Come for the games, stay for the drama.
I started working on my entry to the annual 7DRL (7 Day Rogue-like) game design challenge today. I’ve been working on algorithms for the game for the past week; today I took the algorithms for map generation and room connectivity and put them into real code. It turned out pretty much exactly as I imagined … Read more
A new player survey pops up when you log into EverQuest these days, asking what sort of content players would like to see from the venerable MMORPG. Can an eleven year old game still innovate? These poll questions hint that SOE has not given up on the game that put them on the map: Poll … Read more
Well, the fine faculty at the Ravenwood School of Magical Arts have put a month’s worth of speculation into a handful of paragraphs. The full press release is below, but let’s take a look at it, shall we? First, the picture of Pets on a Podium. We can’t help but notice that there’s a crab … Read more
On my fourth try, my Nemesis invention produced an actual blueprint. That’s pretty fun, but what are the true costs? I wasn’t able to find any Tristan blueprints on contract on which to base the invention, so I had to buy an original. That DOES give me a second avenue of profit, as I can … Read more
Even if you have a static group in Dungeons & Dragons Online, it’s a good idea to familiarize yourself with the dungeons by trying them yourself on the casual or normal settings. If nobody in the group is a subscriber (as none of the people in my group are), then SOMEONE has to have done … Read more