Monthly Archives: January, 2011
Planning for RIFT
I’m in a weird spot with RIFT right now. Like many beta testers who are planning to purchase and play post-launch, I’ve grown reluctant to log in during the beta events after the first few. Not because I’m bored with it — quite the opposite! — but because I simply want to be going through …
/AFK: Classy Edition
Are you a man? A woman? Or are you a number? A predefined class? Whoooo are you, who who who who? When people encounter you in game, do they see the person behind the avatar, or just a jarhead filling a rigid role? Enough existential questioning for the morning — welcome back to /AFK, the …
Quote of the Day
“I think it’s interesting that the more that I play LotRO, the more I find myself wanting to play it. It’s so different from your normal high-fantasy MMO, that at first it can seem almost boring… at least it did to me 3 years ago. But I’ve seen now that it’s amazingly complex. It challenges …
iPhone: Dungeon Raid review
I don’t really know the last time I paid for an iPhone game (or downloaded one, really). Most of my iPhone leisure time these days is either spent reading or watching movies — gaming is why I have a computer. But I got intrigued by a little puzzle/RPG title I’d heard great things about called …
Adventures in Advertising
What’s odd about the following ad? So not only do they just — for whatever reason — throw in the iconic guy from 300, but they add a bit of an extra moustache in a weird attempt to avoid copyright infringement or something: Classy! Weird!
Weird Question of the Day
When trying out a new MMO, would you rather: Have it be completely unimpressive at the start, but strongly grow on you over time, or Have the introductory experience bowl you over, but the remainder of the game be so-so?
A long time to come in a MMO far, far away
Lately there have been a lot of rumors, hearsay, “I heard from a guy ordering coffee next to me at Starbucks” type of thing about Star Wars: The Old Republic being delayed until the fall (September or October, depending on who you’re listening to). While the sources for this are flimsy at best, it does …
Bloggers & Breakfast at PAX East!
It’s come to our attention that quite a few MMO bloggers are heading out to PAX East this year (as well as many MMO players!), and we thought it’d be a shame not to try to get together for a meet-n-greet. So Ravious of Kill Ten Rats and I are putting together something called Bloggers …
March Madness
March 1st: RIFT March 1st: The Wise Man’s Fear March 1st: WAR40K Dawn of War II March 8th: Dragon Age 2 March 22nd: Sims Medieval Sometime in March: Lonely Mountain Band’s Hobbit album /sits down /folds legs /waits impatiently
Lore-Master vs. Captain: FIGHT!
Right now in LOTRO I’ve been bouncing between my level 65 Captain (who is busy raising all of her virtues up to 10 — 6 to go!) and my level 37 Lore-master. Obviously, I have a lot more content ahead of the LM than the Cappy, although I’m not burning with desire to plow through …
