Elves are gone, Aliens are in

The NYtimes had an intersting article regarding how games seem to be moving away from the elf conventions we have become accumstomed to since 2004. I’m not sure I agree with it all but I will be a happy camper as I think the Elf thing has been done to death … and some times [...]

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Wth is this …

First of let me paint a picture for you …. “You are dungeon crawling down to a dragon to retrieve an item from its horde. You get there, you group is primed to jump the dragon, hamstring it, whilst you plunge you sword of dragon slaying into the beats heart. The dragon notices your group, [...]

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Oh the horror …

Since all the other blogs about seen to be hung up on War beta shut down and the merits of Gods and Heros going under I though I steer clear of that .. just for the sake of not jumping on the band wagon.
However I’m feeling a little unfocused today, mainly as its day 2 [...]

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Oh look quest giver … please click yes to go kill 10 rats

Ok is it me or has questing remained the least explored medium in mmo’s as opposed the advanced made in other areas of mmo design, graphics, travel routes, voice etc. I remember back in the dark days of my youth playing pc games and recieving quests exactly the same way as most mmo’s do now, well [...]

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Hardcore …

Well I’m back. I thought I would start off with something small to get back into the swing of things.
In an unamed beta I’m currently playing they have an option for a hardcore mode, that is to say you create your character and play through the game as you would normally. The kicker is when [...]

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