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Massively Multiplayer Online games – our first step into the Metaverse.
It was a difficult mission — stop a military transport, take everyone on it prisoner and bring them back to base for some fun — and I think I did fairly well. Defeated the two scouts guarding the acceleration array (ie, zone line) to the instance, no problem, I was cooking with antimatter. Inside the … Read more
The thing that frustrates me most about Fantasy MMORPGs is their lack of imagination. Not imagination like in creating the mystical world of Elflandia populated by mystic Elfians who are under siege by the vicious Orcanauts or however they manage to fit elves and orcs into any fantasy game world (Does it have elves? CHECK. … Read more
There’s this dog. Every day he runs out of the house when his person comes home, all ready to play. His person takes out a Frisbee and tosses it onto the lawn, and the the dog runs up and grabs it, and then he brings it back. Sometimes his person pats him on his head. … Read more
That Shapeshifter game doesn’t take up all my time. It just seems like it does. Another game that doesn’t take all my time: Overlord. I downloaded it based on the giddy reviews from Cuppy and Brent, but it seemed boring to me. MMOs have raised my expectations of games beyond what single player games can … Read more
In the news this morning, SOE will publish “Pirates of the Burning Sea”. This isn’t really a shock, since PotBS didn’t have a publisher and SOE has shown themselves open to making publishing deals (“Vanguard: Saga of Heroes”, “Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising”) and really, where are they going to go? Blizzard? EA? NCSoft? Of … Read more