Thoughts on Elitism and Speed Runs, or, My Dinner with Thrall

Last week, Spinks mused a bit over on her blog about the tendency of WoW players to distill every activity down to its most efficient execution, even if some of the players would like things to go more casually. She suggested using some social engineering to gather like-minded players together: Maybe some kind of social … Read more

Wizard101: Gardening 101.

Q. Why is that farmer so famous? A. Because he is out standing in his field! KingsIsle today dropped a little bit of dirt, some seeds, a bit of warm rain and a little sun into Wizard City today. On the Test Realm, Life professor Moolinda Wu is just udderly bursting with good news! Gardening … Read more

Star Trek Online: Red Mars

I didn’t even know Mars was even in the game. It’s kind of ironic that the first time I saw that dead world was from the bridge of a Klingon K’tanco cruiser. In Star Trek Online, the Klingons are meant to be leveled via PvP. There are dozens of PvP-oriented missions and commensurate rewards. I … Read more

Star Trek Online: The Enterprise Pack (and Genesis)

Yesterday, Cryptic dropped the Enterprise Pack onto the Cryptic Store. For 1250 points, you can get a replica of the NX-01, the Akira-class predecessor flown by Captain Archer and crew in Star Trek: Enterprise, a show which doesn’t fully deserve its bad reputation. That also comes with the Enterprise uniforms, Mirror Universe versions of same, … Read more