Free Realms and Sturgeon’s Law

In 1958, noted science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon wrote that 90% of science fiction was crud, which was generalized and explained that 90% of EVERYTHING is crud. I loved doing the Daily Blogroll, but the loss of a couple hours out of each day are only one reason I have put them on hold for … Read more

“The Dares” in Free Realms

Jamming and dancing after the show. Note the concert tees, put on only AFTER the show, as according to the Rules of Live Concerts I admit it. I had fun at The Dares concert inside Free Realms last night. The Dares, who wrote and sing the Free Realms theme song “It’s Your World”, were live … Read more

Free Realms: First Impressions

Etha, 8 Medic; and Tipa, 16 Miner Tipa is: 16 Miner/12 Ninja/8 Chef/7 Archer/2 Wizard I’ve been enjoying myself quite a lot with Free Realms the past couple of weeks; when I sit down to play an MMO, like as not these days it’ll be FR I fire up. I’ve been two boxing, which isn’t … Read more

Free Realms goes live Tuesday, April 28

The servers are coming down this morning, all beta characters are being deleted (answering a question of mine), and tomorrow, you’ll be able to start cooking, racing, shooting, mining and everything else. Here’s the full announcement: Some of you have seen the signs. The NDA being lifted. Cryptic twitters from developers. Unexpected fan site announcements. … Read more