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I just finished listening to “Rose Colored Glasses” by Animal Logic — one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite bands. And I didn’t enjoy it at all. See, that’s Stewart Copeland, of The Police, on drums. And his drums are so complicated and intricate that I only hear the drums… Stanley Clarke’s … Read more
On the news that the new Prime Minister of Britain, Gordon Brown, would like to see knives removed from videogames, SOE today announced some small changes to its flagship fantasy MMO, EverQuest 2, which has previously showcased knives of various sizes and functions. The three main categories of actions in EQ2 can be broadly categorized … Read more
This was the fight I mentioned a few posts back, the one that takes an hour. We opened with Venril Sathir, a fight we weren’t supposed to finish on the first pull, since the Leviathon timer from before hadn’t expired yet. Having the flag, I sat out and worked on redecorating my apartment with Dera … Read more
Monster’s Den is a nice enough little Flash game — you assemble a party, and go on to wtfpwn a randomly generated dungeon a la Rogue/Nethack/Moria and other similar games. Each room can contain nothing, treasure, a healing altar, or an encounter. One “boss” encounter per level can drop epic gear. The challenge to this … Read more
Yeah, i know the song isn’t THAT hard, and Stone Temple Pilots’ “Vasoline” in the same set was a lot harder, and this is mostly an endurance test with only a couple of “gotchas”, but still, this beats my previous solo score on this song by over a hundred thousand points and so… now that … Read more