Reader Elench dislikes EQ2 so much that he wishes it would die a swift death. Heartless Gamer wants to wipe EverQuest from the pages of history. Keen wants to zap Star Wars Galaxies.
Seems everyone has some certain game that holds a dark corner of their heart captive.
It took me a lot of thought before I finally realized that there was, in fact, one game that should have never been made, that constrained the MMO industry in untenable ways against which nearly every modern MMO still struggles.
A game that, if it had never been made, would have made today’s games different and far more enjoyable.
You’ll have to click through to find out what game that is.
Being Rock Bandidextrous
Wanderlust’s “I Walked” comes on the MP3 player and I think how wonderful that song would be with Rock Band. I should Audiosurf it. Last night, I strapped a microphone to a broom handle with hair ties, took up plastic guitar and was a one-woman band for awhile; singing and playing guitar at the same … Read more
VG: Can I have my eyelids back?
I didn’t have long to spend in Vanguard last night after my raids in EQ2; just enough time to patch and run around a bit. Veskal’s Exchange, where I was parked, was transformed — they have a griffin flightmaster there, and one of the new riftstones there, which promised me that should I gate back … Read more
EQ2: LFG kicked from the raid.
The site is loaded right now, so it may be hard to get in, but check it out — EQ2Flame’s LFG was just kicked from the Community Influencer’s program, and is raising hell over it. Community Influencers are just that — people whose opinions of SOE games are influential within the community. EQ2Flames is one … Read more
Meme of the Week: What D&D Character am I?
I Am A: True Neutral Human Wizard (6th Level) Ability Scores: Strength-10 Dexterity-10 Constitution-10 Intelligence-15 Wisdom-13 Charisma-10 Alignment:True Neutral A true neutral character does what seems to be a good idea. He doesn’t feel strongly one way or the other when it comes to good vs. evil or law vs. chaos. Most true neutral characters … Read more