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Tipa Students and faculty alike were shocked this afternoon when Merle Ambrose, Headmaster of Wizard City’s prestigious Ravenwood Academy, left the Spiral and led police on a merry chase through the streets of Austin. He left behind a cryptic recording. Close friends Gamma and Bartleby have refused to comment. Austin commuters report a second person in … Read more
A good intellectual property (IP) can more than provide a setting for a game; it can in a single word tell a player what his or her role is without even knowing one thing about the game itself. The very best IPs are open enough so that the game developers have plenty of room to … Read more
Oh, this isn’t a real post. Just was so happy to finally get a horse in Lord of the Rings Online. I don’t subscribe to LotRO, but each time Turbine offers a free play weekend — or week, in this case — I log in and see if I can make enough to get a … Read more
You say you’re about to do “The Proof is in the Poison” quest you picked up in the Stormreach Market? You’re standing at the door, about to click in? Wondering how hard this adventure is going to be for you and your pals? STOP! Just … just stop right there. Time to take a little … Read more
Progression through EverQuest’s Underfoot expansion is built entirely through their new achievement system. It’s all about the achievement, isn’t it? You can get achievements for steamrolling dungeons, doing them without deaths or other limitations (like no crowd control), just exploring new zones…. Not so different from achievements in any other MMO, though perhaps not to … Read more