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    Rebecca Mayes Muses: How to Write a Song in One Hour

    That was fantastic, I find I appreciate your singing voice all the more for knowing your talking voice. Quite a beautiful transformation. Very fun process to watch.
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    Songs/bands you associate with games

    Disney songs remind me of world of warcraft, I had to listen to them whilst raiding to stop myself from going berserk at players who can't avoid fire. Oft you'd hear me cutting through some noobs excuse of why he got mind controlled on Yogg by screaming across vent " BUT CAN YOU PAINT WITH...
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    My experiences with MMORPGS ( warning, lots of text. )

    I spoke to a friend earlier, turns out the still play Eve, and agree that the player base is of a high maturity level.
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    My experiences with MMORPGS ( warning, lots of text. )

    Thank you Earthbound ^^ Yes, MMOs, like all undertakings are a chance for the individual to prove their worth. However, I do admit that once I started to get more and more famous, The respect and admiration from other players is what drove me on. It's something which I couldn't achieve in in...
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    Considering getting Mass Effect

    Mass effect 2 is one of my all time favourite RPGs. They really trimmed down the content from ME1 and simply kept the parts that were fantastic. The combat can be a trifle easy at times, especially if you play soldier, or infiltrator, but that's all forgiven with the ability to unlock harder...
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    My experiences with MMORPGS ( warning, lots of text. )

    I write essays about mmos :3 you can have it both ways you know. There are a number of essays out there regarding the subject all ready, mainly in regards to what it is players want from a game. The aesthetic dimensions are of course there to qualify the game as a narrative, a focaliser ( the...
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    My experiences with MMORPGS ( warning, lots of text. )

    I had a lot of friends playing Eve, but I was busy with other projects at the time. Unfortunately now I'm too busy to play games casually, instead I'm using my experiences to argue my views in my English lit degree, that role playing games should be counted as literature.
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    My experiences with MMORPGS ( warning, lots of text. )

    If you want to take a game very, very seriously, Wow has the capacity to allow for that. You get guilds which are hardcore about theory, almost militant. That's what I meant by enjoying the community. And yeah, Healbot eats screen space, but as long as you can see the space around your...
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    My experiences with MMORPGS ( warning, lots of text. )

    A friend of mine is back on wow, an irl one at that. He was in a world top 10 guild, and left for the same reasons as myself. He seems to have given up on His degree though, he's left himself to wow.
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    My experiences with MMORPGS ( warning, lots of text. )

    Today I would like to share with you my views on the various forms of MMORPGs ( Massively multiplayer online role playing games ) Which I've had the privilidge of playing. I find the easiest way to do this is to recap my gaming career, and then sum up my views. I started my gaming days, as...