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I'm a 24 year old gamer who's fixated on MMOGs of any type. I tend to look into the bare facts while voicing a rather loud opinion at the same time, no matter what.

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2 Digg it    Clones? What the Hell?!
  Views: 261  |  Category : Articles (MMOGs) |  Post time : 2008-05-09 02:57:38    Comments: 6  |  Bookmark

 

So, here I am looking at the posed question to the Writer's Club and pondering how am I meant to respond to something like "What do you think about the clone phenomena?". I've been playing MMOs for quite some time now; in fact, longer than many average players to the genre these days. Most of those that were about around the time that I started have 'grown up' and gone their seperate ways from gaming in general. My intial reaction to the question was: "I can't be expected to right about this, it's so..not me." After some persuading, I realised that this could be about how I feel about anything similar to this 'direction' in the MMORPG industry. My absolute opinion on the matter is very straight to understand: There is no such thing as a CLONE in the gaming industry.

Yes, I will openly admit that there are many games that follow very similar graphical engines and very similar 'techniques' to appeal to potential members. But how can anyone say that it's a "rip-off" of a game? Most of these people have no clue when the game(s) in question originally came out. Or more importantly, the differences between both titles. This whole de


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1 Digg it    Splices' Interviews: IGG on Wonderland Online!
  Views: 572  |  Category : Splices Exclusive! |  Post time : 2008-05-06 02:25:47    Comments: 2  |  Bookmark

 

             That's right! I've been able to score an interview with none other than Edwin Huang, the Product Manager for Wonderland Online over at IGG (Intenet Gaming Gate). My experiences in-game and some of the more elaborate questions that plagued my mind after looking into Wonderland Online forced me to try to find out more, yet from the source. It's an honour to have Mr.Huang answer the questions that I've asked, and I appreciate his time and effort taken in responding to me as well. Without further ado, here's the interview itself.

Splices: Just so the record is straight, who am I talking with and what is your position at IGG?
Huang: I am Edwin Huang, the Product Manager of Wonderland Onlinefor IGG. Wonderland Online is the sixth MMOG currently being published via IGG.com.

Splices: Lets say I've never heard of Wonderland Online at all. What key points about the game do you think are most interesting to a gamer?
Huang: Well, the most distinct feature of Wonderland Online is that players can have a [HOME] in the game. With the help of the manufacturing system, players can decorate their houses with all kinds of furniture.

Unique Housing System


Splices: What direction do


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2 Digg it    Happy Birthday.......Splices! (About Me)
  Views: 134  |  Category : Splices Exclusive! |  Post time : 2008-05-01 11:48:13    Comments: 3  |  Bookmark

 

About Me

Born on 2nd of May 1984, I grew up in the rural area of St.Mary's County (Maryland, USA). My mother was a wiccan, my father wasn't really known whatsoever. At a young age, my mother started to tutor me in Mathematics, Writing, and Reading. By the time that I started school, I had a very basic understand of Algebra and was reading at what was proclaimed [at the time] at college-level. Most of my focus on academics came from the fact that I had health problems when I was very little (2-9 years old) and had to spend the better part of that timte lip-reading due to hearing problems.  I skipped two grades (second and seventh).

Most of my patience and understanding has come from the guidance of my mother, who passed away when I was 12 years old (no pity party, please - just explaining my background). Even before this occurred, however, I was pretty fixated in the computing scene. My mother had bought me a Commodore64 when I was six years old (on my birthday, in fact). That same day, I hooked up that old 9600 Baud Modem to the phone line and started on my way of looking at BBS (Bulletin Board Systems) that were withing the local (same state) region. Inevitably, my mother grew t


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1 Digg it    Wonderland Online Review!
  Views: 823  |  Category : Previews (MMOGs) |  Post time : 2008-05-01 12:05:31    Comments: 1  |  Bookmark

 

 

                Wonderland Online, published by IGG, is a game that brings the old-school RPG game-play to the world of the Internet – creating a very weird hybrid-type of MMORPG. Just so we’re straight, IGG is known to publish some rather unique or ‘cute’ looking MMOs and Wonderland Online (WLO) is no exception. This game is filled with cute little characters that you encounter or that you can choose to play yourself. Looking and playing this game can be a unique experience altogether; for some, good and others, bad. It’s one of those games that are ‘in between’ at all times and it takes the subjective mind to distinguish what one feels as good or bad. 
 

Smackdown Style!

         Starting out with some of the more simple features of the game, we have customizable characters. Each character has his or her own special tactics and techniques; but, to make things more interesting, WLO allows you to change the colour of your character’s hair, eyes, and skin (using Red, Blue, Green sliders – so there is such a thing as customization!). You only have this option during character creation, so you best take your time to decide what colour


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