WoW's questing system was inspired by a playtest that didn't work out as planned, because the testers didn't play MMOs and had no idea what they were supposed to do: 'I ran out of quests right away!'

WoW’s questing system was inspired by a playtest that didn’t work out as planned, because the testers didn’t play MMOs and had no idea what they were supposed to do: ‘I ran out of quests right away!’

The idea that World of Warcraft was ever light on quests sounds like blasphemy at this point. Why would you ever make a game about killing seven wolves not because an NPC asked you to but just for the fun of it? But that’s how MMOs like Everquest worked back then, and it’s how the…

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I hope Dune: Awakening’s base-building get weirder and wilder than what we saw in the beta, because it’s going up against decades of killer Dune artwork

When I think Dune, I think long treatises on politics and philosophy, dramatic knife fights, hands melting in mind torture boxes, Sting in a speedo with glistening abs, and, of course, giant toothy sandworms. I think about the striking scale and imagination of each and every adaptation of Dune over the years, from illustrated novels…

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Japan: Nintendo has applied for 8 trademarks

Nintendo has filed for 8 new trademarks in Japan. The trademarks include the Pokemon Entei, Game & Watch, Bowser’s Fury, Mario Kart Live Home Circuit and Home Circuit. The remaining 2 are related to Japanese translations. One is “Fury World”, which is what the Bowser’s Fury subtitle for the Switch version of Super Mario 3D…

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