Many gaming communities are toxic, no doubt here. Many community managers have spent countless hours thinking about how to mitigate it. Some were successful, some were not. Sometimes, the root of the problem was identified, sometimes it was not and in some cases, it was found but nothing was done about it. I’ll showcase someContinue reading “Why Gaming Communities Are Toxic?”
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“The History of Khorinis” final statement – SWOT analysis
A huge drama regarding the Polish gamedev scene was unravelled yesterday. A massive mod for Gothic 2 called The History of Khorinis (Dzieje Khorinis in Polish) was officially cancelled. Why would people care about a mod for a series that’s under the radar for many people? Gothic series has had a huge cult following inContinue reading ““The History of Khorinis” final statement – SWOT analysis”
Career Path for Community and Social Media Managers in Gaming
I recall that one of the reasons for me quitting one of my jobs was a lack of a career path for a social media and community management specialist. There were of course plenty of other factors, but this was probably the biggest one. Thinking of it, it’s not a huge surprise, really. The jobContinue reading “Career Path for Community and Social Media Managers in Gaming”
Why Diablo Immortal and Blizzard ultimately won (+YT AUDIO/VIDEO VERSION)
Blizzard hasn’t had the best few years. While the company can list some successes, such as the decently perceived Overwatch 2 tests and the launch of the legacy version of World of Warcraft, in recent times, it’s not considered to be in its heyday. The massive harassment scandal that surfaced last year, oddly political andContinue reading “Why Diablo Immortal and Blizzard ultimately won (+YT AUDIO/VIDEO VERSION)”
Maintaining a grassroots gaming community in a niche game
If you’re familiar with this blog, you probably have noticed that I’m fond of fighting games. They, as a genre, have very much to offer. However, there are big series like Tekken, Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat (Guilty Gear, perhaps, as well) and rarely anything else gets covered in the press. That’s a shame becauseContinue reading “Maintaining a grassroots gaming community in a niche game”
How to kill 4 birds with one stone. The case of Guilty Gear XX Accent Core + R’s latest update
Guilty Gear is one of my favourite video game series of all time. These explosive anime fighting games kept me enthralled for a number of reasons – when I first found out about them, there weren’t many PC fighting games and copies of Guilty Gear X2 #Reload and Guilty Gear Isuka were added as freeContinue reading “How to kill 4 birds with one stone. The case of Guilty Gear XX Accent Core + R’s latest update”
Getting your game’s community stars to help you. 2 case studies (+ AUDIO/YT VIDEO VERSION)
It’s mostly true that working in teams makes life easier. You get a broader perspective and you can utilize other team members’ skillsets. However, I’ve mostly been doing my work as a community specialist alone. Well, to an extent. There’ve always been graphic designers, proofreaders, other people to cooperate with, but when it comes toContinue reading “Getting your game’s community stars to help you. 2 case studies (+ AUDIO/YT VIDEO VERSION)”
What would fighting games need to be mainstream again?
Even though I suck at them, I really love fighting games and it saddens me that they don’t seem to get much love from the gaming community, aside from the most dedicated fans. Today, I’ll look at some concepts, which may provide an answer to the question – why fighting games aren’t popular and whatContinue reading “What would fighting games need to be mainstream again?”
ARGs and quizes on Facebook as a part of creating meta-content for the fans
Alternative Reality Games are something which lies close to my heart. I used to be extremely interested in, say, darker parts of the internet, be them fictional or not. Marble Hornets (it’s more of a series, but it has strong ARG vibes), NOC+10 are just some of the media which I was more than happyContinue reading “ARGs and quizes on Facebook as a part of creating meta-content for the fans”
How to deal with a spyware scamming scheme on Facebook?
Jean Jacques Rousseau said once that all people are good, it’s the civilization which is evil and because of it, some people turn evil. Honestly, I have no idea whether he was right or not. The point is – there are bad people out there and it’s sometimes pretty hard to deal with them. IContinue reading “How to deal with a spyware scamming scheme on Facebook?”
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