Monthly Archives: March, 2011
A Story About a Tree
This is a story about a tree. You already knew that from the title. My life was happier before the tree. Before the tree, playing RIFT was fun… relaxing… engaging. Heck, I just went through a vampire nest and cleared out 2,000 Edwards in the time it took Stephanie Mayer to think up another synonym …
Branching Out
First of all, I’m all a-flutter over the one-plus week world event that’s starting in RIFT today. In fact, as soon as I publish this post, I’ll probably be in the game scoping it out. It’s definitely a good move on Trion’s part, for several reasons. One, we’re at the one-month mark after release, and …
Throw MUD at me!
So next week I’m going to be starting a one-month series on MUDs for Massively, and I’d love to know which you consider to be the biggest, best and most influential ones. Throw names and links at me, and I will smile at you benevolently!
Why Owning An Eagle In LOTRO Will Change My Life Forever
I did it. Eschewing level 50 dungeon runs, I ran skirmish after skirmish for a good week or so until I had enough points to purchase my class quest items, which resulted in me finally getting my Eagle-friend trait. I guess the Eagles gotta know if you’re really in it for the long haul or …
/AFK: Humorous Choice Edition
If you have a choice between boring A and exciting B, will you not pick B and consider yourself a rogue, even though everyone else would most likely pick B as well? And if C decided to stop by and challenge your expectations, it might stand to reason that a switch would be in order. …
The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs At Midnight
“And he says to me, he says to me, ‘You got style, baby! But if you’re gonna to be a real villain, you gotta get a gimmick!’ And so I go, I says, ‘Yeah, baby! A gimmick, that’s it! High explosives!’ Ah ha ha ha ha ha!” ~ TEMBWBAM Man, who remembers The Tick? Seriously, …
Nostalgia Lane: Rating BioWare’s Lineup
In honor of the recent Dragon Age II launch and in anticipation of the upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic, I thought I’d go back through BioWare’s library and rank the games from best to worst — and why. Knights of the Old Republic I know, I know — as safe, predictable and boring a …
BioWare and the Romantic Movie Genre
So back at PAX East, Larry asked if I’d help him with his Old Republic interview by using my many years of academic and professional training by holding up a microphone so he could take notes by hand. Yes, I said immediately, not because I have a microphone fetish, but because I’m a nosy person …
A good day of gaming
Every once in a while, we need a good day of gaming, especially if gaming time falls short for us. Sometimes I feel like I’m just nibbling at games between everything else and really desire to take a big ol’ bite every so often. For me, it was Saturday. A lazy Saturday, as it turned …
