Monthly Archives: January, 2009
Champions Online: 2 Legit 2 Quit
MMORPG got Bill Roper on the line to talk about combat, including how CoH and Champions combat differs. I always liked CoH’s combat — it never seemed slow, nor confusing — being able to queue up attacks helped quite a bit. Roper claims that Champions has a “fluid” combat system that’s neither twitch nor stand-still-and-fight …
Two Funny Posts
Just wanted to share two pretty funny posts I read recently: Iconic Distraction @ The Ancient Gaming Noob What is it with the naked chicks? @ MMOG Nation
World of Warcraft: The MMO Brand Name?
Scott over at Broken Toys does a neat little analysis of a pretty bizarre article concerning the author’s perceived problems with MMOs. Scott concludes something that’s pretty obvious to anyone who reads the source article: that author is equating World of Warcraft with all MMORPGs. Yeah, WoW is popular and pretty well-known, even outside of …
Champions Online: Electric Boogaloo
There’s been a ramping up of press over Champions Online these past couple weeks, which is a promising sign for those (like myself) who are looking forward to an expanded closed beta/open beta/release. Here’s a few of the latest articles along with my thoughts: “Help Design Champions Online – Emotes” Cryptic is not just mining …
Six Botched MMOs I Survived
I wouldn’t label myself as a MMO tourist so much as a MMO sampler. I rarely just up and leave my current game of choice the second a new title comes out, but I have been known to try recently released games on the side with a healthy pinch of cynicism — and escaped a …
Why Is It So Hard To Play The Bad Guy?
I was rereading an old Penny Arcade comic about Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and it got me thinking about how very hard it was for me to play an “evil” character in that game. BioWare’s been championing the movement back to RPGs where your decisions have consequences instead of mere rewards, ultimately …
The Time Travel Test
As a weird person, I do a lot of “what if?” scenarios in my head. What if I was trapped in a bathroom for a month, with enough food to survive? What if I became crippled? What if I won the lottery? They’re just interesting mental exercises to pass the time. One of my favorite …
Champions Online: The Howling
It’s quite possible that this blog will quickly degenerate into a combined Champions Online/Star Wars: The Old Republic lovefest, and if that’s the case, you might want to suit up in protective gear to survive the upcoming months. The more I read about Champions, the more I’m physically angry with the world at large that …
“Honey, you want to play some Wizard…?”
I get asked that question quite a bit — perhaps every day that both of us are home in the evening. I’m cautiously gratified that my wife’s enthusiastic about a game we both can play together, and in retrospect, it really does seem tailor-made to her tastes. It’s easy to figure out, colorful and built …
Six Reasons Why I’m Not Twitterpated By Darkfall
In the early weeks of 2009, a lot of online gamers (aka MMO tourists) are thrashing about for their next fix of New MMO to play. Unfortunately, there are few titles on the immediate horizon, which has caused quite a few people to — in my opinion — force excitement over a title that wouldn’t …
