Come for the games, stay for the drama.
Massively Multiplayer Online games – our first step into the Metaverse.
… and then the Bane came and those of us who escaped could only take what we could carry. And most of that was left in piles outside the alien wormholes that brought us to the front lines in a war we could never understand, never win. Each day we fight is another day we … Read more
In the morning, I deguilded from Eternal Chaos. I didn’t ninja deguild. I wrote a letter to the guild leader, and I explained to the people online at the time that I was leaving, and why. Being guildless gives you a certain kind of freedom. Spend the day crafting? Why not! Join pickup groups? Sure! … Read more
2007 has been an amazingly full year, considering some of the major games we were hoping to play (Gods & Heroes, Age of Conan) were canceled or delayed. In January, I was still living in San Diego, still hoping that Sigil or SOE would finally read one of my resumes… on the 8th, the company … Read more
I was sick and went to bed early last night; too early, and I woke up at 3:30 AM desperate to get just… one… more… level. I finished the Worker’s Sledgemallet quest but was still 10% from 80, but my body decided I needed more sleep after all, so it had to wait until tonight. … Read more
I saw that Keen & Graeve posted the list of North American and European servers for Pirates of the Burning Sea. And this very same day comes word on Slashdot that Antigua (one of the PotBS-NA servers) has been given permission by the World Trade Organization to infringe American copyrights up to $21 million a … Read more