Monthly Archives: December, 2009
Bio Break and the Year That Was
2009 was a big year for MMORPGs, even if you can’t pinpoint a single game that defined the entire year. There was certainly more than enough going on to fill up a solid year of discussion, and if you want a brief recap of the year’s hottest MMO stories, I suggest you read this two-part …
Quote of the Day
“All player-character female Trolls look the same, and that’s because there’s only one face option not currently stricken by demonic possession.” ~ Wow.com
Sometimes You Find It, The Sypster Connection, Of Lovers, Of Dreamers and Me
Not to be utterly narcissistic or anything, but sometimes people ask who I am in what game or how they can hook up with me to give me a long, uncomfortable hug. So if you’re interested: Follow me on Twitter (why?): @Sypster Fallen Earth: “Syp” World of Warcraft: “Echoes” on Ghostlands, Horde-side
Syp on Massively Speaking
Yesterday I had the pleasure of recording a fun quick podcast with the folks over at Massively, which you can listen to (if you can stand the grating tone of my voice) over here on Massively Speaking! We had a great time discussing 2009 in review, as well as our thoughts and predictions for the …
$5 Bucks Gets You A MMO… Or A Cup Of Coffee
Several sites and blogs have reported on this incredible end-of-the-year sale over at Steam, a sale which includes a huge amount of MMORPGs (and other titles) being handed out at incredibly reduced prices. This sale runs through January 3rd, so if you didn’t get a good present under the Christmas tree this year, there’s no …
Quote of the Day
“[Gearscore] then tallies up all the points to assign a player a gearscore – a handy little number with which your total gear picture, and unfortunately skill, knowledge of the game, and general worth to humanity are all assessed.” ~ Lagwar
I Don’t Wanna Grow Up, I’m A Toys ‘R Us Kid
Rabbit over at Gamers With Jobs posted an interesting Christmas-themed essay today concerning his growing discomfort/horror of being a responsible grown-up and parent at the cost of his own gaming time and fun. That as kids grow up, parents must give up some of their own time and interests in order to support their kids’ …
Cannibalizing Alts
On a recent podcast of The Instance, a listener sent in a really fascinating question concerning a hypothetical feature for WoW (but, really, it could apply to any MMO). The feature is paraphrased as such: what if the game would let you destroy an alt in order to let you transfer some of the levels/XP …
