December 2011
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RPGs to add
Many people have emailed me lots of great RPG suggestions for the site: RPG-site.com.
It’s hard picking which ones to add first, as there’s no way I’ve got time to play them all let alone write them all up. Currently I’m trying to prioritise classic RPGs (eg Bard’s Tale) and ones that are somewhat original (Book of Heroes, Silversword) - rather than wade through...
November 2011
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The "freemium" debate
Freemium games: great for choice, or a complete curse?
There’s a spiralling profusion of these titles, and they’ve spilled across from the Farmville genre into other genres, such as RPGs. Certainly the currently limited-release Book of Heroes is generating a lot of controversy.
Now there are some ways in which optional, paid items can enhance a game without breaking it, or being...
August 2011
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Simple fun
The more RPGs you play on the iPhone, the more you discover that often the simplest, “retro” little games can actually be the most satisfying and enjoyable in terms of gameplay. Simple graphics can also be a lot cleaner and clearer on a small screen than the busy feel that more intricate and animated titles create. They also tend to be less battery hungry.
CrazyQuest
CrazyQuest...
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Sick of the spam
A major problem for RPG fans is that the Games:RPG section of the iTunes App Store is absolutely crammed with absolute rubbish, which drowns out decent games and pushes them off the page.
Crap, non-RPGs
Just a glance at today shows the following:
- game guides/utilities (not games)
- a shooting game (not an RPG)
- “Big Sean Fans” and “Curren$y - Jet Life!” (not...
November 2010
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Top 10 games
RPG-site.com intentionally has no personal reviews, since people’s tastes vary so much when it comes to RPGs that one person’s opinion seems of limited value. Also, my personal preferences tend to lean towards WRPGs and Classic RPGs, though I play loads of Action RPGs and KRPGs as well. But people have requested some recommendations, so here is my personal Top 10 list of iPhone RPGs...
June 2010
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The Hard Grind
What is grinding? Briefly, it’s performing a highly repetitive task that earns you gold, items or experience. Think of the South Park kids spending weeks killing boars in World of Warcraft just to make their characters stronger.
Grinding is one of the categories I’ve included in the info of games features on RPG-site. Grinding can be useful (even fun) and it can be a loathsome,...
May 2010
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What makes an RPG?
Different people have different expectations for what a role playing game should be.
Generally speaking there are several main elements which help define the genre. Wikipedia lists seven characteristics but that can be simplified into four main areas.
1. Quests
A main story and quest to follow, preferably with a good range of optional sidequests, and an interesting world to explore.
2. ...
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iPhone RPG list
Avernum VI is now out for Mac!
***ANNOUNCING A NEW WEBSITE FOR IPHONE RPGS! RPG-site.com***
Here’s a list of decent iPhone RPGs. Links in each section go to AppShopper not iTunes. These are in alphabetical order. New games will now only be added to RPG-site.com as announced above but this list will be maintained as an archive. Please do feel free to add comments below, as I will...
April 2009
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Meta-twitter
Technology becomes a bore when it is an end in itself. Twitter should be the medium, not the subject. As a technology it has been old news for a while.
As a result, it’s time to start unfollowing anyone who twitters about Twitter. As this will predominantly include social media “experts” with multiple thousands of followers there should be few tears shed.
March 2009
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Tweets: Personal vs Premium
Being able to tweet “premium” or “public” tweets versus “private” or “personal” tweets would be a very useful Twitter feature. That way if you wanted to twitter your every thought, you could do it, but keep it out of your main stream of public tweets. Some blog services have Public/Private/Friends Only options. That would be very useful for Twitter....