Monthly Archives: November, 2011
SWTOR: The trouble with surnames
As the launch train rounds the bend and heads into the station to pick up a few million passengers, one recent reveal by the Star Wars: The Old Republic team has a few people scratching their heads. I’m referring to the Legacy system, which was unveiled the same day as the NDA drop and a …
Book Report: A to Z in communicable diseases
I haven’t done a “what I’ve been reading” post for a very long time, and there are a few book recommendations I’d like to pass along. Cool? Cool. The first is Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, a novel that’s both been received with wide acclaim AND has quite a bit to do with us …
Get a move on, little GW2 doggie, and launch already!
It’s been popping up more and more in conversations I’ve been having/witnessing and blogs I’ve been reading that the balance between excitement and exasperation for Guild Wars 2′s progress has shifted for the worse. It’s not that we’re not already in love with the game — we are (Royal We) — or that we don’t …
But I don’t *want* to use the force, Ben! (SWTOR beta thoughts)
Everybody and anybody (who’s interested) is giving the SWTOR beta a try this weekend — the last chance before the early access launch to do so. Many curious souls are eschewing second-hand articles for first-hand experience to satisfy their curiosity, as I did last week. I didn’t get tons and tons of playtime while I …
Quote of the Day
“So the next time you think about bitching about balance or opportunity in an MMO, consider this broad overview and realize that MMOs are about keeping as many people as happy as humanly possible while trying to keep all of these eggs and chainsaws in the air. It’s not an easy task, and is probably …
Ten (gaming) things I’m thankful for today
To have a job writing about video games with some of the most fun folks in the industry A wide variety of choices when it comes to MMOs and payment models Great guilds in LOTRO, Fallen Earth, Guild Wars, and EverQuest II Terrific-looking MMOs 0n the horizon A wife who doesn’t mock me for being …
Star Wars: The Old Republic post-NDA interrogation [Updated 11/19]
Well, not from me, you understand. Despite the awesome power that I wield on the internet — literally to the point where I can bring websites to their knees just by bookmarking them — I only recently got a SWTOR beta invite, even though half the known galaxy has been in for a while now. …
This week in Syp radio…
Catch up on all the latest and not-so-greatest Syp podcasts from this week: Massively Speaking 174 — My first episode co-hosting the show with Rubi, lots of fun and talk about peeing in jars! Too Long; Didn’t Listen 4 — Discussion on what MMOs could learn from both pen-and-paper and single-player RPGs Listen! Enjoy!
Owlbear Obsession by Calvin Kline
It began, as with so many other obsessions, with a single click. I was visiting EverQuest 2′s Wanderlust Fair in the Darklight Woods when I saw an unusual Gnome. His name was Milton Flunknuttle, and his sole purpose in life was to be a vendor for owlbear vanity pets. So, cool, right? I mean, I …
