Comments on: What are some good MMORPG blogs?

Question: What are some good MMORPG blogs?

chunking express — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:54:59 -0800

Can anyone recomend any good weblogs on MMORPGs?

In particular, I would like to read ones about World of Warcraft. I'm looking for stuff that is thoughtful and well written. For example, I liked this article on Star Wars Galaxies.

By: restless_nomad

restless_nomad — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:03:26 -0800

Broken Toys - It's Lum the Mad's new blog, if you remember him from long ago. He touches on WoW fairly regularly.

By: Nelson

Nelson — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:03:32 -0800

If you're looking for Calacanis-style coverage, WoWInsider is good. For something nerdier but very fascinating, PlayOn is a blog of someone doing a bunch of statistics delving into the way people play the game.

By: mbrubeck

mbrubeck — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:18:27 -0800

New World Notes is my favorite of the many weblogs covering Second Life.

By: liet

liet — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:22:41 -0800

Most non-game-specific MMO blogs will talk about WoW quite a bit, as it's become something of a common language.

Design blogs by professionals:
Raph Koster
Damion Schubert
Jeff Freeman
I second the recommendation for Scott's blog.

A general MMO player blog: n3rfed

An academic blog which is normally thought-provoking, but often misguided on the particulars of the business: Terra Nova

By: zabuni

zabuni — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:26:21 -0800

Another neat one that focuses on cheating and the RMT (Real Money Trade) aspects of MMOs, like WoW, is PlayNoEvil. It's not bad, but very centered on its topic.

For very high fallutin' talk about MMO's in general, you can go to Terra Nova. It's a bit academic in nature, but given who you linked to, it might be right up your alley.

In general, many blogs that talk generally about MMOs will be discussing WoW on a regular basis. It's the 800 pound gorilla of the online world right now.

By: SpecialK

SpecialK — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 13:27:59 -0800

http://bannable-offenses.blogspot.com

By: phearlez

phearlez — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 13:50:33 -0800

MetBlogs, which does city-focused blogs, has one for Azeroth(WoW)

By: chunking express

chunking express — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:22:35 -0800

Thanks for all the replies so far. These are all pretty cool.

By: bigmusic

bigmusic — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 16:23:52 -0800

I second Terra Nova.

By: JZig

JZig — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 16:32:44 -0800

Self Link Alert
I recently started up a blog on this very subject. I wouldn't say it's up to the standards of the more established mmo developer blogs, but I'm working on it.

By: ®@

®@ — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:10:13 -0800

Second Life. Can't recommend it highly enough.