Monthly Archives: December, 2011
December MMO play survey
It’s time to fess up and tell us what MMOs you played this past month! Check as many as apply!
Ends and Beginnings (of years)
One of the reasons why I did the Flushies this week is that it let me write a slew of posts in advance so I could take some good time off to spend with my family. It was a great Christmas, thanks for asking; We celebrated both at home and at my parents’, and our …
Quote of the Day
“Games are supposed to be fun, and SWTOR gets that – a point too many MMO developers have forgotten.” ~ Scott Jennings
2011 Flushies: Readers’ Choice Awards
Another new experiment in the Flushies legacy, the Readers’ Choice Awards! In our last round of Flushies, I asked Bio Break readers to submit their own awards — and winners — in categories that they themselves made up. It’s far more entertaining than anything I could’ve written, so let’s see what you all created! Hardest …
2011 Flushies: The MMO Awards
You knew it was coming — and here it is! 2011 Flushie awards doled out to MMOs themselves! Best Launch: RIFT Even with the huge amount of interest that Trion Worlds’ freshman title produced, the team got the headstart and launch off with nary a hitch (unless you count the quickly vanishing queues). The game …
2011 Flushies: The MMO Community Awards
Today we’re trying something new in these here parts: Handing out Flushies to the MMO community (and, more specifically, the blogging side of it). In the past I’ve been reluctant to do so, because for every award I dish out, there are many sites that are perfectly good, entertaining, well-written, and interesting — but don’t …
2011 Flushies: The Geek Awards
Welcome to the 2011 Flushies! The Flushies are Bio Break’s own award ceremony to recognize some of the highs — and lows — of the past year in MMOs and gaming culture. They’re solely my own opinion, and many of the categories are made up on the spot and will never return again. This year …
Nostalgia Lane: Super Mario Bros.
Christmas, 1985. As a kid — as with most kids — Christmastime was a terrifically special time of the year. I was nine years old and a slave to the Toys ‘R Us catalogue that would come in the mail that time of the year. My brothers and I spent hours pouring over the pictures, …
Make up an award! Be a star!
I’ve been hard at work on this year’s Flushies awards for next week, and I wanted to try something new this year. One of the days of awards will be reader-submitted. As in, you make up the award, and you tell me who won it. The whole package. So I’m asking for people to send …
Picture of the Day
Just wanted to show off how my Star Wars shelf is coming along… I added Darth Vader’s TIE fighter, a mini-AT-ST, my SWTOR Darth Malgus statue, and the classic trilogy posters to the mix. My “to do” list for the shelf is to add a shelf or stair so that I can layer these, or …
