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Free Realms and Sturgeon’s Law
In 1958, noted science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon wrote that 90% of science fiction was crud , which was generalized and explained that 90% of EVERYTHING is crud . I loved doing the Daily Blogroll, but the loss of a couple hours out of each day are only one reason I have put them on ...
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EVE Online: It’s Wabbit Season
Reader Kinolyen pointed out, correctly, that running Minmatar missions wouldn’t do much to improve my standings with Amarr and Caldari, who hate me. Since my standings for both are below -2.0, I can’t get ANY missions for either faction, and both are just on the verge of sending ...
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EVE Online: Dealing with the Caldari problem
As much as I like picking up Caldari and Amarr dogtags from my kills and selling them for lots of ISK to pilots who pretend loyalty to those violent races, it’s getting to the point where I can hardly warp into Amarr or Caldari space without warnings to move off or be shot down. Since I ...
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Weekend Gaming: Torchlight and Wizard101
The weekend wasn’t ALL EVE Online, though it could have been. That game is just SO addictive, though, that I have to consciously NOT log in, find something else to do. Thankfully, I had Torchlight backing me up. My Torchlight Vanquisher is about 4/5 of the way through the main ...
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EVE Online: It’s all fun and games until someone loses a Megathron
When I created my alt EVE character, Etha Preve, as part of CCP’s “Power of 2″ promotion (have a second account for cheap for six months), I didn’t have any specific plans for her. But I’d always wanted a good hauler to help with the mining and just moving stuff ...
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EVE Online breaking news: CVA dissolved
The mega-EVE alliance Curatores Veritatis Alliance (CVA), one of the alliances that keep the nullsec Providence region mostly safe and pirate free, was dissolved today. CVA leaders are calling it an account hacking and have vowed to either get CCP to roll the hack back or to form a new ...
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Torchlight: Just call me a Huntard….
westkarana.com — Oh, let’s call a spade a bloody shovel , shall we? Attack from a safe distance with a rifle? CHECK. Kitty pet that does all the hard work (including running to town to sell loot !!??) CHECK. Yeah. My Torchlight character is a hunter, no two ... (more) Torchlight: Just call me a Huntard….
Dragon Age Journeys: More than just a tie-in.
Tactical, party-based RPGs in a browser? For free? Yeah, it exists. For all that it is a tie-in to Bioware’s forthcoming RPG Dragon Age: Origins, EA 2D’s Dragon Age Journeys is not only an introduction to the lore and characters of that game, but an excellent RPG in its own ...
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Legends of Zork: Post-mortem
westkarana.com — I loved the IDEA of a modern, casual update to the classic Infocom adventure game, Zork. The devious puzzles, the humor, the sense that something wondrous (or at least hilarious) was right around the corner, but mostly the puzzles. We’d get ... (more) Legends of Zork: Post-mortem
EVE Online: Not dead yet
Wow, it’s been a week since I posted? Really? It’s been a REALLY BUSY week, though. And having to leave really early in the morning for the bus and come back really late because of the bus isn’t helping — but I DO get to read every morning and night. I’m ...
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Wizard101: A Zillion (and One) Changes!
The latest update to Wizard101 hits the servers Friday, and it has all the things we saw on the test server, and more! (Well, and less — the Wishing Well will not be coming to Wizard City after all). Announcing Mounts for you to Ride! The next major new content being developed for ...
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EVE Online: Wasting away in Teulolond
This Devoter would be the last sight I saw before I was blown out of space by an unstoppable force. That’s my Myrmidon in the background. It would be a twisted pile of tritanium before the night was through. I need to assure you that the Devoter is, as far as I know, fine. So relax! ...
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Daily Blogroll 10/14 – Puns R Us edition
Earth Eternal’s Sylvan have to put up with this every day…. First off, responding to parental concerns that their children would be gambling away their RMT currency for minimal rewards, KingsIsle has announced that the “wishing well” cash slot machine will NOT be ...
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Dragon Age: Origins
After reading Pete of Dragonchasers go on and on about the wonderfulness of Dragon Age: Origins, I couldn’t let pass the opportunity to make my own character in the recently-released character creator and get some sort of feel for the game. The character creator not only asks you to ...
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Wizard101: Straight outta Marleybone
We last left our intrepid duo of Marissa, 34 Myth wizard, and Allison, 36 Balance wizard, exhausted from having herded half a hundred howling cats in Katzenstein’s Laboratory. Needing a rest before pursuing the evil Meowiarty up the numberless lifts and staircases of the Big Ben clock ...
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Lemons looks at Love
A guest article by Lemons :) — A moderately multiplayer FPS by a single man? What an amazing feat, and when promised some of the best things, such as human-like AI and an almost dream-like virtual world … one can get very excited over a game and follow it for a year or two. ...
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EVE Online: Spreadsheet Power
There’s an item in EVE Online, dropped commonly by rats in missions, that can be reprocessed with minimal skills and its component minerals sold for twice the cost of that item on the market. In fact, you can buy unlimited quantities of that item ON the market, reprocess it, and ...
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Daily Blogroll 10/10: Short Week edition
I’ve been playing a bit of Earth Eternal since it went into open-closed beta yesterday. Since I think we’re still unable to actually show the game, here’s a picture of the upcoming stop motion/cgi film, Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr. Fox . Now, I don’t KNOW that ...
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