Monthly Archives: April, 2009
Champions: Summer Domination
It’s been a pretty busy week for major MMO announcements, and one we sort of expected to hear but also didn’t spilled forth from Cryptic/Atari’s lips today: July 14 is the launch day for Champions Online in a simultaneous Europe and North America release. Questions from the class: Since announcing a launch date for a …
Quote of the Day
“A little more respect for the fellow fans of hardcore impact PvP? These are the elite killers, you know.” ~ Tipa, on Darkfall forumites
LOTRO: Two Years To Rule Them All
Today Lord of the Rings Online turns two, and I might even get to play it if my son settles down for more than 45 seconds. They don’t come out toilet trained. Did you know that? Nobody told me. I just bought some extra toilet paper (I’m not heartless, I bought Charmin), but now he …
Free Realms: WoW Killa
The NDA to the soon-to-be-released Free Realms is down, the beta is exploding in numbers, and reports are pouring in. To sum up the general sentiment of this kiddy-centric MMO: (1) it’s easy to get into and play, (2) very polished, (3) cartoonish in the WoW style, (4) has a wide variety of “jobs” and …
Quote of the Day
“Any public accusations on the forums accusing GMs or the company of any such activities will be removed, and everyone contributing in the thread will be banned from the forums. GM activity is always monitored by us.” ~ Tasos on the totalitarian regime around Darkfall This quote, pulled from a larger post, boggles the mind. …
WAR: Devolving
One of the amusing and perhaps unsettling aspects of Warhammer Online’s development is that it seems to be taking as many steps backwards — in time — as it does forward. When the game came out, everyone including Mythic was toting WAR to be Dark Age of Camelot 2.0. It was the “next generation” of …
Eject! Eject! Eject!
So when you’re up at 3:30am and looking at the clock in some kind of stunned disbelief/horror, loathing the rest of humanity for their ability to sleep while you have a little bundle of screams who’s a little peeved at having to breathe air instead of amniotic fluid, you start thinking weird thoughts. Reminiscing about …
Quote of the Day
“Saw the final powers list for Champions Online. It is varied and glorious!” ~ Randy Mosiondz on Twitter
Boromir’s Panties of Doom
By the way, if you’re wondering where the picture in the last post came from, it’s from the incredibly bad 1978 animated Lord of the Rings movie… of which I’ve done an extensive recap here. Enjoy! WARNING: Elf slander contained therein.
LOTRO: 15 Observations Since Coming Back
The Shire is about two seconds from being Care-a-Lot. And its biggest danger is… bears? There’s a connection there! I had to do some quick and dirty research to figure out what virtues I wanted to shoot for with my LM. If you don’t get a start on your virtue deeds early on, you end …
