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GRATS! All Aboard the Hype Train!

Are you aware that there’s an unseen force guiding your thoughts and telling you what to think? That whatever it is this force tells you is coming, you listen to it and wait with bated breath? My friends that is the power of Hype! It is a force like a Jedi waving her hand at you saying “This is the game you are looking for…”

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Star Wars: The Old Republic: If BioWare Succeeds, Do We All Lose?

Star Wars: The Old Republic: If BioWare Succeeds, Do We All Lose?

This question recently hit me when pondering Star Wars: The Old Republic: If BioWare, LucasArts and Electronic Arts reach the success they are striving for, do we MMO gamers actually lose out in the long run?  I think so, and I’ll spend a bit of time elaborating on that topic after the break as well [...]

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E3 Wrap Up: The Good, The Bad And The…Meh

Another E3 has come and gone, and this year’s show provided alot of new things.  There were big hardware announcements from Microsoft and Sony, new games galore, and more  extravagant parties than you could shake a stick at.  I wasn’t there, but watched plenty of live video during the event and combed more than 100+ [...]

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Age of Conan: Macros and Scripting

* This is a re-post from my old blog, A Wall of Text on MMO gaming.  It was one of the more popular articles and I’m reposting it here by request since the old one is no longer available.  It is an older article and some of the content may be no longer relevant.  It [...]

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SWTORVette: Will Companions Work in Star Wars: The Old Republic?

SWTORVette: Will Companions Work in Star Wars: The Old Republic?

In thinking about the latest companions update from BioWare I began to ponder the question, “Will companions work in SWTOR”? It is an interesting twist on traditional MMORPG’s for sure. Games like DDO have hirelings and many others have pet classes, but this is likely to be different from those. While being different from other [...]