Come for the games, stay for the drama.
Tobold posted today about a site hoping to be for MMO gaming what Wikileaks is for the real world — a way for players in the betas for upcoming games to alert people to potential problems in the game. These sorts of leaks can be useful — news that a game is a horribly buggy … Read more
From a comment on Tobold’s excellent post about the tank shortage in the World of Warcraft (or more accurately, the Protection-spec’d Warrior shortage): I’ve been playing WOW for 2+ years now and everytime I see pvp hurt pve, it makes me wish there was a viable pve alternative to WOW. I happen to think there … Read more
Aside from World of Warcraft, the most popular MMO in the US today is… The Lord of the Rings Online, which from what I understand, has about 500K subscribers — about what the original EverQuest had at its peak. LotRO was clearly the breakout hit of 2007. But all we hear about is WoW, all … Read more
Sure, Warhammer may have grand battles to decide the future of realms, war everywhere, skies dark with the fires of pillaged cities… but do you win money when you gank a newb? World of Warcraft announced a new Tournament server where, for $20, you can create a new level 70 character from scratch and participate … Read more
Sheep tend to be timid, nervous and easily frightened. Having little natural means of defense, they instinctively join together in a group, called a flock, to run from perceived danger. I kinda laughed when I read this account of a WoW player who decided to go Horde hunting at Tarren’s Mill and was soundly thrashed … Read more