PotBS: Real Free Traders Sail Sloops
Pirates? What pirates?
MMOs
Massively Multiplayer Online games – our first step into the Metaverse.
PotBS: The Legends of Guadaloupe
The good guys (bottom) prepare to liberate a fort, sink a fleet and quell a rebellion in Red Tide Goodbye, Blanche DuBois. You always knew the asylum awaited you at the close of your mad, drunker life. Pirates of the Burning Sea has become a place to go for many of us in Clan of … Read more
PotBS: Flying Labs responds to lag concerns
In the comments to my “first glance” post for the Pirates of the Burning Sea, Rusty from Flying Labs responded to my experiences with lag and random disconnections while playing. To be fair, it was my son who was having the lag, on Rackham, and he mentioned that a lot of people were complaining about … Read more
EQ2: Leveling the necromancer in Kylong Plains
If you really want to impress your level 66 alt, bring them to the Kylong Plains. No, really — the Plains aren’t just for the 70s anymore. Were they ever? Both my troubador and inquisitor were already 70 when Kunark opened, and both had a certain amount of raid gear, so aside from some bits … Read more
A Glance at Pirates of the Burning Sea
When I got home last night, my son was all smiles and grins. He’d finally passed the test of skill needed to join a prestigious online clan in Call of Duty 4 — having to kill ten opponents — real people, mind you, not AIs — in a specific death match, and to have twice … Read more