Monthly Archives: September, 2009
The Prophet of Permadeath
I’ve wanted to write an article on that old hoary chestnut of MMO discussions, permadeath, for quite some time, but I didn’t want to bog down in same-old, same-old coverage. I don’t really care about the heated arguments that people get in over this subject — face it: some like it, some hate it (Richard …
Thursday Afternoon Confidential
Interesting enough to mention, not long enough to warrant their own article: Whoever is designing the starships for Star Trek Online has my admiration — ships like this look so much cooler than anything I saw in the shows or movies. Can’t wait to captain the U.S.S. Syp! The title of this article over at …
Fallen Earth: Week One
I’ve played a lot of MMOs this year. Like, a lot. LOTRO, WoW, Champions, WAR, DDO, Guild Wars, City of Heroes… quite a few. And through it all, and the flexibility of just moving on to a different game when I start to feel burned out, I’ve been having one of the best years of …
Picture & Quote of the Day
Kidnapped from West Karana: And from KIASA re: Aion: “They’d have been better off calling the game Care Bears vs PvP Nutjobs Online.”
Gear Snobs: The New Prejudice
Question: How do you pick the people you group with in MMOs? Or, perhaps more to the point, what are the qualifications for a person to be your teammate or not? Perhaps you answer on a personal, social level — you group with folks who are your friends or guildies, people you trust from past …
Picture of the Day
In honor of Fallen Earth’s launch day:
A Gamer’s Proposal
Some of you wanted to know what was the result of my clannie’s semi-impromptu proposal the other night to his girlfriend: “She did indeed say yes!!!”
Note to MMO Developers
If you have important information — server status, patch notes, game-changing news, responses to issues — and expect your players to go anywhere but the FRONT PAGE of your website for it, such as your forums, you lose. You have lost the game, and need to deposit a new quarter to try again. I can’t …
Fallen Earth Dance /Emotes
Fallen Earth has an absolutely ridiculous amount of dance emotes, so if you’re checking out the game and want to get silly, here you go (reposted from Massively): /airguitar /breakdance /cabbagepatch /carlton /charleston /chickendance /disco /greaselightning /jumparound /linedance /macarena /michaeljackson /mosh /peewee /pulpfiction /raisetheroof /rave /ridethatpony /robot /roxbury /snake /souljaboy /spankthatbooty /thegabe /thriller /timewarp /viper
