EQ2: Mad Bard

Live Update 32 went in this morning, bringing Unrest, Brell Day, and new achievements. I was so excited when I saw that bards had gotten a new Selo’s run speed buff – Selo’s Speed of Sound. Maybe bards would once again be the fastest runners around, but it wasn’t to be. It was just a … Read more

LotRO vs Vanguard

After a weekend on LotRO, a game I wasn’t all that excited about, I wanted to play more. After a weekend playing Vanguard, a game I was very much looking forward to, I never wanted to play again. The difference? In Vanguard, I had an incredible sense that I had played this game before… many … Read more

LoTRO Post Mortem

Lord of the Rings Online is a casual MMO very much in the mold of World of Warcraft. After the stress test ended, I hoped I could play some more and will likely pre-order it. I don’t see this becoming my primary game, but I usually have a “serious” game and a “relax” game. My serious game at the moment is EverQuest 2. LotRO is well placed to be my “relax” game.
Here are the pros and cons I saw in my six or so total hours of play over the weekend.

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Avenue Q

The song “The Internet is for Porn” is from the Broadway “adult” “full frontal puppet nudity” Sesame Street homage, Avenue Q.

Bloglines: The Internet is Made for Porn

Day 1: Bloglines releases the Bloglines Image Wall, a dynamic collage of images taken from the blogs they index as they index them. Day 2: Teachers, librarians and parents of young children discover the content of a large portion of the images Bloglines finds on the blogs they index…