killtenrats — Today marks two months since I first set foot in New Eden. It is hard to believe it has only been that long because I feel like I have seen and accomplished a lot in that very short period of time. Let’s take a moment to reflect on what has...
blessingofkings.blogspot — I haven't really purchased anything on Auction House on my Demon Hunter, other than selling off extra rares. However, I started a hardcore Barbarian. Being nervous about hardcore difficulty, which I never tried in D2, I began to purchase rares for all slots on the Auction House. Rare gear, especially low-level...
killtenrats — A few news briefs that don’t really fit together in any coherent way: My initial impressions of the Guild Wars 2 beta were wrong. Go read the Facebook update from yesterday where ANet talks about how hard they are working on the client after the feedback from the BWE1 and Stress Test. They aren’t even...
killtenrats — For those of you who missed those heady days, the launch of Warhammer Online was one of the best times in MMO blogging. Props to whoever at Mythic’s community team pushed it, the blogger community came together and decided we were all going to try this game as a...
killtenrats — A few weeks ago we were contacted by Dr. Jayne Gackenbach, and asked if we would like a few promotional copies of her new book, Play Reality: How Videogames Are Changing EVEYTHING. Dr. Gackenbach is a professor at Grant MacEwan University, and a self-titled ‘video game and dream researcher.’ I approach anyone...
killtenrats — I recently read An Economist Gets Lunch by Tyler Cowen. Much of the book is advice on finding quality ethnic food (and barbecue) at reasonable prices, whether in the US or in their home countries. Don’t eat in the tourist district, do eat where there are several restaurants...
killtenrats — I am withering away waiting for the next Guild Wars 2 beta event. I have dreams of a dagger-charged necromancer or elementalist that I can’t wait to realize. Yet, the gaming world seems to be darkening as the light of the last Guild Wars 2 beta weekend event is receding. I am...
killtenrats — I am pleased to present the first comprehensive look at 38 Studio’s upcoming MMO code-named Project Copernicus. Thank you to Steve Danuser and Ryan Schwayder for sharing this with us, via their blogs. I have to admit that I took the bad news about 38 Studio’s difficult financial situation this week rather hard. ...
killtenrats — The herd has shifted a little with ArenaNet’s rules for keeping names from the original Guild Wars. Basically log in to Guild Wars soon to get your Guild Wars names on the list. The list holds for the three-day headstart period and the day of the launch. After that miniscule...
killtenrats — Just yesterday I was commenting on how fickle wormhole life can be… In retrospect, a large part of that is we have reached what I consider to be ‘Maximum Efficiency’ with regards to our Home System. Basically, what I mean by this, is we have gotten into a rhythm that essentially...
blessingofkings.blogspot — A lot of people want the ability to go "invisible" with the Battletag system. That is, to appear offline to everyone else, but be able to see who's online. I sympathize with this desire. Sometimes you just want to play by yourself in peace. But it feels socially awkward to request...
killtenrats — I recently spent over an hour chatting with Brian “Psychochild” Green about his latest project, Storybricks. I had to be honest with him and explained that I just did not give Storybricks the time it deserved. I took a glance at it, didn’t “get” it, and moved on. Therefore, I...
killtenrats — The latest news on Copernicus is not good. Reason comments. Recent successes on Kickstarter led to discussion of the inevitable project that is not an utter fraud but just the normal well-intentioned vaporware (or a released but lousy game). Rhode Island’s loan guarantee is the potential equivalent...
blessingofkings.blogspot — Diablo 3 was released last night. I actually got home pretty late, so I decided to stay up for a little bit longer and see if I could get started at midnight. I got the infamous "Error 37" for about half an hour or so, but eventually I was able to...
killtenrats — “guild wars 2 guilds” Yes, it takes you to the page you want on the wiki. Even “guild wars 2 guild” gets you the desired link on the first page of results. That is, if the page you want is how guild mechanics will work in GW2. If...
blessingofkings.blogspot — Ratshag left a comment on the previous post on MMO decline, and I've decided to highlight his comment and my response: I notice you done completely skipped over the change from 40-man raiding ta 10/25 what came in TBC. If'n yer arguements was correct, should there not have been a drop...
killtenrats — There are a lot of head scratchers in the halls of ArenaNet. It’s not that things are wrong per se; just that sometimes they are really going against the grain. For example, their dynamic events are incredibly deep as this video illustrated. Yet it took some small amount of effort to...
blessingofkings.blogspot — I love Blizzard. Their playerbase is busy arguing about pandas and their dances. Then out of left field, Blizzard goes, "Hey guys, cross-realm zones. And they're seamless." Ahh, Blizz, raising the bar for everyone else. Never stop. I think we are seeing the beginning of the end of sharded servers. An end to...
killtenrats — Having played GW1 pretty hardcore for the start of the year, burnout was approaching along with the GW2 BWE. Post-BWE I have basically run out of urge to log in. I’ve seen where we’re heading. It’s right over there. It feels pointless to mill about over...
killtenrats — I’ve seen this video pop up around a few places on the net, and think there can be no better compliment than further promotion. CaraEmm shows off the Guild Wars 2 dynamic events in a really interesting way. He provides multiple perspectives of the action, and he is careful to show...
blessingofkings.blogspot — First, let's start with a caveat. The following theory is most likely not true. I doubt its validity, mostly because I would like it to be true, and that is always a dangerous sign. But I present it as a hypothetical for your delectation. The modern MMO decline in subscriptions, as...
killtenrats — It was not easy to narrow down to a group of 20 finalists for the M.M.O. 7 Gaming Mouse Giveaway, but I managed. For the record, these are the top 20 I selected: Adam, atx, Teer, Syl, Jasen, Bloodchild, Amarok, Daniel, Masael255, Cody, mbp, Sg McManus, Robbie, Kemica, James, CrashBomber,...
blessingofkings.blogspot — The big news today is that Bioware revealed that The Old Republic has 1.3 million subscribers, a drop of 400,000 from their previously announced count of 1.7 million. I feel a bit sad for Bioware. I rather liked SWTOR, and if I wasn't boycotting Bioware, I think I still would be...
killtenrats — Last night, I joined RvB - Blue Republic. Things in the Wormhole are going great, we have been busy with Sigs and Anoms, and the occasional fleet roam, but until a few final skills in my solo-gank Bomber build finish up, I am largely incapable of stalking in W-Space solo. My 3rd account that I built...
killtenrats — Syp at BioBreak is doing the Good Work, and not just in real life. He is working hard on a project called the Newbie Blogger Initative to support would-be bloggers find their legs all the quicker. It’s no secret that good intentions drive people to create blogs every day… a...