Normally, I’m not a beta guy. Honestly, under usual circumstances, and as a fan of surprises, I avoid them. But, this time, I’m excited to dig in and see what the new expansion has to offer. The way I figure it, with WoW being such an end-game focused MMO, this preview will not only let …
It’s a good time to be a LotRO player. I’ll admit, I’ve been taking a break for the past couple of months, but Syp’s recent developer tour leaves me wanting to log back in (parts one and two here). When the news first dropped that the game would be switching models, there was a lot …
I’m kicking this Real ID business off of the top spot! Yesterday’s news, I say. Instead, I thought I’d take a cue from Bill Maher and drop a couple new rules on world of gaming and blogging. If you see a pile of gold, you should be able to loot it. I mean, really. Do …
Yep, they listened. Blizzard will no longer require the use of real names to post on the official forums. Looks like they didn’t think it through as well as they said they did. Good job to the seventy-thousand plus people who earned this victory. You’ve safeguarded yourself and, more importantly, you’ve sent the message that …
Victor Stillwater of Games and Geekery dropped an interesting link in a comment to me this morning. Coming from USA Today back in May, apparently word got out that Blizzard had plans to partner with Facebook for its Battle.net service. They make it very clear in the article that RealID was a step towards integrating …
This topic has been talked to death already, so I won’t rail on it too hard. I don’t like it. Even though I believe that it probably will decrease the amount of forum trolls, it’s still too big of a risk for me to be able to support. From a former banker’s perspective, it’s absolutely …
Hey Gang, Sorry for the silence on the Multiverse front. We’ve been recording this whole time, honest, but a mix of travel and technical issues have kept us from getting them out to you. Well, that ends today. We begin with Episode 20, in which we group up with the MMO Voices podcast for our …
Larisa’s latest post inspired me. In it, she comes out and admits that she is no longer in her teens, that she’s a mother, and is proud to be both. Good for her. I’ve always looked at MMOs as they great equalizer. In them, we can be whoever we want to be. No one need …
As readers of my Lagwar column will know, my death knight recently hit level 80. I topped out with a low 2k gear score, some tanking skills, and enough defense to jump right into heroics. Even so, the late addition ICC 5-mans were still beyond me, so I had some work to do. In the …
