked like a pre-paid phone? You pre-pay a certain amount into your account and then game time is deducted...

Looks fun, but probably shouldn't do that right in front of a wall of glass.

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I'm thinking it was around 10 minutes or so.

One more I just remembered. In EQ there was a maximum number of mobs which could be attacking you at one time--maybe 8? Get 8 snakes, rats, etc to attack you at once. While they are attacking you, other mobs will not engage. If you're a spellcaster, you could nuke a high-level mob and it...

This isn't a scam. A scam is where the person knowingly deceives in order to get financial gain. This is more just incompetence. Do you ever watch shows like "Bar Rescue" on FX? They go into failing bars and help turn them around. Often, the owners bought the bar because they thought it...

Obviously photoshopped. Everyone knows black people don't get in pools.

How feasible would it be to prototype a game like Pantheon with one of the eq/wow/etc emulators? I don't think the art could be changed, but could the mechanics be totally different? I played Shards of Dalaya for a while and I thought they did a great job of making the game feel new. Having a...

I would guess that he loaned money to Sigil and then got paid back once MS backed it.

A couple of telling quotes from that article: Regarding getting a deal for Vanguard. It seems he was hoping for a repeat of last time. Regarding Vanguard's poor launch: Which is also true for a crowdsourcing campaign.

Are there any metrics which correlate the number of backers to the number of game sales for past KS projects? Can you make anystatisticalprojections on the potential audience size for the game based on the number of backers it gets? That is, has anyone statistically analyzed the trend for KS...

A few EQ1 exploits: Infinite repeat quests with stackable items: They changed the quest window so that if you gave something that wasn't needed, the NPC gave it back. If the quest giver wanted stackable items, you could give him a stack with more than he wanted and he'd give you the stack...

I also have frequent bouts ofMiddle-Of-The-Night insomnia. I have no trouble going to sleep initially, but I'll wake up at 4 am +/- 10 minutes regardless of when I go to sleep. If I do nothing, I'll typically be fully awake for about an hour before going into a light, restless sleep. My...

There was a way you could hack the tutorial to load any of the regular zones instead of that tutorial one. None of the NPCs or objects were there, but you could walk around and explore. I forget how to do it, but you did something to change the filename of the zone it loaded.

I like this idea. It could also work for raid size. But rather than a hard cut off, make it be an increase in probability. There could be an increase in probability in the number of items and the quality of loot. The faster you defeat the boss, the better chance for uber loot. The smaller...

On a show dealing with obesity, they had a segment about how people grossly overestimate serving sizes. They had a group of people who should have been losing weight based on their food diaries. But when the researchers actually saw what they were eating, they saw the logs were totally...

One thing that would help is some form of reward for the player to explore and do more in each level. Right now there is a rush to the top because each new level means new capabilities. There needs to be something to entice players to stay within a level longer. One idea I had to promote...

For those of you just starting out and not sure if you want to do cardio or weights, why not do both? See if your gym offersBodyPump. It's a weightlifting-type class that is done aerobically. One thing that is unique about it is that the effort comes from how much weight you put on the bar...

There are some theories which say that your cholesterol is mostly created by your liver in response to carbohydrates. Dietary cholesterol may have a minimal impact on your cholesterol number. This may explain why people on Atkins have improved cholesterol values even though they're eating high...

I'm pretty sure the writers must literally be on drugs when coming up episode ideas.

I got one of these for Christmas and have used it a few times already. It's great on the weekend since I can start it and then eat dinner when ever I have time.

Some classes are better for beginners than others. You want to start with classes which don't involve impact and allow you to easily control the effort. If you're just starting out, try these classes: Water Aerobics-- Lightweight aerobic exercises done in the pool. Great for people with...

Trying to stay thin without exercise is like trying to be a good student without doing homework. It can happen, but it really depends on your genetic makeup. You may hate exercise now, but after you get into it for a while it starts to feel good. It's still like homework, but it's like...

KoA makesEW's worst video game list:

A couple of questions... Why create accounts for the bots? I thought ads would be tracked based on IP addresses, not by account name. It would be trivial for the site admin to create 10000 accounts, but it would be much more difficult to make it look like 10000 different computers were...