Monthly Archives: November, 2009
/AFK – OMG NEW MOON IS OUT!!! edition
Sorry, I’m just SO EXCITED! Who will Bella fill her meaningless, empty, self-involved life with next? A werewolf? Cap’n Crunch? A creepy televangelist who has 14 “child brides”? All I know is that I somehow messed up big time, what with getting married to a loving woman who isn’t secretly any sort of terrible monster …
Rejected Features for Star Trek Online
Tea Replicator Simulator – Now you can play a minigame to see if you can make Picard’s “Earl Grey, hot” just the way he likes it! Dramatic Pause Button – Whenever you want to ratchet up the tension or break for commercials, hit this baby and watch your characters freeze in a meaningful pose while …
New Banner
I’ve temporarily replaced the Bio Break title banner with something a bit more… appropriate, to both the title of the blog and the MMO I’m playing. Probably won’t stay up for too long, but hey, it makes me happy. This screencapture was taken in the power plant near to Trailer Park — I was just …
More Proof That All Scientists Are Evil
Remember way back when we all lost our collective cool because some media professor did a “social study” on how being an enormous griefer in PvP does not make one popular? Well, this might just well top it. A charming fellow named d’Armond Speers (yeah, I know, another guy named d’Armond — they’re practically sold …
Fallen Earth: I’m Crafty
In being a big supporter of Fallen Earth, I’m at times frustrated to properly explain why I like this game, because if I’m just a rabid little monkey who jumps up and down and goes “YAY! PLAY IT!” then quite a few people are in for disappointment when it’s not initially the be all, end …
One Year of Free-To-Play Fun
In an exercise designed to satiate a whiff of whimsy, I wanted to plot out an entire year of MMORPG gaming, where each month a player would hypothetically play a different title for free, paying $0 for their year’s experience. What would I recommend starting with December? Hang on to my every word, faithful readers, …
The Secret World “On Track”
FunCom recently posted their 2009 Q3 presentation, and of personal interest were a number of statements concerning the upcoming The Secret World: Over 200,000 people signed up for their “Secret Societies” Estimated 3-4 million people have seen the videos, website or read related articles Their opinion is that TSW is tracking at this stage in …
