LotrO: Of Champions and Crafting.

I reached level 13 with my champion last night and finished the Ered Luin part of the elf epic quest series. The last step of which is to form a fellowship and go into an instance which, like every fellowship instance I’ve seen so far, is escorting some NPC through a mission on rails — entirely … Read more

LotRO: The Champion

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Whatcha reading? The Fellowship of the Ring? Dude, Gandalf isn’t really dead. Oh yeah, and Frodo like totally wants to keep the ring at the end but Gollum grabs it and falls into Mount Doom.
Busy busy weekend but I found a little time to play in the Lord of the Rings Online Open Beta. I played a Hobbit minstrel in the stress test; time to check out the other classes to see what they were like.

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Almost back

I started a new job in Connecticut, which involved a cross-country move and a snowstorm… my computers get here today, Internet by Thursday, so soon i’ll be back gaming. I haven’t yet been desperate enough to play a MMO — any MMO — that I buy a WoW time card and a few hours of … Read more

38 Studios better watch itself

Kendricke at Warcry reports that Jason “Dymus” Roberts has left his position at SOE of EQ2 Lead Designer. It’s rumored that he may join the crowd at 38 Studios in their unannounced MMO. 38 Studios has some great talent. But if they come out with another generic fantasy MMO that tries to be everything for … Read more

An MMO Brokerage?

Brenlo has said that your Station Pass money is distributed proportionally among the games you play based on the time you play them. Well, if SOE can do that with their games, why can’t they do that with other people’s games? I’d pay $29.99 a month if my “Station Pass” could buy me access to … Read more