Why this site was dead today

The reason for this is because we needed to temporarily disable your website earlier today to prevent it from effectively “crashing” the webserver; your site was receiving a large number of hits to PHP scripts and was basically preventing other customers websites from loading. I have unsuspended the account now and the website should be … Read more

RP, Grind and WTFPWN — the MMO triangle

Openedge1 over at Simple and Complex was listing off a bunch of upcoming MMOs and he noticed that there’s been a sea-change in the MMO world; games are shifting toward a PvP focus, for better or worse. Made sense; there’s a cycle going on here. MMOs have their roots in MUDs — Multi User Dungeons, … Read more

Weekend Gaming: Of Veeshan’s Peak, Twins, and Things that Go Bump in the Night

Well, if you insist upon knowing the truth, I spent the weekend learning to twirl drumsticks. Yes, really. Poring over Youtube videos, dropping sticks onto cats, sending them helicoptering across the room. I can do it, though. I can twirl drumsticks the standard (what some call, boring) way. There’s variations so you can do little … Read more

Roleplaying in the World of Warcraft

The AB roleplay channel last night was filled with people getting ready for Erollisi’s Day, and while Stargrace and I were talking about how the denizens of Norrath enjoyed their holidays, I couldn’t help thinking back to what was once the World of Warcraft’s newest roleplaying server, Kirin Tor, where I played both a husband-hungry … Read more