In his latest Free Zone column, MMORPG.com's Richard Aihoshi examines the recent statistics revealed in a study of Western MMOG habits as conducted by research group Newzoo. Richard takes a look at the revealed data and interprets what it could possibly mean for MMOs in the future. Check it out, then leave us a comment below.Posted Nov 22, 2010 by Richard Aihoshi
In his latest Free Zone column, MMORPG.com columnist, Richard Aihoshi, takes a look at the rumored resurrection of All Points Bulletin by K2 Networks. Richard wonders if APB will finally live up to its potential when it's re-released as a F2P title later this year. Check out Richard's thoughts and then add yours to the mix on the forums.Posted Nov 15, 2010 by Richard Aihoshi
In his latest Free Zone column, MMORPG.com's Richard Aihoshi takes a look at the Schwarzenegger vs. EMA (Entertainment Merchants Association) case now awaiting a decision from the Supreme Court of the United States. Richard offers his perspective about the case and what it means to gamers in California...and everywhere. Check it out and then exercise your Freedom of Speech on our forums.Posted Nov 8, 2010 by Richard Aihoshi
In his latest Free Zone column, MMORPG.com's Richard Aihoshi takes a look at two larger than life news items that came across his virtual desk last week: CHampions Online going 'F2P' and The Governator taking on the EMA (Entertainment Merchants' Association). See what Richard thinks of Atari's announcement about Champions Online and whether or not the EMA can successfully challenge California Governor Schwarzenegger. Let us know your thoughts on the forums!Posted Nov 1, 2010 by Richard Aihoshi
In his latest Free Zone column, MMORPG.com's Richard Aihoshi talks about this year's Austin Game Developer's Conference. While he did not have the opportunity to attend, Richard did pick up some tidbits of information and intriguing rumors about his favorite topic, free-to-play games. Check out Richard's thoughts and impressions of Austin and then let us know what you think!Posted Oct 25, 2010 by Richard Aihoshi
In the latest edition of Richard Aihoshi's Free Zone, Richard takes a look at China Joy and the imminent showing of Nival Network's Prime World. Some will remember that Nival was the development house behind the recently released Allods Online. Why do these two things pique Richard's imagination so much? Read Free Zone to find out.Posted Oct 18, 2010 by Richard Aihoshi
In his latest Free Zone column, MMORPG.com's Richard Aihoshi discusses the quality of writing in MMOs. Comparing MMO lore and the NPCs to their literary counterparts, Richard wonders whether or not we'll ever see pre-eminent living game writers of the caliber of some of today's finest authors. See what Richard thinks and then add your thoughts on our forums.Posted Oct 11, 2010 by Richard Aihoshi
Using MMMORPG.com Managing Editor Jon Wood's recent column about reading comprehension and the soundbite generation, Richard Aihoshi takes it to the F2P space. Richard wants players to uses critical reading skills when it comes to the changing dynamics of online gaming and the free-to-play opportunities presenting themselves to players around the world. See if you agree and then let us know what you think on our forums!Posted Oct 4, 2010 by Richard Aihoshi
In his latest Free Zone column, MMORPG.com's Richard Aihoshi has a few terrific tips for those of you who may want to try your hand at writing about the MMOG industry. While reviews, previews and interviews are the bread and butter for sites and publications about MMOs. Richard, however, has some thoughts about other ways to score writing about MMOGs. See what you think and then tell us your ideas.Posted Sep 27, 2010 by Richard Aihoshi
In his latest Free Zone column, MMORPG.com's Richard Aihoshi talks about Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures. The article focuses on the growing trend in the MMOG space to create free-to-play, family-friendly, virtual worlds. Though a free to play element exists, there is also the budget (and family) friendly element of a low monthly subscription rate. Does SWCWA sit on the cutting edge of the next trend in the F2P market? Read Richard's thoughts and then weigh in with your own.Posted Sep 20, 2010 by Richard Aihoshi
With the conversion of three of popular western titles (DDO, Everquest 2 and Lord of the Rings Online), Richard Aihoshi wonders in this week's Free Zone column whether or not more 'western' development companies will start to develop free to play games from the outset. See what Richard thinks and then add your thoughts on the forums!Posted Sep 13, 2010 by Richard Aihoshi
In this week's installment of Free Zone, MMORPG.com columnist Richard Aihoshi considers the conversion of several subscription titles to free-to-play games. What does it mean when a 'premium' game goes F2P? Richard examines this question and others. Keep reading!Posted Aug 30, 2010 by Richard Aihoshi
In this week's Free Zone, MMORPG.com writer, Richard Aihoshi takes a look at a few of the major games-related events happening around the world. Beginning with China-Joy, Richard also discusses Korea's GSTAR and GDC Online, formerly GDC Austin (TX). Read all of Richard's thoughts about these events and then add your thoughts.Posted Aug 23, 2010 by Richard Aihoshi
In this week's Free Zone, Richard Aihoshi offers some provocative thoughts about Sony Online Entertainment's recent announcement about Everquest 2 Extended, the free-to-play version of the game set to go live as early as August 17th. Richard also asks questions and ponders the repercussions for other 'aging' titles.Posted Aug 16, 2010 by Richard Aihoshi
In the latest Free Zone column, MMORPG.com's Richard Aihoshi discusses personal preference and MMOs. While he understands that people are not all fans of F2P games, he doesn't get why some are so vehemently (and vocally) opposed to their existence.Posted Aug 9, 2010 by Richard Aihoshi
In this week's Free Zone column, writer Richard Aihoshi partners up with Massively.com's Beau Hindman to talk about the ten most common misconceptions that many players have about the free-to-play MMO genre. Today, MMORPG.com features the first five misconceptions and the column will continue on Wednesday at Massively. Read today's installment and weigh in with your thoughts.Posted Aug 2, 2010 by Richard Aihoshi
In this week's Free Zone column, Richard Aihoshi wonders what hardcore actually is and what is it that makes hardcore better. He challenges readers to define hardcore and to give concrete reasons why it is a better gameplay experience than any other. Take Richard's challenge after reading his insightful column.Posted Jul 26, 2010 by Richard Aihoshi
In this week's Free Zone column, MMORPG.com writer Richard Aihoshi talks about the positives coming out of the causual and social gaming trends. It is his belief that there are more positives than negatives. See if you agree by reading Richard Aihoshi's Free Zone.Posted Jul 19, 2010 by Richard Aihoshi
In this week's column, Richard Aioshi takes a look at casual, advanced casual, social MMOs as separate varieties of games. But is that categorization right? Do we keep separating, categorizing, adding sub-classes of games or do we do something else? Find out what Richard thinks in his column this week, The Rising Influence of Casual and Social.Posted Jul 12, 2010 by Richard Aihoshi
To complement last week's column, Richard Aihoshi turns his attention to the current status of the F2P revenue model, which seems to be in good shape.Posted Jul 5, 2010 by Richard Aihoshi
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