EQ Taking Aim at WoW

I was reading about the new DAoC expansion on MMORPG.com and noticed this animated ad for EverQuest. A direct shot at World of Warcraft players who got to 60 and wonder – now what? The general feeling I get from people in WoW and EQ2 is that the next generation MMO champ title is Vanguard’s … Read more

Of Hats and Hoo’lohs

You don’t really appreciate Kingdom of Sky from the top. Weird creatures, lush landscapes, people zipping about on personal clouds, quick with their business. No, to really appreciate Kingdom of Sky, you need to see it from underneath. Someone pushed me — a real good shove — right off the edge of the chain. I … Read more

Ding! 70!

Finally FINALLY done leveling Dina. I’ve caught up! Last night when I logged in, I immediately got invited to a guild Halls of Fate run. It was my first time there! Lots of nameds; unfortunately the loot was kind of meh, but the experience was good and we finished the run with me just 3% … Read more

Tier 4 Tailoring

Tipa and her husband, Verd, took time out from their busy betrayal of Qeynos to model some of the fashions Dina has been crafting as she finishes up Tier 4 tailoring. Verd isn’t sporting the nice level 37 druid armor as Dina’s tailoring progress has been stalled by running out of tradeskill vitality. A few … Read more

WoW and EQ2: Newbie Quests

Finished fighting the Scholar to finish the Strange Black Stone quest, turned to go, and was taken aback for a moment by the beauty of the sunset. My God, video games have come a long way. And this looked absolutely fabulous on my widescreen monitor… Every gamer blog eventually talks about WoW and some-other-game, usually … Read more