Monthly Archives: January, 2011
Truism
If you want to hate an MMO that you currently like, then read the official forums.
Mirkwood: A Retrospective
So yesterday I said my farewells to Mirkwood with my captain as I cobbled together enough precious gold stars for those greedy elves to give me a smokey black steed (in my opinion, one of the finest-looking mounts in the game). While I didn’t finish all of the quests in the zone, I didn’t feel …
/AFK: I Am Disappoint Edition
Disappointments: They flood our lives from unexpected angles, washing us down the river banks of misery and out into the sea of shame. And yet we cling to hope, hold to high expectations and trust that this leap… this leap will be the leap home. Welcome back to /AFK, the weekly roundup of the best …
Quote of the Day
“Similarly, conversations I’ve had with people regarding Rift have been, at their most basic and pared down, statements of ‘Rift is made of Win and Kittens’, and ‘I think Rift smells of poo and wee’.” ~ MMOSH
Stupid Elves
Hehe… okay, the elf joke in Tipa’s post made me laugh out loud. I’m a petty man.
Goals
Although games are, well, games, it doesn’t mean that we play them mindlessly. Just as in real life, it helps to have a purpose, a direction and a goal, which is why we sometimes flounder in sandbox titles and cling to the order of theme park MMOs, I guess. It struck me that we come …
This has been bugging me…
Dragon Age: Origins and The Witcher are the same game: Both revel in gritty (and bloody) fantasy Both feature a diminished order of sacred protectors (Witchers/Wardens) who are tasked with holding back an overwhelming evil from sweeping the land Both orders make their home in a near-abandoned castle Both have subjugated, second-class elves as a …
180 Degrees of Separation
January 11th: Ghostcrawler pens an article defending the difficulty of WoW’s new heroic dungeons. January 13th: Blizzard posts public test patch notes in which these dungeons (more specifically, the bosses) are nerfed. So… what happened between the 11th and the 13th?
Five Reasons Why I Dislike PvP
First of all, notice I’m not using the “H” word — I don’t hate PvP in MMOs. There are all types of players, some enjoy human vs. human competition, and there’s nothing wrong with that. In fact, most social games that we play outside of MMOs are definitely PvP, from chess to lacrosse to Arguing …
