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Tipa So anyway, everything we were hearing about Microsoft’s new Origami devices (er, Ultra-Mobile PCs – I liked Origami better) was confirmed today. They’re just small, keyboard-less tablet computers with built in WiFi and stuff. If it can’t play WoW, EQ1, EQ2, Vanguard and so on, what good is it? Using Remote Desktop and the similar, … Read more
Initial reviews of Final Fantasy XII look really good. This is the one that uses a FFXI Online-like world map. If they could let me make my own characters and use them, instead of pre-generated ones, this would be anything I could ever want in a console RPG. And it still may be. Devices based … Read more
I got a group for Nashuya in the usual way… someone needed help killing a named in Thundering Steppes; I was running Dera through there on the way to Enchanted Lands to meet up with Nashuya and knock off some writs, so I offer to help (with Dera), then get them to invite “my SK”. … Read more
I took my fictional metal band, Death 2 U, on stage last night. Packed stadium. Roaring crowd. Wetting-their-pants crazy to see us, just last week an unknown band playing in someone’s basement, cover Queens of the Stone Age’s “No One Knows”. No one knew how nervous we were. This song is HARD. Even on “Medium”. … Read more
For those of you who love the hyper-realism of Order of the Stick and have maxed out your ProgressQuest characters, give Kingdom of Loathing a try. Web based, single player, usually hilarious. Tipa is a level 1 Turtle Handler. I think she has enough Musclarity or whatever to level…