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MMORPG Columns

Jon Wood

MMORPG.com's Jon Wood looks at various topics from in and around the MMO industry.

What's in a Name?

MMORPG.com's Jon Wood writes this article examining the usefulness of the term Free to Play when referring to games with items shops.


Closed Betas For the Dogs

MMORPG.com's Jon Wood uses his column this week to talk about the Closed Beta process and its importance to a well developed game.


Resisting Stargate Resistance?

MMORPG.com's Jon Wood takes a look at Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment's recent announcement that they would be shelving their MMO in favor of a third person online action game, and what it could mean for the future of the MMO.


Rebooting or Re-Imagining the Genre

MMORPG.com's Jon Wood uses his column this week to talk about the idea of completely re-imagining the way that MMORPGs are constructed.


Bridges, Cash for Players and CoDO

This week, MMORPG.com's Jon Wood uses his column to comment on three news stories this week. First, Cryptic's addition of bridges to Star Trek Online, then on to a possible Call of Duty MMO and Aventurine's Community Publishing Program.


Sellin' Betas and Pimpin' Box Sales

MMORPG.com's Jon Wood returns to his column today to talk about two questionable marketing techniques that he feels stand out as mistakes in the current MMO landscape.


New WoW Pets and the Boy Who Cried Wolf

MMORPG.com's Jon Wood uses his column this week to look at the recent announcement that Blizzard will be offering in-game pets for real life money and the fan reaction, or over-reaction to the news.


Your Sex: Prove It or Lose It!

This week, MMORPG.com's Jon Wood takes a shot at a recent decision by a Chinese MMO company to ban all male players who choose to play female avatars.


Jon Wood Rants on Press Releases

MMORPG.com's Jon Wood returns with a column this week. This time around, he's on the warpath about MMO press releases and some of the poor wording that can often go into them.