Monthly Archives: June, 2010
City of Heroes: What Is Old Is New Again
Jockeying for my #3 MMO at the moment is City of Heroes, which I picked up at least for a couple months due to the summer lull, the upcoming expansion, and a desire now and then to play fairly mindless (yet purdy) combat. I remade my plant/radiation controller Killophyll (sometimes coming up with names is …
Who I Gonna Call? Guest Bloggers!
If there’s something strange in the blog-o-sphere Who I gonna call? Guest Bloggers! If there’s a game that’s weird and it don’t look good Who I gonna call? Guest Bloggers! Okay, that was my really nerdy way of putting out a call for guest bloggers. I’m going to be gone next week from July 4-9, …
Middle-earth FM
This past Saturday night I was invited to be a guest on A Casual Stroll to Mordor’s podcast, which you can listen to here. It was a fun romp through the fields of LOTRO, and I appreciate Merric and Goldenstar for having me on. Also, my daughter makes her podcasting debut, so there’s that!
Who You Callin’ Munchkin?
A couple years ago I had a sleepover at my house for our youth group’s guys, during which I introduced them to the awesomely dorky card game Munchkin. If you’ve never played it, Munchkin’s kind of a satirical blend of D&D and other fantasy RPGs, where you try to level from 1 to 10 before …
Quote of the Day
“MMOs are not about fun. it is about sense of accomplishment or in-game goals” ~ bugsbunny in a Massively comment thread Crap, I’ve been having fun with these games. Guess I’m playing them wrong!
Six MMO Concepts I’d Love To See Revisited
It seems unfair to me sometimes how the MMO genre latches on to some features while letting others fall to the ground after only one try. Here are six MMO concepts I’d love to see picked up, dusted off, tweaked, and used in future (or even current) titles: Tellings (A Tale in the Desert) – …
What Did I Do To You, Turbine?
So the past couple days, internet speeds in our house have been abysmal. Like, dial-up slow bad. After doing a couple speed tests and seeing ping numbers off the chart (well into the four digits) and upload/download speeds crawling, we got worried that our internet provider was throttling us or something happened to the service. …
DDO: Exquisite Terror
Even if I only have time to do one dungeon, I still look forward to our Massively DDO nights. It’s great to know that come Wednesday, this is what I’m doing, and I’ll instantly have a group to play with. Last night I jumped online ten minutes late, and found that all groups had already …
I’m Even Nerdy In My Sleep
Okay, I debated sharing this, but oh well. Last night I had a MMO dream. Not THAT abnormal, right? Well yeah, except that I haven’t had time to play much this week, and the game in question I hadn’t touched since last year. I had a Champions Online dream. And like most of my dreams …
Quote of the Day
“He recognizes me, which is a bad thing. Suddenly he starts jabbering on about voices and all sorts of creepy dark-tower type stuff. The lights dim and it feels like the Dark Lord himself is trying to get to second base with me.” ~ Shamus plays LOTRO
