Damon, Affleck Company Launches In-game MMO News Service

They have 30 people covering Second Life?

This reeks of pre-bubble dot com excess.

MAAAAAAT DAAAAAAMON

seriously

I'm not certain why WoW is so against selling characters. They could always require a character to be transferred off its current server to make sure it doesn't hurt the server's community. With the reputation requirements (only recently downplayed) and grueling 1-70 grind, rolling a new character isn't an option everyone is interested in. With the roller coaster that is WoW balancing, classes are going through constant flux, and allowing someone to play a character that would otherwise be unused is simply adding $15/mo to their coffers. I know more people who have sold their accounts, or quit the game, than rerolled after they were finally disgusted by their main's class.

I always wished if you had a 70 already Blizzard allowed you to create another character that was already at least level 50. Most classes have fundamental spells that aren't even available until 40. Once the new MMOs come out, and with the loss of players the expansions bring, Blizzard is going to have to start doing major things to keep WoW alive. A lot of people are just biding their time until the next big thing comes out.

this is so exciting.. finally some real insight into the MMO industry from ben and matt.

Second Life sucks ass

their article on rouge pvp problems was really really bad.

Matt Daaaaaamon.

Seriously though, this is the first time I've heard of LivePlanet. Sounds interesting.