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Last week, MMORPG.com writer, Shannon Drake, gave readers an inside and pithy look at games and development cycles. This week, Shannon continues his look at the exciting world devs and game fans face after a game has shipped. We get a peek at the post-launch trauma that many devs experience and the reasons why your favorite game just might take a bit longer to 'fix' than you'd like. Check it out!

MMORPG.com contributor Shannon Drake has been in and around the game development business for a while now and today begins his journey of answering the question: Why exactly does developing an MMO take so long when the final product doesn't always seem perfectly polished?

With December in full swing and the New Year nearly upon us, MMORPG.com contributor Shannon Drake writes this look back at some of the most interesting stories of 2009.

With December in full swing and the New year nearly upon us, MMORPG.com contributor Shannon Drake writes this look back at some of the most interesting stories of 2009.

MMORPG.com contributor Shannon Drake writes this week's list, providing some examples of non-traditional versions of everyone's favorite Fantasy humanoid race, the elves that could be used in future MMOs.

MMORPG.com contributor Shannon P. Drake writes this informative and sometimes humorous look at five different developer jobs that, while important to the MMO development process, often get left without the glory.