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Tipa So you install this hot new MMO, Frog Pond of Destiny: Legend of the Tadpole, play for a bit, start taking on the “Eat 1000 Mosquitoes” quests, get your croak just the way you like it, get that special spotted skin design for making such a big splash. The pond is crowded, but pretty soon … Read more
I might never get my epic rogue epic 1.5 done in EverQuest. I work a little on the tradeskills, get bored, and start looking for trouble. I logged in last night, did two weapons in the test of smithing, then had to go to Crystal Caverns and farm some velium ore for the Velious test. … Read more
Via Slashie of Temple of the Roguelike, news of a NEW game programming challenge: Tiny Game 2010. A full game in 40×30 PIXELS, using the 16 color EGA palette. I remember EGA; I wrote an EGA video driver way back when I worked for Digital Research, Inc. The original one. Rules are: 40×30 (or 30×40) … Read more
In Dungeons & Dragons Online, Kasul and I finished our trip through all the Korthos Island instances on Elite mode, giving each of us the maximum amount of favor you can get from those quests. Misery Peak, the one where you don’t kill the dragon, was its usual platforming mini game of jumping around a … Read more
This is a softball pitch. Nice and slow and over home plate. Disney’s 1982 masterpiece Tron is up for a sequel in December, Tron Legacy, and if someone isn’t working on an MMO to take advantage of that right now, I’d be shocked. Furthermore, the folks at Monolith already made a FPS game based on … Read more