Memories From DragonCon, 11 Days To Go Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Update ID

Things are starting to come together now. In a few hours Hades boards a plane for the beginning of his annual Wing Commander vacation. Here's another memorable moment from the 2003 Dragon*Con.

This was Death's preferred sleeping spot next to the connecting door between our hotel rooms. At one point after the lights were out, someone tried to go from Room A to Room B and came across some sort of obstruction. The door wouldn't budge, so we went around to investigate. And this is what we found. Good thing we didn't try to force the door, or Death would've had a concussion.

Massively Multiplayer Trends Analyzed Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Update ID

Slashdot recently ran an article that featured a subscription analysis for various massively multiplayer games. It's interesting to see where they all actually stand relative to one another over time. Although Slashdot killed the original page, a mirror has surfaced here.

The Korea based Lineage game stands above all others at nearly 3 million registered users. Lineage II has nearly half that already, but again, these are mainly in South Korea. For mmo games that are more popular in North America or Europe, Everquest and Final Fantasy XI each carry around half a million subscribers. Star Wars Galaxies, Ultima Online, Dark Age of Camelot and Ragnarok Online both come in at about a quarter million. Since the charts go back all the way to 1997, it's interesting to see how UO was the lone player for several years until Everquest and Asheron's call became popular. EA's Motor City Online, which was shut down last year, shows a clear peak and decline, as does the Sims Online. Earth & Beyond, which EA will be shutting down later this year, doesn't seem to have passed 40,000 users. The space sim Eve Online is showing steady growth to 50,000, and there is no data for NetDevil's Jumpgate. You can find the graphs for yourself here.


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