MMOs

Massively Multiplayer Online games – our first step into the Metaverse.

EQ2: Fangs a Lot!

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Between doing my epic run from Ered Luin to Rivendell tonight on LotRO, and giving a big HECK YEAH to Haley the Skank as she was booted from American Idol tonight, we kinda maybe destroyed Lord Vyemm AND his lab (“and I would have gotten away with it if it hadn’t been for those meddling … Read more

LotRO: The Captain

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Stand back, Lysistra! I shall bash this fell beast with this little flag! I didn’t want to discuss LotRO’s Captain class until I’d gotten to level 10 and earned the Herald pet. This little friend will help you in battle, cast little buffs or debuff the monster some, do a little damage and in general, … Read more

LotrO: Of Champions and Crafting.

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I reached level 13 with my champion last night and finished the Ered Luin part of the elf epic quest series. The last step of which is to form a fellowship and go into an instance which, like every fellowship instance I’ve seen so far, is escorting some NPC through a mission on rails — entirely … Read more

LotRO: The Champion

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Whatcha reading? The Fellowship of the Ring? Dude, Gandalf isn’t really dead. Oh yeah, and Frodo like totally wants to keep the ring at the end but Gollum grabs it and falls into Mount Doom.
Busy busy weekend but I found a little time to play in the Lord of the Rings Online Open Beta. I played a Hobbit minstrel in the stress test; time to check out the other classes to see what they were like.

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38 Studios better watch itself

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Kendricke at Warcry reports that Jason “Dymus” Roberts has left his position at SOE of EQ2 Lead Designer. It’s rumored that he may join the crowd at 38 Studios in their unannounced MMO. 38 Studios has some great talent. But if they come out with another generic fantasy MMO that tries to be everything for … Read more