Come for the games, stay for the drama.
There’s this dog. Every day he runs out of the house when his person comes home, all ready to play. His person takes out a Frisbee and tosses it onto the lawn, and the the dog runs up and grabs it, and then he brings it back. Sometimes his person pats him on his head. … Read more
Thank you for all your kind comments and emails. It’s a surreal experience, losing a parent. I knew him all my life but I don’t feel I really knew him at all. If I could rewrite history so I never moved to California and could have spent more time with my parents and my family, … Read more
My father passed away last Friday. He had been battling a brain tumor for two and a half years, and through most of it was active and healthy and able to continue on nearly as normal. The tumor, though, would take bits away — a word here and there, until near the end he could … Read more
That Shapeshifter game doesn’t take up all my time. It just seems like it does. Another game that doesn’t take all my time: Overlord. I downloaded it based on the giddy reviews from Cuppy and Brent, but it seemed boring to me. MMOs have raised my expectations of games beyond what single player games can … Read more
In the news this morning, SOE will publish “Pirates of the Burning Sea”. This isn’t really a shock, since PotBS didn’t have a publisher and SOE has shown themselves open to making publishing deals (“Vanguard: Saga of Heroes”, “Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising”) and really, where are they going to go? Blizzard? EA? NCSoft? Of … Read more