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Comment "Almost twice" (Score 1) 174

by Mattlistener on Tuesday November 27, 2012 @02:33PM (#42107461) Attached to: Cyber Monday and Amazon's Online Dominance

Both the summary and the article refer to amazon's 14% as being nearly 2x ebay's 8.8%. Can we expect a little more numeracy here please? Especially when the numbers in question are the *primary focus* of the article? 14 is 59% greater than 8.8. Imagine: "Wow, you got it for $100? I paid almost twice that, $159!"

The Rise of Originality In MMOs 118

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday June 09, 2009 @06:55AM from the there-go-my-chances-for-a-starcon-mmo dept.

Karen Hertzberg writes "Over the last half decade, gamers have been forced to wander through familiar worlds and universes. Studios have been licensing IPs left and right, grabbing everything from the Wheel of Time to Star Trek. Originality seemed to be a lost art, and although these worlds were fun to adventure in, many didn't hold the same sort of magical spell that original titles like EverQuest or Dark Age of Camelot once enjoyed. But change is coming. Blizzard Entertainment revealed that their next MMO would be an original IP, and this year's E3 lineup featured more brand new games than titles derived from existing worlds. So, why the sudden shift? To answer that question, Ten Ton Hammer's Cody 'Micajah' Bye sent a number of questions to original IP development teams across the world."

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