Monthly Archives: June, 2011
RIFT: Ghost bat!
Sheesh, I’m almost amazed with myself lately. With the onset of summer — and a slightly more free schedule — I’ve been devouring MMOs left and right, on the prowl like a hungry monster who can’t get enough to satiate his gullet. I’m not doing it because I feel dissatisfied with my mainstays, but I’m …
6 Little Things I Like About Guild Wars
1. Watching a swarm of undead minions zerg your enemies. I almost feel bad for them. Almost. 2. Outdoor instances that get away from the “you’re in a dungeon” feeling. So far, very few of the missions I’ve gone through in GW are inside a structure or underground, which helps at least mentally differentiate between …
Quote of the Day
“The ‘We Cannot Get Out’ quest instance in LOTRO is the best encounter I have ever played in any RPG ever… Anyway, it is brain-melting awesome. It evokes the original book without being slavish. It is well written. The encounter is scripted, but I still felt like I was doing something unique and special… Everyone …
Anticipation
By now, most of us know that there’s a big tug-o-war in the MMO community when it comes to anticipating upcoming titles. As usual, the extremes rule the day: you have the folks who sup from the cup of hype and fully believe every word that drops from a dev’s mouth, and you have the …
Don’t miss “Wild Weird West Week” at Mutant Reviewers!
Last week was a trip back to the Wild, Weird West of cinema at Mutant Reviewers From Hell, so if you didn’t catch all of the bizarro Western action, it’s not too late to catch up! Wild Weird West Week Begins! Drew does Jonah Hex Deneb does Quigley Down Under Heather does Undead or Alive: …
Thoughts on E3
I don’t recall being in the least bit interested or excited about E3 last year, but this year it feels like a huge deal. Lots of MMO news going down, which is good because we’re about to enter the summer drought and we need to stock up on excitement to make it ’till the fall. …
Music Week: The Grand Finale
Ack, running out of time here and I didn’t get to do as much for this week as I would’ve liked. So to wrap things up, here’s another hodge-podge of favorite video game tunes: Zombies Ate My Neighbors – Chainsaw Hedgemaze Mayhem (SNES) One of the lesser-known (but undeniable) classics of the SNES, Zombies At …
Sending the video games industry back to the kiddy table
Not that I personally have any problems with being childish, but this is childishness + booth babe stupidity, which brings it to a whole new level.
Is $20 Station Access a good deal or risky business?
Make no mistake: SOE is still in crisis recovery mode, and most likely will be for the better part of this year. Without any hard numbers to back up how much they did or did not lose, how many subscribers fled for the hills, etc., the only thing I’m willing to speculate is that they’re …
