Come for the games, stay for the drama.
Tipa 
Getting the right background to play a Fantasy MMO is pretty easy. Read Lord of the Rings? Seen the movie? Okay, you’re in. Rangers, pick up your bows on the left.
It’s a little harder for titles that have some history to them.
SOE posted a cattle call for experienced game developers on their career site for “DC Universe Online“. According to the ad, they plan to have it run both on the PC and the PS3. Doing it on such different architectures is pretty tricky — Square-Enix tried porting their FFXI Online to the PC and what … Read more
There’s a race in the Star Trek universe with a racial ability so amazing, so irresistible, that when I read a thread about racial choices in Star Trek Online, I just had to add my thoughts on the compelling qualities of this mystical race. Theirs is the power of sexual attraction. Betazoids? Well, they’re telepathic … Read more
More in my little series of the big baddies of EverQuest 2 — Today, Barakah, the gold dragon who holds part of the mystic barrier guarding access to the Djinn Master’s Prism, the Pedestal of Sky, and Poet’s Palace: Return.
Lord of the Rings Online announced today that people who pre-ordered would get a locked-down $9.99/month subscription fee (DAoC did this as well), or $199 for a lifetime subscription! That’s pretty impressive. It gets better. As well as the usual pre-order stuff (access to the beta, a couple of unique items), if you pre-order your … Read more