Last week in The Free Zone, MMORPG.com columnist Richard Aihoshi took a look at the economics of gold farming. Hot on the heels of Richard's article came a report from the World Bank Group's infoDev program that takes an even deeper look at the issue. Read on for Richard's thoughts on the report and then add some of your own in the comments.Posted Apr 11, 2011 by Richard Aihoshi
There is always a lot of talk about gold farming in the MMOs we love, mostly in the negative. In the Free Zone today, MMORPG.com columnist Richard Aihoshi takes a look at, as the title says, "The Current Economics Of Gold-Farming". See what Richard discovered after reading an interesting 'scholarly' report on the death of a gold farming company. Be sure to add your thoughts in the comments.Posted Apr 4, 2011 by Richard Aihoshi
In The Free Zone today, MMORPG.com columnist Richard Aihoshi takes a look at the recently announced Transformers Online being developed by Jagex. Richard has a few questions about the title and some other thoughts to share. Check it out and then let us know what you think!Posted Mar 28, 2011 by Richard Aihoshi
Global games publishing giant, Tencent, recently purchased Riot Games for something in the vicinity of $400 million USD. This move has potentially put Tencent solidly in first place as the world's largest online games publisher. MMORPG.com columnist Richard Aihoshi takes a look at Riot's acquisition and the potential for more as time goes on in today's The Free Zone. Check it out and leave a comment or two when you're finished. Posted Mar 21, 2011 by Richard Aihoshi
MMORPG.com columnist Richard Aihoshi has once again scoured the Internet to find the most intriguing news stories with which to opine. In The Free Zone this week, Richard takes a look at the changing of the guard at Cryptic Studios and the new business model for LEGO Universe Online. Head through the jump to read The Free Zone and then leave a comment or two.Posted Mar 14, 2011 by Richard Aihoshi
MMORPG.com's Richard Aihoshi has diligently scoured the Internet for the best in the news you may have missed when it comes to 'freemium' MMOGs. He's got another collection of terrific tidbits in The Free Zone today. Check them out and then leave a comment or two below.Posted Mar 7, 2011 by Richard Aihoshi
In The Free Zone this week, Richard Aihoshi takes a look at a recent announcement that the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was taking a look at iTunes free to play games. At issue is the in-app purchases made by children, one to the tune of $1,400.00 by an eight year old. Check out what Richard has to say about the investigation and any implications he sees for the MMO market. Be sure toadd your thoughts.Posted Feb 28, 2011 by Richard Aihoshi
In The Free Zone this week, MMORPG.com columnist, Richard Aihoshi takes a look at the strong numbers that Champions Online has garnered since the Free for All version went live. In addition, Richard has picked up some tendrils of rumor surrounding Age of Conan and a F2P iteration. Read on!Posted Feb 21, 2011 by Richard Aihoshi
For non-MapleStory players who may not know, the game's European servers were hacked recently, something that Nexon has been working to solve since it happened. In The Free Zone this week, Richard Aihoshi discusses the time line of the hacking and Nexon's response. Check it out and then leave a comment or two below.Posted Feb 15, 2011 by Richard Aihoshi
Intrepid columnist Richard Aihoshi once again has scoured the internet for relevant news about all things MMOG. His latest Free Zone column gives readers a few tidbits of information about EA financials, Riot Games being bought out, FEZ shutting down and more. Check it out and then leave a comment or two below.Posted Feb 7, 2011 by Richard Aihoshi
In the Free Zone this week, MMORPG.com columnist Richard Aihoshi springboards off of Garrett Fuller's recent article about Why MMOs Fail. Richard centers his discussion on the free to play aspect of the MMO universe and outlines two specific shortcomings endemic to the genre. Check out Richard's thoughts and then add your own to the mix in the comments below.Posted Jan 31, 2011 by Richard Aihoshi
In the Free Zone this week, MMORPG.com columnist Richard Aihoshi continues to glean the most interesting tidbits coming out in the F2P MMOG universe. Included this week are items such as the Wakfu North American beta, the recent hacking of Frogster's player database and more. Check out what Richard has dug up for you today. Leave us a comment or two below when you're through.Posted Jan 24, 2011 by Richard Aihoshi
In his latest Free Zone column, Richard Aihoshi passes along a tidbit of information that he's picked up in the last week or so. Without giving away -all- of the juicy details, Richard has heard that EA is giving free-to-play a hard look as it ponders its future in the gaming business. Check out what Richard has heard and thinks about this rumor and then add a few thoughts of your own in the comments below.Posted Jan 17, 2011 by Richard Aihoshi
In his latest Free Zone column, Richard Aihoshi looks ahead to 2011 and a pair of issues that he sees as potentially important in the coming year. Find out what those two issues are and what Richard foresees for 2011. Let us know what you think in the comments below.Posted Jan 10, 2011 by Richard Aihoshi
In The Free Zone this week, MMORPG.com's Richard Aihoshi takes a look back at the games and industry trends in 2010. Check out Richard's thoughts about 2010 and see if you agree or not. Let us know what you think in the comments section below.Posted Jan 3, 2011 by Richard Aihoshi
Just like Christmas dinner leftovers are still hanging about, MMORPG.com's Richard Aihoshi has a leftover wish to share with our readers in his final Free Zone column for 2010. See what Richard wishes for 2011 and then leave us a comment or two below.Posted Dec 27, 2010 by Richard Aihoshi
In his latest Free Zone column, MMORPG.com's Richard Aihoshi lets loos with a few of his dearest Christmas wishes with specific regard to MMOs. Check out Richard's list to Santa and then add a few of your own.Posted Dec 20, 2010 by Richard Aihoshi
In his latest Free Zone column, MMORPG.com columnist Richard Aihoshi takes a look at a few games currently in development that seem to be flying under the radar of most Western outlets. See if any of them look intriguing to you...or not...and let us know your thoughts below.Posted Dec 13, 2010 by Richard Aihoshi
In his latest Free Zone column, MMORPG.com's Richard Aihoshi takes a look at some interesting, if unconfirmed, rumors swirling around the MMO universe. Richard has noticed items as far-ranging as Blizzard possibly looking into Asian opportunities to the issue of curfews for young Korean gamers. Check it out and then leave a comment or two below.Posted Dec 6, 2010 by Richard Aihoshi
The Free Zone this week centers around last week's G-Star 2010 convention in South Korea. MMORPG.com's Richard Aihoshi has been digging through reports about the convention and has compiled some of the more intriguing information in his latest column. Check it out and let us know what grabbed your attention by leaving us a comment below.Posted Nov 29, 2010 by Richard Aihoshi
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