Ballpoint Universe

Back when this was called College-Ruled Universe, it was one of the first games I helped fund through Kickstarter. It was a pleasant little R-Type-style shooter, written in Flash by an art student, Leo “Zigzag” Dasso, who had built an entire world, in Flash, out of the casual doodles he drew during classes. He had … Read more

EQ2: Twoo Luv and the Nerfbat

Well, mostly, this post is to test how my usual article heading picture can replace the header image, which is cool. Secondly, yes, I am NOT ONLY playing DC Universe Online, though from looking at the past few posts, it certainly looks as though I am. It’s just that Arda is basically retracing Scatter’s steps … Read more

DCUO: Super Sunday

With Kaptain KY off fighting evil in Mexico this week, Team Spode was short a hero. Undeterred, we decided to make Metropolis a little bit safer by taking care of some of the “Wanted” poster quests — the Avatar of Sin, Bizarro and the Minotaur all met their temporary ends. Before all popping up again, … Read more

DCUO: Happy Valentine’s Day!

Happy Valentine’s Day! Logged on last night to do the Valentine’s Day content that SOE patched in to DC Universe Online. There was a Valentine’s quest in my journal; I completed it and got all the rewards. Which was weird. It included a silly looking clown/ballerina costume! This morning, in my daily Vault run, I … Read more

Game Log: EQ2, DCUO

Doctor Psycho, I don’t think you’re even a _real_ doctor. But yeah, I can see that that would be a tough name to grow up with, plus being only a foot tall doesn’t help much. I thought your powers were lame, as I crawled through Metropolis General’s Meta Wing, where you forced me to pummel … Read more