Monthly Archives: March, 2009
Monday Madness!
Okay, so I gave BattleForge a go and after a half hour decided… nope, not for me. Don’t get me wrong, I do loves me some collectible card action, but the game is far too heavy on zerging and too light on any apparent strategy. I took the 50 bucks I was going to spend …
Star Wars: Life Beyond Jedi
Can I admit something here? I really don’t like Jedi that much, and yet I’m a Star Wars fan. I know, I know, that’s something like blasphemy, but to me, Jedi are second-rate superheroes with all of the interesting personalities sucked out of them (if they’re Light Side, at least). Tolerable in small doses, a …
Free Realms: Well, Okay, Not THAT Free
In my book, Free Realms has a few serious strikes against it, but what’s interesting is that none of those strikes has to do with whether this looks like a gorgeous and engaging title to play. I think the MMOsphere has proven that there is a HUGE market out there for tweens-and-youngers and entire families …
Six Things I Wish MMORPGs Could Take From Single-Player RPGs
I’ve spent a bit of time lately thinking about MMOs vs. Single-Player RPGs, and how each have significant advantages and disadvantages when in comparison to each other. If I was just to look at story and gameplay, for instance, SP-RPGs would come out on top; but as a whole package, I much prefer MMORPGs. So …
Champions Online: Randy Mosiondz Interview
Detroit’s Examiner.com did an interview with Randy Mosiondz concerning zones and content — check it out, it’s nothing groundbreaking, but still… I’m eating this stuff up!
BattleForge: Stratego!
Just a quick head’s up if you haven’t heard — BattleForge, EA’s RTS/collectible card game/MMO has gone into open beta, with launch a mere few weeks away. There’s a couple of incentives for pre-ordering, including exclusive cards and a Warhammer Online item, if you’re also playing WAR (like, hey, me!). I’m going to give the …
Recapping TTH’s Champions Online Interview
Because not everybody has 41:30 minutes to listen to a podcast interview, because I have some time to do so while I write birthday cards, and because you don’t want to miss out on news of this exciting title, I thought I’d take notes of some of the more interesting points brought up by Cryptic’s …
Medic! Good Doggy!
If I haven’t made it clear by now, I’m a total pet freak in most MMOs. I *love* pet classes. It isn’t necessarily the power of it all, although it is enjoyable, but more of the sense of controling a small army, of having a virtual companion, and having the AI take care of part …
Mental Note
Listen to this podcast later, when I’m not in class.
Mrfflepog?
You ever get so completely worn out that you’re not quite sure if you’re awake or if this is just one big boring dream where the dancing bananas never arrive? Hm. Whilst I sleep and regain sanity, WALL OF TEXT! and STAR WARS! This, I command.
