(Yes, I know I traditionally do reviews and media blogging on Sunday, but I was so darn busy cleaning and fixing up the house yesterday that Samwise actually stopped me to ask “You’re not about to go into labor, right?”) This game was brought to my attention by Betsy, Hottest IT Attorney in Los Angeles. [...]
Also tagged dogs in the vineyard, WesternsUrsula LeGuin has a funny essay cautioning against actually meeting the writer behind the breathtaking works of genuis that you love to read, because you might find out that the creative genius is kind of a weirdo who mumbles and has bizarre theories about tungsten poisoning. Well, Jonathan Tweet just managed to prove LeGuin right. [...]
Also tagged Angry, DumbthSanya (yes, THAT Sanya) writes about quest development in MMORPGs, and why it’s the players’ fault that you’re stuck with all those dumb “kill ten rats and bring their tails to NPC X” quests.
Also tagged MMORPGsMeaning, as you probably guessed from the title, that I picked up Age of Conan. (“Ma’am,” says the concerned GameStop clerk as I hand him my $5 for pre-order, “you know that this is an M game?” I’m not sure whether he thought I was buying it for Kid Peligro, who was impatiently waiting for [...]
Also tagged MMORPGs