EQ2: Looking for Veeshan.

The barrier that separates the calm veldt of the Jarsath Wastes from the hellish environs of Skyfire. We approached it last night with trepidation — this night, we were going to meet the Ring of Scale on their home ground. Once they spurned and imprisoned Trakanon. But now he’s back to rule over them all. … Read more

Great Expectations: 2008

2007 opened with me splitting my time between EQ1 and EQ2. Through brief flings with LotRO, Dungeon Runners and Mythos, and even briefer flings with a half dozen more I played just once, I ended the year in pretty much the same place — playing EQ2 exclusively. There’s these incredibly massive hype/PR machines and all … Read more

Santa Came Late!

Our local CompUSA is closing (well, they all are… but so is our local one!), so I went down there to scavenge today. And, oh look what Santa had for me at discount prices. Dungeon Siege 2 with the expansions. That DS game where you draw your character and lots of other stuff in the … Read more

SOE: Tempest in a Teapot

Last night while recovering from a wipe, I was browsing my RSS feeds and was stunned by Ogrebear’ story that SOE was to be bought out by an Indian entertainment company, Zapak. That spread throughout the blogosphere by wildfire, and even to the people at SOE, who hadn’t heard about this, frantically e-mailed John Smedley … Read more

MMO Mishmash

There’s been a lot of topics going around the blogosphere, and I’ve been holding off on them because, well, I don’t really have anything groundbreaking to say about them. But, what the heck. eBook Readers First up is a non-MMO one, but something I’ve covered extensively in this blog — eBook readers. “Ask Slashdot” fielded … Read more