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When the World is New5 comments

Tigerfeet wrote 1 day ago: After another bad night that resulted in me helping some friends through Black Morass while boycotti … more »

Wrath Mana Regen Calculations2 comments

moonchicken wrote 4 days ago:   Mmmmm.... mana! Okay, so this is the promised post regarding all the changes to our regeneration … more »

Tags: Wrath of the Lich King, Talents, Analysis, Balance, Druids, Math, Theorycrafting, Wrath

Reworking Eclipse--More Math!3 comments

moonchicken wrote 5 days ago:   The sun is still eclipsed by the moon Okay, so as you might see in Murmur’s comment on the … more »

Tags: Talents, Wrath of the Lich King, Analysis, Balance, Druids, speculation, Wrath

Second First Impressions4 comments

moonchicken wrote 6 days ago:   Some people are "Wrathful" at the nerfs. Oh that was a bad one. There has been a lot of … more »

Tags: Wrath of the Lich King, Talents, Balance, Druids, speculation, Spells, Wrath

Rant time Ho ha-ha!6 comments

Tigerfeet wrote 1 week ago: Well, maybe not a full on rant so much as my normal rambling with a disgruntled slant. But first it … more »

Why Moonkins Still Lack Active Mana Regen

moonchicken wrote 1 week ago:   If only this was possible A long time ago, in a time before TBC, we brave, we few, we Balance Dru … more »

Tags: Talents, Wrath of the Lich King, Analysis, Balance, Druid, Mechanics, Moonkin Form, Opinion, Wrath

Balancing Stats

commondialog wrote 2 weeks ago: Currently Messiah has four stats: Create Destroy Control Teach Taken out of order, Destroy is your … more »

Tags: Messiah, Mecha, Balance

How to design a reputation system for your social media site or social game4 comments

jeremyliew wrote 3 weeks ago: Bokardo has an interesting interview with Bryce Glass of Yahoo, about Yahoo’s social design pa … more »

Tags: Game design, Reputation, social games, social gaming, Social Media

The elements of Crafting as a game mechanic

jeremyliew wrote 1 month ago: Psycochild posted on crafting from a game designers point of view last week. He notes: Crafting is t … more »

Tags: Game design, Games, games 2.0, Gaming, virtual goods

How casual MMOs benefit from hardcore players1 comment

jeremyliew wrote 1 month ago: One of the take aways of the social gaming summit last week was that even casual MMOGs need to focus … more »

Tags: Game design, Games, games 2.0, Gaming, social games, social gaming

Fantasy Football Team

Christopher wrote 1 month ago: At the beginning Premiership with Manchester United, I would like to go for obvious reasons Crist … more »

Tags: Microsoft PowerPoint, General Discussion, My Opinion, Sports, NFL, Football, Fantasy Football, Fantasy Sports, Rankings

Notes, video and commentary on the Social Gaming Summit 7 comments

jeremyliew wrote 1 month ago: The Social Gaming Summit was quite a success on Friday. Over 400 attendees seemed to enjoy the sessi … more »

Tags: asynchronous gaming, Business models, Casual games, Game design, Games, games 2.0, Gaming, MMORPG, social games

Great agenda for the Social Gaming Summit on Friday8 comments

jeremyliew wrote 1 month ago: I’m very excited about the Social Gaming Summit on Friday that I’m co-producing. The pro … more »

Tags: Conferences, digital goods, Game design, Games, games 2.0, Gaming, social games, social gaming, virtual goods

Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Masters

Christopher wrote 1 month ago: In PowerPoint presentations, slides Master controls the appearance of the presentation. Changes m … more »

Tags: Microsoft PowerPoint, General Discussion, My Opinion, Club Penguin Updates, Social Media, twitter, social networking, facebook, plurk

Useful Halo 3 Equipments

Christopher wrote 1 month ago: There are many types of equipment available in Halo 3. Some teams are used for defence purposes, … more »

Tags: Bungie, Debt, General Discussion, Halo, Halo 3, Joel Spolsky, Microsoft PowerPoint, My Opinion, Short Fiction

Using Microsoft PowerPoint Advanced Techniques

Christopher wrote 1 month ago: Judging by most office PowerPoint presentations, most employees don't realize that there is … more »

Tags: Microsoft PowerPoint, General Discussion, My Opinion, Free Downloads, Microsoft Office, Microsoft, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Microsoft Excel

How social games can retain their best players1 comment

jeremyliew wrote 1 month ago: I’ve posted previously about how important it is to retain users of social apps, and offered u … more »

Tags: Games, games 2.0, Gaming, social games, social gaming

Pump Up Employee Competence and Morale with MOS Certification

Christopher wrote 1 month ago: Looking for a way to give your business that extra edge companies? Want you could get more of its … more »

Tags: Microsoft PowerPoint, General Discussion, My Opinion, Arcade Games, Microsoft Office, Microsoft, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Microsoft Excel

Be A Microsoft Word Pro - In 5 Easy Steps

Christopher wrote 2 months ago: 1. Keep your hands on the keyboard. Meet some keyboard shortcuts (see below) or press Alt + let … more »

Tags: General Discussion, My Opinion, Club Penguin Times, Current Events, writing, Word Processor, Microsoft Word, paper, Life


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