EQ2: Rise of Kunark Beta? Sign me up!

Via Cuppy, the Rise of Kunark Beta application is now up. I’ve been waiting for this for years. Kunark turned EQ1 from a casual game to an obsession with me. Maybe that wasn’t entirely a good thing. Pre-Kunark EQ1 was a very casual game; there wasn’t a whole lot to do in the end game … Read more

EQ2: Finished Pranking in the name of Bristlebane

Leave it to Bristlebane to have a favorite pet who looks designed by a committee. A drunk committee. That had just spent a sleepless night being chased by giant pink rabbits. I left off last night having pulled a prank on a goblin prophet (er, profit) of the King of Thieves. I baked him a … Read more

An MMO Life

Gosh, who are those slick looking haffers, decked in Tier 1 mastercrafted gear? Them haffers are my new characters on Nagafen, EQ2’s most popular PvP server. I level locked them at level 10 while I get some AAs, but finishing quests has bumped Tipa (the fury in the foreground) to level 11, with Tsuki (the … Read more

Dogs and Frisbees: Why your MMO sucks.

There’s this dog. Every day he runs out of the house when his person comes home, all ready to play. His person takes out a Frisbee and tosses it onto the lawn, and the the dog runs up and grabs it, and then he brings it back. Sometimes his person pats him on his head. … Read more