You: Fan or Fanboy?
Jan 25th
Are you a fan or a fanboy?
In most dictionaries, a fan is defined as “an enthusiastic devotee, follower, or admirer of a sport, pastime, celebrity, etc.” A fanboy as defined by the Urban dictionary, is “a passionate fan of various elements of geek culture (e.g. sci-fi, comics, Star Wars, video games, anime, hobbits, etc.), but who lets his passion override social graces.”
How does this affect the MMO world? People can become very passionate about their game. Those that play MMO’s, for instance, tend to spend a lot of time… Read >>
World of Warcraft: Account “Hacking” out of Control
Jan 21st
Last night, I logged in to my WoW account, got a request to join my guild for a raid, then sat there for 10 minutes. Eventually, the guild’s second in command came on the Vent to apologize for the delay, then explained to us that the guild leader (who has like 5 level 80’s) got hacked and that all of his gear and everything from the guild bank was gone. One of the guys in Casualties of War (which is where all my other characters are) also got hacked a while back, and just got his account back… Read >>
Eye Candy, Anticipation And Games: Why Cinematic Intros Should Go Away
Jan 20th
As gamers we’ve all experienced the anticipation of a new game that we are really looking forward to playing. With that anticipation, we usually devour all the information we can get about a title. When a game company releases a cinematic intro for our anticipated game, we drool over how awesome the game will be based on how well the cinematic was done. Great cinematics for many games have been released, and I can tell you not one of them gives the average player a decent idea of what the actual game play is like. Game cinematics… Read >>
Global Agenda: Game Play Video, Thoughts On The Game
Jan 15th
I’ve been in Global Agenda’s closed beta for a few months now, and I must say that the game has progressed nicely in that time. The starting tutorial went from being something very short to one that is very well fleshed out and can take about half an hour to get through. I recently went through the tutorial as the Recon class and took the video below.
Shown here is the class selection screen, facial customization, opening story and most of the training mission with me playing a Recon character. I took the liberty to chop… Read >>
2010: The Year Of The Cloud For Gamers
Jan 13th
We won’t be getting Star Wars: The Old Republic this year. We’ll get Cataclysm for sure, and that is likely to be great but short lived. Mass Effect 2 and BioShock 2 are right around the corner, but your average online PC gamer just might be feeling a little down about 2010’s gaming prospects. To be honest, I sort of feel the same. There will be some high points for gaming in 2010, but overall it looks to be another year of more of the same. Or is it?
Gamers are indeed set to see some radical… Read >>
Star Wars: The Old Republic – The Wait Is Over…In 2011
Jan 12th
So the wait for SWTOR is almost over right? Wrong. It was widely rumored from EA chief John Rittecelo’s recent statement during an EA earnings meeting that SWTOR’s target launch date would be in the spring of 2011. I didn’t know how to feel about that statement as SWTOR wasn’t specifically named in his statement, but it was obvious that he was talking about that game. EA doesn’t have any other MMO with an equal or higher production value to potentially impact EA’s earnings the way SWTOR can, so that had to be… Read >>
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GRATS! WoW is a Lazy Dungeon Master
Feb 1st
Posted by Rackham in Comics ...
5 comments
We are in an age of stagnant online entertainment my friends. We now live in a time where creativity and innovation have been trashed for statistics, mindless grinds, and false achievements. Story and plot have taken a backseat to repetition and grinds. We are players in games where the destination is now more important than the journey. We are a people starved for innovation and lacking the key narrative element.
Read on my friends and I shall try my best to discuss what’s been bothering me and many others regarding this famine of RPGs.
World… Read >>