Ya know, I’m not even going to try to explain. It’s late, I’m tired, just leave me alone.
More after the jump.
MMOs
Massively Multiplayer Online games – our first step into the Metaverse.
EQ2 – Kunark: a BRIEF first look
The original continent of Kunark in EverQuest was really big. The centuries since then haven’t made it any smaller. In my days of exploration, I doubt I’ve seen more than a tenth of the expansion, and only been in one dungeon. Two, if you count Chardok.
But at least I got my Sokokar 🙂 And you can, too! This is going to be a pretty heavy load, so you can read more about Kunark… after the jump.
The kind of game that leaves you bruised, battered, bleeding and begging for more.
Keen made a post decrying the “dumbing down” of MMOs — people head for easy mode at every opportunity, and seeing that, more, even easier, games are made. A vicious spiral that ends in “Hello Kitty Adventure Island“. I thought I rather reasonably suggested that there were hard(er) MMOs out there — FFXI Online, EverQuest, … Read more
EQ2: Terror from Beyond the Portal
They dealt with the terror in their homes and in their hearts… but could they deal with the TERROR FROM BEYOND THE PORTAL? Gah… I have to remember not to post while listening to X Minus One… (Time and Time Again by H. Beam Piper ftw). I started getting these odd tells from officers when … Read more
Please redo Everquest (et al) as massively SINGLE player games
Games never die. We bought an Xbox 360 over the weekend and I had a little WTF moment when I saw they wanted to sell me Pacman. Pacman! That game is twenty five years old! I’m sure they’ve got Asteroids and Defender in there somewhere if I look for them. Maybe Tetris! I could be … Read more