EQ2 (et al): Random Bits

Kind of a mishmash post today. I start out with some EQ2, then move on to TV and lastly a little bit about work right at the end. Being a recruit in a highly successful raid guild going through Veeshan’s Peak for the first time leaves me plenty of time to play alts and watch … Read more

Death and Command Lines

Perhaps because I learned last night of the sad death of Adam Messer, an old friend and coworker from Digital Research (of cancer, which claimed both my parents and will likely claim me), I dreamed (as I have before) that I was back there, in Monterey, working at DRI again. Whenever I return there in … Read more

Vanguard: The Newbie Fields

Vanguard has its problems; Stargrace mentioned last night while we were chatting that you really should think of it as still being in beta and that’s right on. And we now know from former Sigil employees that the artwork was in place, but most of the quests were written by new hires in the last … Read more

MMO: Five second quiz

Quickly, you haven’t much time. Which game, after a four hour patch, did I have to drop my resolution down from 1680×1050 to 1240×782 to play at an acceptable frame rate, dropped me through the world, attacked me with monsters I couldn’t attack back because the game said I couldn’t see it when it was … Read more