I apologise for a bits and pieces post. My husband’s band are launching an album today so it’s all a bit hectic here. (Go check out tinyfish though, they’re a prog band but despite that they are also awesome ) Turbine has launched an amusing trailer for the Free to Play version of LOTRO. Apparently [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Free Middle Earth (US only)! Other single player games I wish I was playing.
Posted in casual games, general mmo, single player games, tagged amnesia, indie games, minecraft, multiple choice games, recettear, single player, tinyfish on September 10, 2010 | 8 Comments »
No cosmetic gear or overcloaks for Cataclysm
Posted in general mmo, tagged cataclysm, cloak, cosmetic clothing, echo isles, gnomeregan, overcloak on September 9, 2010 | 22 Comments »
via rpg.net Anyone had a chance yet to reclaim Gnomeregan or the Echo Isles in the Cataclysm pre-quests which were patched in this week? I’ve tried both (yay for level 80s on both factions), and thought they were good fun. Short but fun. I’d say Echo Isles had the better story but I laughed aloud [...]
That ‘women in gaming’ post
Posted in general mmo, tagged bioware, mass effect 2, players, toxic, women in gaming, xbox live on September 8, 2010 | 91 Comments »
There has been a lot of discussion on gaming blogs I read recently about feminism and gaming. Much of it valid and making good points (if couched in rather arcane jargon for a non-arts grad like me). The elephant in the room with feminism and gaming And yet no one seems willing to really deal [...]
[Dragon Age] Season of the Witch (Hunt)
Posted in general mmo, single player games, tagged bioware, dlc, dragon age, witch hunt on September 7, 2010 | 12 Comments »
For any fans of Dragon Age Origins who have been living in a bubble, today marks the latest (maybe the last) DLC release for the game. It’s called Witch Hunt, is set a year or so after the end of DAO and … you’ll get to find out what happened to Morrigan. Not only that, [...]
Man gets WoW achievement in real life
Posted in general mmo, tagged 1000 fish, achievement, wow on September 6, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Am I the only person who read this story about a guy who caught 1000 different species of fish in real life, and thought of this: 1000 Fish: Catch 1000 fish
Why realism in games matters
Posted in general mmo, tagged immersion, mmo, realism, rpg on September 6, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Writers have spent many many column inches discussing immersion in games. That is, if people can agree on what it actually means. Immersion is some kind of quality that a game can have which makes it easy to lose yourself while playing it. Some people call it flow. Others call it a compelling narrative, or [...]
Gaming News: FF 14 Open Beta, Stardock blames Elemental launch for layoffs, Red5 announce Firefall, Duke Nukem, $100 XBox live predicted
Posted in general mmo, links, tagged duke nukem forever, elemental, eq2x, firefall, gaming news, kotor, pax 2010, red5, revan, stardock, xbox live on September 5, 2010 | 5 Comments »
We’re heading now towards the last few gaming conventions of the summer season. PAX was this week, and so expect to see more articles imminently in the gaming press about various demos. The Escapist’s article on the Torchlight 2 demo caught my eye (in a ‘when can I play this’ kind of a way.) The [...]
Phasing out the raid consumables
Posted in general mmo, tagged cooking, food, potions, raid consumables, tradeskill on September 2, 2010 | 26 Comments »
Let’s face it, consumables in game are nowhere near as fun as consumables in real life. Clicking on an icon doesn’t compare well to choosing from a menu or window display. Aside from the fact that you can’t taste it anyway, there’s no feast for the senses, no visual appeal. You can’t get excited about [...]
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