Category Archives: Site update

More Dragon Age

Dragon Age is really bad for an MMO blog, direct your blame correctly. Seriously though, you know the game is good when all other gaming stops and you only play that one title. Especially considering DarkFall EU-NA transfers just happened, … Continue reading

Posted in Random, Site update | 15 Comments

Get to know Aventurine

Aventurine has launched their company website, and it’s actually worth taking a look at. From the initial page, with it’s “slow for the short bus kids” statements, to the different pictures of DarkFall-branded sports cars, to gems like: Note: It’s … Continue reading

Posted in Darkfall Online, Mass Media, MMO design, Random, Site update | 1 Comment

Homeless in DarkFall, and back to DDO

Considering I did not touch the computer all Sunday, a whole lot of gaming still happened this weekend. My clan in DarkFall making some poor siege-related decisions, my return to DDO, and some single-player gaming all happened. In DarkFall, the … Continue reading

Posted in Combat Systems, Darkfall Online, DDO, Dungeons and Dragons Online, Housing, PvP, Random, Site update, The Casualties Guild | 10 Comments

Your MMO won’t have a million subs, sorry Blizzard.

Tobold and I have a friendly little challenge going (around comment 45 on that post), one that sadly won’t have a result for a few years. The challenge is simple: The next Blizzard MMO won’t reach the popularity of WoW. … Continue reading

Posted in Age of Conan, Aion, Dark Age of Camelot, EQ2, EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Site update, SW:TOR, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 57 Comments

The RL housing grind wins this round

Sorry for the lack of updates the last few days, house construction is almost finished and the amount of calls, paperwork, and bs one has to deal with in order to complete this whole process is unreal. Nerf RL housing … Continue reading

Posted in Darkfall Online, Patch Notes, Random, Site update | 5 Comments

Under the bright lights

As each day passes, DarkFall gets more and more carebear. First it was patch notes, then it was scheduled down time that actually stayed on or ahead of schedule, and now the final ‘slap in the face’, dev-to-fan communication. WTF … Continue reading

Posted in Darkfall Online, Patch Notes, Site update | 7 Comments

Community Service: Go help the old folks

In his three year review post, TAGN shows that while he sends many a carebear to this blog, my little following of basement dwelling sociopaths on the crusade of the miserable don’t return the favor as often. This needs to … Continue reading

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Eight easy steps to becoming a ‘kind of a big deal’ blog

This may come as a surprise to some, but generating traffic and comments on an MMO blog is not all that difficult. It’s also not (IMO) all that fun for the writer long-term, but if your beer money or (god … Continue reading

Posted in Blogroll, Mass Media, Random, Rant, Site update, World of Warcraft | 42 Comments

DarkFall: Apollo vs The Red Army

Having joined a new clan (Apollo, part of the Cairnivore Alliance) in DarkFall, I’m finally getting into some more organized PvP on the NA-1 server. Oddly enough my first night with Apollo was also our alliance’s first real offensive against … Continue reading

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DarkFall is here, again.

DarkFall has launched in the US. Forums seem happy so far, which is rare for that crowd. Guess it’s time to slot the game back between Blood Bowl, WAR, EVE, and DDO. Anyone want to fill in for me at … Continue reading

Posted in Darkfall Online, Site update | 21 Comments