Short and sweet, but I had to chime in on this one. It seems that Starcraft 2 was released with a devastating bug in the menu system that’s causing some player’s video cards to overheat. Blizzard has acknowledged that the problem is related in menu systems not including any kind of FPS cap, causing some …
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LotRO’s Death Penalty Just Doesn’t Fit; Do MMOs Still Need Death Penalties?
I’ve had an interesting few days in LotRO. Namely, they’re interesting because I’ve found myself logging out within minutes of getting online. The reason is that, as a result of some unfortunate logout positioning, I come back online in the middle of a fight. Without fail, I’m always at about 30% health and unbuffed. Being …
New Rules
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 …
Blizzard’s Partnership with Facebook
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 …
RealID on Forums is an Identity Threat
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 …
The Multiverse – Episode #21: “Overhauls for Cash”
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 …
On Age Discrimination in MMOs
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 …
The Games We Play (or Why I’ve Enjoyed Gearscore)
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 …
Does WoW Need a Graphics Update?
I’ve heard the idea expressed a lot over the three (ish) years I’ve been a WoW player. The game originally released in 2004. It stands to reason the graphics might be showing their age a little bit. But, for all of these complaints, I’m really not seeing it. WoW’s art style is so stylized that …
Let’s Stop With the Secrecy
While listening to the latest episode of The Instance today, I got to thinking about how secretive the video game industry is. There are always hidden features, little selling points, that they dangle in front of us in a seemingly endless stream. The release of new information is always extremely controlled. I swear, some of …
