I’ve been sorely tempted to dive into FE lately. So much so, in fact, that I’ve been stalking the official forums looking for something to push me over the edge. There’s a lot that I find neat about the game, not the least of which is the crafting system. Which, apparently, is a bit of …
Category Archive: a. MMORPG
Let’s talk about the problems with Aion
Since criticizing Aion seems to be all the rage, I think it’s about time that I toss my hat into the ring with the issues I’ve seen and foresee as problems. I’m not writing this post in agreement with anybody because, frankly, I don’t agree with a lot of the doom and gloom people are …
Your ideal zone
As I was driving home yesterday, I started thinking about what creates that “drive” that keeps me wanting to log into a game. There’s a lot of factors but I think one of the most important ones has to do with the zones I’m playing in. Maybe I’m finicky but I’ve come to realize that …
MMO Wanna-Be’s
(The title may not be grammatically appropriate but darned if it didn’t look wrong without that apostraphe!) Lately, it seems like a new MMO is launching just about every month. Games are coming out of the woodwork and pushing the limits of what we expect to see in a new MMO. This is a great …
Community Spotlight: Darren from Common Sense Gamer
I read a lot of blogs. More often than not, I find myself wanting to know about the person behind the website, what they get out of writing, and what keeps them doing it. Then I thought, “Hey, they’re just people, why not ask?” So, today, I’m happy to present the first of what I …
Actually, story does matter.
Sometimes, trolls get the best of you. I mirrored yesterday’s post on WoWRiot and the very first commenter, Pink, threw this out at me: “go rp nerd. no1 cares about what a quest involves, only what the reward is.” The asshat couldn’t have even read the article because what I’m saying is that I stopped …
Did NCSoft fire their writers?
Just a brief quote that made me wonder. This is from Gamasutra’s interview with Brian Knox, lead from the Aion Online team: “We had some really talented writers — still do, actually.” Okie. What I read from that is that some of the more remarkable writers got cut. His little correction (“— still do, actually.”) …
Overthrowing the Black Claw in Aion
Yesterday was a pretty lucrative day for me in Aion. I started the morning right on the edge of 17. I had something like 20k experience left until I leveled up and a quest log full of enough quests to clutter the right side of my screen. I don’t know whether I’m getting a lot …
Rumor: Micro-transactions in SW:TOR?
Well, some sneaky snakes decided to dig into the ToS of the SW:TOR beta recently and came up with some interesting information. I found out about this from Kill Ten Rats, so kudos to them for being attentive-like. Here’s the snippet from the beta agreement: (I) You acknowledge and agree that all items acquired for …
So you’ve decided to go casual
Greetings fellow casuals and welcome to your first lesson in the wonders of casualhood. It’s a strange game we play, you see. Some feel that we’re “doing it wrong” or “wasting our time” or that we should “go back to WoW.” To these people, we flip the bird. Seriously, they can screw off. You see, …
