Vanguard: The Newbie Fields

Vanguard has its problems; Stargrace mentioned last night while we were chatting that you really should think of it as still being in beta and that’s right on. And we now know from former Sigil employees that the artwork was in place, but most of the quests were written by new hires in the last … Read more

MMO: Five second quiz

Quickly, you haven’t much time. Which game, after a four hour patch, did I have to drop my resolution down from 1680×1050 to 1240×782 to play at an acceptable frame rate, dropped me through the world, attacked me with monsters I couldn’t attack back because the game said I couldn’t see it when it was … Read more

MMO: Science Fiction MMO Outline #1 — “Book of Days”

Inspired by Wilhelm and Potshot, who both see the barriers against any sort of MMO with a science fictional basis as nearly insurmountable… I found I disagreed. Strongly. I love science fiction — Peter Hartwell once said “The Golden Age of Science Fiction is twelve“. All life and possibility is open to you, and yet … Read more