MMOsiter Aeskor shared us his opinions about single players games that should be MMOs. Do you agree with him?

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Some people like a lot of customisation (like myself), but there are a lot of people who would prefer to just jump into the game with a premade avatar and, that's fine too. A friend of mine groans and carries on whenever I spend more than five minutes customising my avatar and getting ready to start a new life in an MMO, whereas he's completely happy basically randomising everything and jumping in. That's his cup of tea and that's great. Although my cup of tea, as daunting and as hard to stomach as it can be sometimes, is customisation and more customisation, so I was pretty damn excited to hear apart Party Castle, Square Enix's new online community.

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Aika is something you don't want to miss. Even if you simply just try it out, you owe it to yourself to experience the world. Who knows… you might like it and BAM! Your new, exciting MMO. Oh, and of course it's free-to-play and has a small client size (300MB) making it easily accessible. There are too many great ideas and features in this game to pass up a trial. It gets my two thumbs up and is one of the most impressive free-to-play MMOS I've experienced in a long time.

Continue reading Aika Closed Beta Review.

Never heard of Earth Eternal? That's surprising considering the brains behind the game was also the brains behind the whole 'item mall' phenomenon that powers nearly every free-to-play MMO today. You know, the stuff you can buy for real money that keeps the game running. The whole reason you don't have to play a monthly feel. That's him, and this is his new work, Earth Eternal.

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If you have a Facebook account, you should know about FarmVille and Mafia Wars and just about every other popular game on the site. Maybe you don't even play them, but I bet they get spammed in your notifications, right? These games are amazingly popular now, and I admit I used to play them. So, what the hell makes them so popular? There are plenty of other great games out there. Plenty of bigger, better MMOs with more to offer. So why has every second person come to have an obsession with at least one of these games, especially non gamers?

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Free-to-Play MMOs are free to download and access but hard to go on when compared the presentation of the game to others you have played. Our columnist Aeskor will show his opinion for why these free MMOs cannot impress himself.

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For all the years I’ve been alive, not once have I sat down to watch an episode of Star Trek. The knowledge I do have of the Star Trek universe comes solely from the hype in pop culture that surrounds it. Having said that, I’m not anti-Star Trek at all, in fact, after spending twenty minutes in the Alpha Quadrant I’d fallen in love with the world entirely. So let’s get on with it, shall we?

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Who ever said video games do no good? Lately I've been immersing myself in the first MMO to grab my attention in a while, Aion. Through playing myself and especially from watching friends play, I've discovered many different ­­gameplay elements with skills required that can be brought into - and applied to - real life (maybe haha), so here they are some light-hearted observations.

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One of Aion's main problems at the moment is its clogged chat servers, full of gold farmers, shamelessly advertising precious Kinah in exchange for real money. Yes, that 'gold', the currency that funds our adventures. They will even go to the lengths of sending you in game mail, complete with complimentary potions, advertising their services.

Continue reading Dealing with the Idiots of Online Gaming: Aion Edition.

The perception of gamers in today's society is evidently a bit muddled. We gamers are only now emerging from the wallows of stereotyping non-gamers have given us and are finally beginning to be accepted. Games are becoming less 'nerdy' and are becoming much more socially accepted.

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Yes, women gamers most likely look at those of us male gamers who feel the need to treat them differently as losers. There's no denying that. However, this is easily avoided. Simply treat everyone online equally! 'Insane!' I hear you cry. Think again. Treating female gamers any differently is a bad move however you look at it. Be too kind and you'll fall into the habit of perhaps being too generous to your female party member, be mean and you're giving us guys a bad wrap (Yup, there's the pun).

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Being a gamer has its ups and downs when it comes to how you're viewed by the people around you. To your gamer friends you might be a mighty power-leveller or ‘that guy who's great at leading the raid party'. Whatever it may be, you will generally find that your gamer friends will understand you and your passion for gaming and embrace it.

Continue reading My Perception (By Aeskor).