Developer Appreciation: Cryptic Studios

It’s Developer Appreciation week. Whenever these come up, I really don’t know what to say. The games I’ve played have changed my life. When things were darkest, they maybe even saved my life. MMOs, in particular, have made it easy for me to “find my people”. I’ve played with the same group of people now for more years than I care to count. My daughter married someone she met in EverQuest. I’m living with someone I met there.

There has never been a game that has been as transformative for me or the industry, as EverQuest. That’s why I am so happy to have this opportunity to shower my praises on the brave, creative and groundbreaking developers of City of Heroes.

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CoX Issue 13 takes a page out of EVE’s book

Fighting evil by moonlight Filing papers by daylight Always ready for a real fight, she is the one named… oops, sorry. City of Heroes’ Issue 13 code name: Architect, is going to be introducing DAY JOBS!!! Because, staying up all night fighting good and evil alike just isn’t tiring enough, you have to put in … Read more

CoX: Madame Scurry, Ms. Narusegawa, and the Amoy Tiger — Villains and Heroes

I thought I’d say hello to my City of Heroes/Villains characters again. Now that I am not paying for a second Station Pass subscription, I can check back in on my older games, like City of Heroes and World of Warcraft. I never had played City of Villains, actually, and I’d entirely forgotten how to … Read more