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Free Realms is now a whopping one year old and one of the most successful family-oriented MMOs out there. Sony Online Entertainment has a lot of plans in mind to celebrate so keep reading!
Free Realms players (and anyone else too) can now enjoy "It's Your World", the official theme song. The video was recorded by The Dares. Grab information and the link by clicking below.
In this week's RoleCraft, Jim Moreno teaches you how to sound like you're short, Scottish, and have a massive beard.
FreeRealms players can now put on their inner pirates with the latest mini-game, Pirate's Plunder. Pirate's Plunder pits players against one another or against AI controlled enemies. Read more, matey!
FreeRealms and Sony Online Entertainment have announced that there are now over nine million registered players. Sony Online touts developers' focused attention on player needs and concerns as the reason for growth. Read more!
Sony Online Entertainment has announced the dates of its annual Fan Faire. This year, Fan Faire will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada from August 5-8, 2010. Grab more details after the jump.
Jim Moreno looks at how you can bring your pen-and-paper RP experience to Dungeons & Dragons Online: Unlimited.
Jim Moreno walks us through how to properly roleplay in Star Trek Online. Live Long and Prosper.
Sony Online Entertainment has donated over $25,000 to the Red Cross for victims of the Haitian earthquake. Players were able to purchase special in-game items to benefit the charity. Read more!
Jim Moreno discusses how best to network with fellow roleplayers (and himself, of course).
Sony Online Entertainment publishes a wide variety of MMOs appealing to different sorts of players. To celebrate the upcoming holiday, events are planned for all games. Find out what's happening in YOUR neck of the universe by clicking below.
Jim Moreno outlines the things that would make him one very happy roleplayer this Christmas, even if they won't fit under the tree.
Jim Moreno shares his list of the five most crucial tools for any MMORPG to support roleplaying.
Jim Moreno finishes his look at how to RP using magic with some handy links from around the web.
In this week's RoleCraft, Jim Moreno looks at the actual act of casting the spell itself.
In this week's RoleCraft, we'll look at how a spellcaster puts their magic to good use in the world of roleplay.
This week in RoleCraft, we look at how players can work the mystical arts of magic into their RP.
Jim Moreno looks at how roleplayers can create a character who is in the military.
Felicia Day's MMOG-focused comedy series is great at getting laughs, but can it also teach us things about roleplaying in online worlds?
Morale is a very real aspect of warfare. Historical battles are as often won through moral superiority as physical strength. Rules that account for morale loss (and less frequently, morale gain) are very common in military computer, miniature, and board games yet have been largely neglected for games where a player controls a single avatar.
As long as player action sequences are the driving force behind special maneuvers, MMOs will be nothing but a numbers game. The key to break this cycle is to focus on responses to the enemy's actions.
How much of an MMO is button smashing and how much involves actual skill? This installment is an investigation of how armor choices and shield employment can yield more combat decisions.
I like stats as much as the next person (probably more), but when warfare is boiled down to raw probabilities, battlefield skill disappears. The building of the best stat base becomes much more important than any sort of tactical competency. Instead of seeking a skill based work-around, games come up with new statistical probabilities.
In this installment, Jonathan Steinhauer looks at the last MMO class archetypes, the Healer, and why this role at least is solidly developed.
The archetypal concept of the tank assumes that PvE opponents have the mental capacity of cattle. Instead of a monster intelligently attacking what would make his enemy most vulnerable (the Healer) or what is the greatest actual threat (the DPS), it attacks the one opponent that isthe smallest real threat and the hardest to kill: the Rodeo Clown... er Tank.
In this week's RoleCraft, Jim Moreno looks at the issue of player housing in MMOGs and how it can shape one's roleplay experience.
The land where the FreeRealms area Merry Vale now sits was once barren, mountainous, and unexplored. One day (and no one can truly pinpoint which day), the mountains erupted, and a bright rainbow sprang forth. Curious travelers and adventurers went to investigate, and found the settlement of Merry Vale - home of the fairies. It was as though the place had been around for ages, but was hidden by magic.
