I noticed early on that LotRO’s main conceit about their “Health Bar” really really works in DnD 4th with regards
Category: MMO & Computers
Technical Difficulties
A staff writer on Massively.com writes a bit about how he really got into Age of Conan, and then stopped
The Sound of Silence
The internets are pretty darned quiet today… at least the areas I listen to. This is, I think, almost entirely
Greetings from Shell Beach Eriador!
Again, look at these as snapshots from a recent vacation. The first shot is from a few weeks ago, taken
A couple screenshots from World of Warcraft
Really, what is an MMO but a mini-vacation? And what should you do on a vacation? You take pictures. I’ll
So how did that “interview” raid go?
You know, the first time I went to Karazhan with Grezzk, I was geared up appropriately, ready to go, and
Not-a-job job hunt
Hmm. I wrote a really really long post that didn’t go anywhere. Let’s start over. Playing Grezzk, I’ve been working
No, there haven’t been a lot of updates
… that’s largely because there hasn’t been a lot of gaming going on. Sometime last month, Dave ran a session
Ding: the sound of PROGRESS!
MP3 sound files of the “level-up ding” from 40 different online games. Coming soon as a ringtone to a phone
Week in Review
Not a ton to say, really. Kate might disagree, but it doesn’t feel as though a lot’s been going on
“Let’s not create a WoW-widow before we even get married, hmm?”
… or, to be fair, a Gaming-widow in general. I’ve been giving my Google-calendar a workout for the last couple
Fiddling with my global cooldown
Cooldown: n. MMO-related. A period of wait time before a spell, ability or power can be used after that same
Almost suspiciously perfect
A job opening posted by Blizzard Entertainment. I’ll boldface the requirements I meet. Responsibilities: * Contribute to the written development
New TV spot for LotRO shows Ordinary People getting their MMO on
Quite a lot of fun: I like the sense that it’s just regular people, going about their day, and the
Week in Review
Tabletop Got everyone together for the third installment of our Galactic semi-playtest this Sunday. Despite horrendous paint fumes and a
Week in Review: Done with PvP
Okay, that’s not entirely true. I like WoW battlegrounds. I like WoW Arena. I even like flagging myself for PvP
Week in Review
Just a quickie. MMO: WoW Grezzk This was kind of an exciting week with the guild, as we expanded our
WoW, that’s a big number
WoW breaks 10-million subscribers. Blizzard also explicitly defined who it counted as subscribers, clarifying that the 10 million number (2.5
Week in Review
MMO – WoW Grezzk – level 70 (effective level: 117) Most of my time on Grezzk has been spent on
Aggro and You (and you… and you… and you)
I really enjoy Lord of the Rings Online as a game and as an immersive Tolkien-geek experience, both because of
Week in Review: Online
Didn’t have any face to face RPG goodness going on this week (and yes, I know I have yet to
Week in Review
No face to face gaming this last weekend (pretty much everyone was gone or busy), but a fair bit of
Getting over the New-guy Wall
After a long dry spell, I feel pretty good with the guild Grezzk joined a couple months ago. MMOG is
“I got Girl Cooties” (Weekend in Review, the MMO post)
Figured I’d split this up into two posts, since I have a lot to post about the face to face
Week in Review
So here’s what’s been going on. Face to Face Ran a murder mystery for the most recent Spirit of the
Wish Fulfillment
Last night, Kate and I were running around the edge of this orc camp up the Greenway a few miles
Playing to win
I actually had two points for my “serious gamer” post, but the thing was getting too long, so here’s the
Casual/Hardcore vs. the Serious Gamer
Okay. This is going to seem like it has a lot to do with MMO gaming, but at it’s heart
Gaming in review
A mix of gaming this weekend. ((Blogging bitching: it really should be possible to just hit Ctrl-B in Moveabletype to
He’s not pretty, but I like ‘im.
“What are YOU looking at?” I’ve had a couple pretty good runs with Grezzk lately, and he’s looking pretty badass: