PotBS: There is only One True Pirate Server

I saw that Keen & Graeve posted the list of North American and European servers for Pirates of the Burning Sea. And this very same day comes word on Slashdot that Antigua (one of the PotBS-NA servers) has been given permission by the World Trade Organization to infringe American copyrights up to $21 million a … Read more

The Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

Dungeon Siege is my “oh my god, I have no internet connection” game on my laptop. When I saw what looked to be a cheesy generic fantasy flick trailer on the TV this weekend, I had no desire to go (Eragon cured me of that) (and yes, I’ve been told the book was way better). … Read more

Buzzkillaz: Birth of a Legend

Once a month, the Buzzkillaz come together from their solo gigs to rock the world. And the world is rocked and it is rolled. Today they formed, for perhaps the last time, to do a benefit concert, one legendary evening, one endless setlist. 58 songs. No stopping. No intermissions. No replacements. Janet, lead guitar, played … Read more

EQ2: Stuff dies, halflings get wet, film at 11.

It’s about time to look into the adventures, once again, of Dina and Dera, Adventurers at Large. It’s kind of embarrassing all around that Dera, a priestess, didn’t worship any god in particular. Sure, she’d started on the Brell quest, but she and old candle-head just didn’t get along. EQ lore would have her worshiping … Read more

SOE: Tempest in a Teapot

Last night while recovering from a wipe, I was browsing my RSS feeds and was stunned by Ogrebear’ story that SOE was to be bought out by an Indian entertainment company, Zapak. That spread throughout the blogosphere by wildfire, and even to the people at SOE, who hadn’t heard about this, frantically e-mailed John Smedley … Read more