Chronicles of the Rock Band.

Rock Band is definitely the most expensive single game I have ever bought. The game itself costs $180 or so, requires (at release) a PS3 or an XBox 360, only comes with one guitar controller…
I know this game is going to be great, but I’m getting a little queazy at the bill so far.
First, the tortuous decision about which third gen console to buy, considering we already had a Wii. The Wii port isn’t coming out until next year, and won’t support online play — so that was out.
Between XBox 360 and PS3. I wanted a PS3, but couldn’t justify the cost. Sony released a more affordable model, but without backward compatibility with the PS2. We have dozens of PS2 games.

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Darkfall

The comments about the EvE-ification of a fantasy world have, I think, shown that there’s a lot of interest in that sort of gameplay moved from interstellar space to interfluvial forests. Ammon777 brought me to task for not knowing about Darkfall, which sounds a lot like I was imagining, except you’re still directly playing your … Read more

EQ2: Karnor’s Castle: It’s not only me.

Kendricke over at Clockwork Gamer has also noted that the experience in Karnor’s Castle is seriously out of whack, even going so far as to advise his guild *not* to bother going there. SOE, you have a real problem here. Don’t let all that beautiful zone design go to waste!