EQ2: Bringing a Knife to a Fyst Fight

No EQ1 raiding yesterday, and of course I totally forgot to hunt up my City of Heroes disks and check out Paragon City once more. I logged Nashuya in to sell and repair prior to finishing up the Cauldron Hollow access quest needed for the next fight in the Restoring Ghoulbane heritage. Heard in the … Read more

When MMOs Compete for Your Dollars…

Hard on the heels of NCSoft’s impassioned plea to get my back into City of Heroes, Mythic is hot to have my amazing kung fu Bard and Minstrel action back into DAoC. Unbeknownst to them, I have come back to DAoC twice already. The newbie grounds are vast wastelands; nobody I know plays anymore… all … Read more

The Episode of the Beast

Yesterday was June 6th, 2006 – 6/6/6 – and naturally, the entertainment industry was full of devil love for the day. The entire pointless remake of the Omen came out; Slayer kicked off their Unholy tour; and Doctor Who woke Satan. The Doctor and Rose interview Sauron to replace Rose’s ex-boyfriend Mickey, left in a … Read more

City of Heroes

Paragon City needs me back! City of Heroes is letting all the retired superheroes out of the superhero stasis chambers from now until the end of the week. I got a little excited when I read the email. There were some good memories in there… I found City of Heroes repetitive after awhile. But flying … Read more

Rakuraku Dinokun!

A long long LONG time ago… like half the rest of the world, I was crazy about virtual pets. My favorite? Rakuraku Dinokun (or Friendly Little Dino). My old blog from around 1996-2000, Penultimatum, was disappeared (and the domain name stolen, STOLEN, by someone else!), but the Internet Archive had bits and pieces… including some … Read more