Taking Leadership

I've been wondering lately if we play classes in MMOs that reflect our own personalities, or if our personalities (in game, at least) are shaped by the classes we play. I consider myself pretty much a loner in real life, but I don't enjoy soloing in MMOs; I never have. What I really did like … Read more

The Chronicles of Spellborn, Reborn?

The Chronicles of Spellborn lives… sorta… I took some time to get the beta client for The Chronicles of Spellborn and connect it to the fan-run server this morning. All you can really do is just run around the main city, but dang, how I would love to see what Spellborn would have become if … Read more

This is why I tank.

Kasul came on tonight after work. I had wasted a lot of time tonight getting my camera all set up to catch the Venus/Jupiter convergence (no dice; thanks clouds) and I'm not sure what else, but I logged in kinda late. Omuro and I did Haukke Manor with me as paladin, because my marauder is … Read more

Driving Kasul…

With our free month of FFXIV about to end, Kasul and I had to make a difficult decision. Not about whether or not to continue playing the game — we're both having a lot of fun with — but just who was going to recruit who for the recruit-a-friend program. See, in FFXIV, if you … Read more

Killing Tidus…

On our last story day, Kasul and I had thought we were just minutes away from meeting Titan, the Lord of the Crags, based on the urgency of the NPCs. We finished the night thinking that next time, we would be meeting the primal of the kobolds in our second Trial. No! That turned out … Read more