Hey guys, sorry for the lack of updates in the last couple of weeks. It’s the end of the semester at my college and that means a lot of things are coming due. When I’d rather have been writing here, I was instead writing about feminism in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. You can see where I’d …
Monthly Archive: December 2009
Why I write this blog (non-gaming)
To preface this, I realize that most of you come here to read about games and games only, and that’s fine. This article is aimed at those of you who are interested in becoming writers. Blogging about anything can and does help but when you’re writing about games, sometimes it almost demands an explanation when …
Thoughts on the new 5-mans and beyond
Last night, I was lucky enough to log in to WoW and give the new 5-mans a shot. I say lucky, because, first, well, it’s the week before finals. Mostly though, because I’d still been hearing about instances not launching. It looks like that problem has been resolved though, since I was able to zone …
Patch day for WoW – 3.3 Edition
World of Warcraft players were treated to patch 3.3 today, entitled Fall of the Lich King. The patch promised to bring a lot of great stuff, including three new 5-man dungeons, a new raid, and the new cross server LFG tool. Unfortunately, it’s patch day and that means none of it works. Well, I take …
The Multiverse – Episode #2: “Skinemax”
Hi Everybody, Another two weeks, another episode of the Multiverse! This time, we went late night Cinemax on you. Thus, this is episode two: “Skinemax.” We had a lot of fun recording this episode and I think it shows. Editing went much quicker and I have more hosting lessons under my belt (darn my ever …
Storytelling in MMOs – What went wrong?
When I look at the MMOs I play, I see games with rich lore and epic storylines that we help to develop. Since many of these games try to simulate virtual worlds, there’s a lot of potential for some truly memorable moments in our gaming lives. Yet, when it comes to memories directly related to …
Recording tonight, last chance for questions
Hi everyone, We’re recording episode two tonight at 8PM EST, so this is your last chance to submit any questions, comments, hatemail, or love to multiversepodcast@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you, so send something in and we’ll highlight it on tonight’s show. Also, if you’re so inclined, we’ll be “tipping our hat” to anyone …
I like to name my pets
I like being able to name things and I don’t understand why more games don’t let you do it. As I was playing LotRO yesterday, I noticed that I now have the option to name my mount. Hm… I thought. I’ll name her Faria, because my dwarf would ride a mare. I didn’t put much …
The future isn’t AAA games
On the last podcast, I mentioned that I didn’t think games like Darkfall and EVE were pushing the industry anywhere. I’m not so sure I believe that anymore. My reasoning was that those games were so niche that they weren’t going to sway big bears like Blizzard. Now though, I’m thinking that I may have …
SoM for the mid-level player: combat changes, a global nerf?
If you were online yesterday, you probably heard about Siege or Mirkwood hitting LotRO’s NA servers. Actually, if you’re reading this blog, you probably knew about it a long time ago, but that’s beside the point. By most reports, the launch of this semi-expansion (semi because, well, it’s DLC) went fairly well. I was knee …
