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« Previous EntriesRunescape: Kind of a Big Deal
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008I knew that Runescape was popular with the kids, but not so popular that it would come in at #5 in Yahoo’s top ten searches of 2008. That’s two spaces higher than last year. It’s going places. For reference, here are the searches it managed to beat out:
6. Jessica Alba
7. Naruto
8. Lindsay Lohan
9. Angelina Jolie
10. [...]
Understand Your Customer
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008The recent announcement that Tabula Rasa is shutting down has me thinking about the success rates of mainstream MMOGs. Why do certain MMOGs fail where others succeed? I don’t think it’s as simple as “the market is saturated” or “no one can compete against WoW.” If anything, those statements just show a lack of imagination [...]
By the Hand of Fate…
Sunday, November 9th, 2008I just tried to log into World of Warcraft for the first time in weeks only to be greeted with the “account frozen” message. They suggested that I should go add some more time to continue playing. I guess that the old credit card I had on my account expired and I haven’t updated it [...]
Hellgate: London Closes for Good
Sunday, October 26th, 2008I had pretty much written the game off anyway after Flagship’s July announcements, but the news came out today that Hellgate: London will finally be shutting down and closing its doors entirely at the end of January. As I mentioned in July, the only reason I even care is that I ponied up the $200 [...]
When in Doubt, Look Around for Some Inspiration
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008I find myself rather unexcited about Wrath of the Lich King. I’ll buy it eventually. I’ll play it. Whenever my WoW addiction fires back up I’m sure I’ll be writing about all the cool stuff that everyone will have written about already. I can’t get into the hype right now, though — even with a [...]
Questing: A Boring Journey
Monday, September 29th, 2008During a brief, 45-minute Warhammer session this evening, I had a moment of internal debate over whether I should even keep playing. I was bored of PQ’s and the same old kill and gather quests were really bumming me out. Eventually, my game froze and I turned my computer off. Instead of rebooting like I [...]
The Age of Reckoning is Upon Me
Monday, September 29th, 2008I promise I’ll do a real post soon (work has been crazy), but I wanted to mention that I’ve finally purchased Warhammer Online and I’m playing a Swordmaster on the Averheim server. My character name is Aelryn, so feel free to throw me a tell if you see me online. I’ll be playing as much [...]
World of Warcraft: The Bejeweled Crusade
Saturday, September 20th, 2008I have an on-again off-again love affair with casual games. They can be a lot of fun, as anyone with access to the Microsoft Live Arcade knows. If you’re interested, I know a whole slew of obscure indie RPG and fantasy strategy games that I could recommend. But I also like the simpler games like [...]
Lich King Release Date and Low-Level Content
Monday, September 15th, 2008Today’s official announcement revealed that the World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King expansion will be hitting stores on November 13th, 2008. Soon, many people will be coming back to the game for the first time in months (or even years, if they didn’t like the Burning Crusade expansion), and a lot has changed [...]
PvE to PvP Character Transfers Enabled for WoW
Thursday, September 11th, 2008Brilliant. I’m going to take this opportunity to get the hell out of dodge and get off my PvP server until 80 on both my mage and my shaman, and then move back to group with my friends.
This has been a long time coming and sorely needed. The artificial PvP/PvE barrier has basically forced me to level [...]