Score one for me.

In my forward-looking “Great Expectations 2008” piece, I made an ‘out there’ prediction that at least one movie in 2008 would launch day-and-date with a matching MMO. Just a day later, I see on Massively that my prediction became fact that “Pixie’s Hollow” will be released in time to promote this fall’s Tinkerbell movie. So… … Read more

Great Expectations: 2008

2007 opened with me splitting my time between EQ1 and EQ2. Through brief flings with LotRO, Dungeon Runners and Mythos, and even briefer flings with a half dozen more I played just once, I ended the year in pretty much the same place — playing EQ2 exclusively. There’s these incredibly massive hype/PR machines and all … Read more

Tobold: It’s called POLITICS

Today, a man who lives in a country where a Senate candidate promised to do BJs for Votes, chose to make a post in his very popular blog, about US politics. Specifically, how our unusual election system (as opposed to one, say, that has paralyzed the government for 150 days as they try to deny … Read more

EQ2: The Fate of Norrath

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The Fate of Norrath is a level 80 quest that starts outside the City of Mist in the Kunzar Jungle. This little Halfling seems unusually preoccupied with the vast power of the Greenmist Oubliette and appears to have mysterious information and powers. Some even wonder if he is an avatar of Bristlebane, but could the God of Pranks really ever take on something as serious as this?
Regardless, he is the one that sets into motion this vast, secret army against the powers that reside in Kunark.
And here, for those interested in the lore, is the entire text of everything he says when you complete the Tier 1 raids. Laboriously retyped by me, SUBSTANTIAL typos fixed. Does nobody ever proofread these things?
Enjoy!

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