Category Archives: Uncategorized

Good try, good effort Smed

Posted on January 26, 2016 by

Since the upset loss by the Patriots, I’ve been a bit down of late and needed some good news to cheer me up. And wouldn’t you know it, right on time Smed delivers. It continues to amaze me that an … Continue reading →

Posted in Kickstarter, SOE being SOE, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

The MMO genre really has been terrible for a long time

Posted on January 25, 2016 by

TAGN has a post about the PC Gamer 50 most important PC games, which includes five MMOs (UO, EQ, EVE, WoW, Second Life). As noted in his post, all those MMOs came out prior to 2004, which basically tells you … Continue reading →

Posted in Guild Wars, MMO design, Rant, Uncategorized, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 9 Comments

Warhammer Online killed the MMO genre

Posted on January 19, 2016 by

Sensationalized blog title for all of the clicks! Except not really, because WAR really did kill the MMO genre, at least in terms of being a mainstream genre similar in popularity to say RPGs, Sports titles, or FPS. Now don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Age of Conan, Aion, Camelot Unchained, Crowfall, Dark Age of Camelot, Darkfall Online, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Rift, Star Citizen, SW:TOR, Uncategorized, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 10 Comments

Sadface blogs

Posted on January 17, 2016 by

The annual “start fight, get humiliated, ragequit but not really” post is out from Tobold, at a new record of just 17 days into 2016 this year. His thin skin is getting thinner with old age I guess. It’s pretty … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogroll, Uncategorized | 8 Comments

Clash of Clans vs Boom Beach

Posted on January 12, 2016 by

Now that I’m fairly close to the ‘end-game’ of both Clash of Clans and Boom Beach, it’s interesting to see the differences in the two games, and how the game and business models works for them. CoC is very much … Continue reading →

Posted in Boom Beach, Clash of Clans, Inquisition Clan, iPhone, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Steam is only 15% of the PC market?

Posted on January 5, 2016 by

Via Polygon, here is a lot of great data about Steam via Steam Spy. First of all, Steam is only 15% of the market? If the number was 50% I would still think that’s a bit low, but 15%? What … Continue reading →

Posted in ARK, Fallout 3, Random, Steam Stuff, Uncategorized | 8 Comments

The story of Fallout 4 incinerating Tobold

Posted on January 4, 2016 by

Seeing Tobold put his foot in a fire, and then vehemently deny that said foot is on fire has always been one of the better (only?) reasons to read his blog for a while now. The latest fire Tobold found … Continue reading →

Posted in Fallout 3, Rant, The Witcher, Uncategorized | 22 Comments