May 6, 2011

I’ve never really thought a great deal about the people around me in an MMO.  I tend to take things at face value.  Present yourself as you want to be.  It’s a fantasy world.  Create your persona, and live it out in a pixilated Shangri La . With the advent of guild websites, facebook, twitter, email, cell phone texting and the seemingly endless ways we...

Apr 29, 2011

I haven’t been looking forward very much to Update 9.  My guild on Argo has been wailing and gnashing their teeth for days over the changes coming.  One of my favorite wizards TRed  in to a Favored Soul over the balance pass to spell casters.  Most of them have been hoarding items to use in crafting into overflowing back packs and banks.  Once wind of...

Mar 14, 2011

My guild wanted to run an off raid night Evon6 yesterday.  I logged over to Rowanheal and ran up to talk to Barrow D’Kundarak about his dragon problems.  The confused dwarf  pointed to the green and gold check mark above his head. DOH!!! *cue dramatic sigh* I’d forgotten to get my end reward, AGAIN! It’s happened to me a few times over the...

Mar 12, 2011

It’s the weekend of Pax East 2011, and I am stuck at home.  Like most of you, I have been aggregating bits and bobs of news from the various gaming outlets. What follows is my attempt to pull together what I’ve found online into a cohesive article.  I can’t comment on the validity of all the news since I wasn’t there to hear it...

Jan 30, 2011

I thought about titling this article “How DDO bends you over, screws you hard,  and you ask  for more!” Too much? I don’t think so. I’ve played 80 or so hours in the last week and a half.  Yeah, I got a little too into DDO, but I was really trying to put a “pin” in what the heck is going on. I logged off tonight...

Jan 20, 2011

I realized last week while looking through my budget, I am currently subscribed to four MMO’s.   I started looking at my games and trying to make choices.  Holding onto four games is a little ridiculous, besides being a drain on my pocketbook. At the moment, I am subscribed to DDO, LOTRO, EQ2, and WOW.  That’s a lot of games, and I can honestly...