Come for the games, stay for the drama.
I just upgraded to the newest version of WordPress, so maybe it will stop bugging me about using an old version. I also stopped the random header banner changing. I always thought the actual image of West Karana would be the best one for this blog… it just looks so tranquil and peaceful… y’know, except … Read more
Mythic cuts four classes and four cities from Warhammer Online. Hellgate: London debuts to poor response. Pirates of the Burning Sea needed a better integration of its elements and some changes to pacing. Vanguard was released too early. Age of Conan has a bunch of bugs and its end game is not as stable as … Read more
I haven’t written up a raid report for YEARS. But I absolutely have never been as happy to do so. Tonight, ten people, level 42 to 52, waded through hundreds of goblins, dozens of giants, and a couple spiders and tentacle terrors, to take down the Queen of Permafrost, the ice dragon Lady Vox. The … Read more
Project Powder, the online snowboarding sim, ended their closed beta test yesterday. They sent around a survey asking what we liked and didn’t like about the game. My likes: The game is fast, furious and fun. It is extremely deep and values skill and fast thinking, something alien to MMOs that try to level the … Read more
Okay, I have looked through the history of MMORPGs trying to find examples of what I’m saying — and why I am waiting for a new paradigm in MMOs, and why I am not that interested in the various iterations of World of Warcraft. The first computer RPG I played was something called ADVENT on … Read more