Monthly Archives: October, 2010
Picture of the Day
Hobbit ghosts are 28% cuter than Casper.
Story as Reward
“We don’t play MMOs for a story!” This is something I’ve heard more than once, but it never quite rings true. After all, stories are the engine behind all RPGs — can you imagine a Dungeons & Dragons without a story? Fallout? Chrono Trigger? Final Fantasy? Without a story, these games are simply elaborate combat …
/AFK – Hanging in Limbo Edition
How low can you go? Seriously, don’t challenge the internet to find out. They always, always find a way to go lower. But for those of us not doing the limbo or in limbo, here are six posts that caught my eye this week previous: Ark’s Ark stands up for the thousands of silenced, displaced …
Nobody Likes The Popular Kid
You know what’s a setup for an unfair fight? When you have a game that’s yet to come out attacked by an anonymous ranter who claims to have insider info, but lacks any solid credibility. Then pile on a crowd who’s itching for an excuse to put down said game and will take any hearsay …
The Glass
Final Fantasy XIV announces that they’ll be extending an extra free month of play for the launch crowd, a move which is almost unheard of in the MMO industry. The Glass Half-Full Crowd: Wow, Square Enix is putting customers first by addressing major concerns and giving us enough play time to properly evaluate these changes! …
The Guild Wars Experiment: Week One
It’s weird to say it, but I think Guild Wars and I finally started seeing each other. You know, as more than friends? Like holding hands and writing each other mushy poetry? Maybe the Hall of Monuments/Guild Wars 2 thing was the motivation I really needed, but even apart from that, I’m starting to dig …
Final Fantasy XIV: When a MMO goes to war with itself, who wins?
While I have no personal vested interest in Final Fantasy XIV (or XI, for that matter), I’ve been watching this title near release and then launch closely. I know a lot of people will say I shouldn’t even touch on this game if I’m not going to play it, but part of being a fan …
LOTRO: Huge Sale Incoming!
I wouldn’t normally post on sales in the LOTRO store, except this one is pretty notable if you’re a F2P player who’s buying their way up the zone quest pack ladder. There’s a 24 hour sale starting at midnight that’s going to feature three zones — Lone-lands, Evendim and North Downs — for 75% off. …
Guild Wars: Back Into The Fray
It’s no secret that Guild Wars and I have a weird relationship — almost bipolar, in a way. I like the game intellectually, in that it seems to have all the right elements that I’d want in a MMO, but I’ve never, ever been able to stick with it for more than a week or …
