As I putter around in the MMO industry, sampling everything as I go, I've started to pick up on a few development companies that I really appreciate. While I won't go into detail as to who's on my awesome list and who's not, one company that consistently impresses me has been NDOORS Interactive with their flagship F2P MMO Atlantica Online. In fact, NDOORS has done such a great job of keeping the Atlantica Online community up to date that I decided that, one day, I would take a peek into one of their first MMOs; Luminary: Rise of the GoonZu. I'm sure you can then imagine my surprise when NDOORS beat me to the punch and sent us an invitation to check out Luminary with in-game tour guides!

For those of you who don't know what Luminary: Rise of the GoonZu is, it's one of the few F2P MMOs on the market that splits its focus between PvE monster mashin' and political / economical manipulation. Luminary features a completely player-driven economy where raw materials can be farmed off of monsters, but everything else is placed firmly in the hands of the artisans. The game also features an innovative democratic voting system that ultimately sees a "GoonZu" take power. This GoonZu then manages the world and appoints ministers to take care of certain tasks.