MMOs

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

SOE: DC Universe Online

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SOE posted a cattle call for experienced game developers on their career site for “DC Universe Online“. According to the ad, they plan to have it run both on the PC and the PS3. Doing it on such different architectures is pretty tricky — Square-Enix tried porting their FFXI Online to the PC and what … Read more

STO: Sex Gods of Sol III

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There’s a race in the Star Trek universe with a racial ability so amazing, so irresistible, that when I read a thread about racial choices in Star Trek Online, I just had to add my thoughts on the compelling qualities of this mystical race. Theirs is the power of sexual attraction. Betazoids? Well, they’re telepathic … Read more

EQ2: Barakah

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barrthumb.jpgMore in my little series of the big baddies of EverQuest 2 — Today, Barakah, the gold dragon who holds part of the mystic barrier guarding access to the Djinn Master’s Prism, the Pedestal of Sky, and Poet’s Palace: Return.

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Lord of the Rings: Best Pre-Order Plan Ever?

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Lord of the Rings Online announced today that people who pre-ordered would get a locked-down $9.99/month subscription fee (DAoC did this as well), or $199 for a lifetime subscription! That’s pretty impressive. It gets better. As well as the usual pre-order stuff (access to the beta, a couple of unique items), if you pre-order your … Read more

EQ2: Gorenaire

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gorethumb.jpgLauren over at Mystic Worlds was bemoaning the fact a month or so ago that she hadn’t seen any pictures of EQ2 boss mobs! She wanted to feel the danger and majesty of those fell creatures whom raids must take down.
She has a point. You can see every boss in WoW plastered over the Internet in a thousand places. EQ1 as well, if you go looking. Maybe it’s good that information on EQ2 is so scarce that each zone is new and the bosses, surprises. But here’s a glimpse at the ice queen of the Ascent of the Awakened, Gorenaire.

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