Monthly Archive: September 2009

A couple of extra famous faces from the Aion character creator

Breaking News: Top WoW PvPer actually a lifeless hobo

If you’ve been reading WoW Insider (WoW.com now) for any length of time, you’ve probably heard of a guy named Serennia. He’s one of WoW’s forerunning PvP’ers and a quick Google search will pull up lots of fun PvP videos and SK Gaming . But all is not as it seems in Serennia land. Take …

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10 things to know about Aion Online

With the release of Aion Online looming ever closer (and open beta starting tomorrow), I thought it might be a good idea to get some kind of basic points out there for people that a teetering on the edge of joining. If you’ve been following it for some time, you may have heard some of …

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LotRO: Siege of Mirkwood expansion examined

We’ve got some exciting news today on the LotRO front. Turbine just announced that they plan to release their first digital expansion this fall titled “Siege of Mirkwood!” Victor of Mmeow was quick on the uptake and had a post up on this almost right away, so thank you to him for the tip. I …

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Darkfall: The Destiny of Indie MMOs?

You know, there’s a lot of great things I’d like to say about Darkfall. Like, how they’re setting a new precedent for patch releases and content upgrades. How they’re the premiere competitor for any MMO company releasing patches. How they’re more of a true MMO than any of the current crop of Disneyland games overwhelming …

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Appreciating the little things

You know, when we’re playing a game, a lot of times we take little details for granted. I know that I’m guilty of that, instead focusing on issues like PvP, questing, spells, and the rest of the store front systems we’re so used to discussing. Today, I’d like to take a moment and look at …

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Aion: wait, you got HOW MUCH xp for that kill?!

Okay, so if that’s how much xp you get for one boss kill at level 47, can you imagine how much she needs to level? Adma Castle looks like a very atmospheric instance though, which I love for immersing myself in a game. Cool stuff. Now, if Fylina does that instance another 17,856 times, she …

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Quick notice

I’m going to start signing my comments as “Chris (Game by Night)” from now on. I’m doing this because there’s now about three Chris’ commenting in the community and it becomes a little confusing. So if you take note of this, know it isn’t an attempt at blog whoring or trying to sound like I …

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How WoW saved my butt tonight

I haven’t had much time for gaming the last couple of days. My wife and I secured a two-bedroom half house, so yesterday was spent packing and today moving. A couple of good friends came and helped out too, both of which are big Warcraft fans. One, Orin, is a friend I’ve played with in …

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