And today we have another blast from my past. I was searching through my old writing folder a few days ago when I ran across the only webcomic I ever had anything to do with. When I was working for Stratics, I was also following in-development MMO Horizons. The game turned out to be a… Continue reading A Blast from Beej’s Past: My First Webcomic
Tag: MMO
Character Progression in Star Wars: The Old Republic
Since the E3 trailer, I’ve been thinking a lot about Star Wars: The Old Republic and what I hope the game turns out to be. Tobold’s MMORPG Blog has another really good post regarding TOR hopes vs. realistic expectations, but I still think it’s too full of cynicism, even for this early in the game.… Continue reading Character Progression in Star Wars: The Old Republic
A Blast from Beej’s Past: A Six Year Old Essay Resurfaces
I was looking around the internet, surfing old sites with my friend a few minutes ago, and I found an article I wrote years and years ago (2003 to be exact) posted to the front news page of SWG Stratics. I was a writer/forum admin for Stratics then, and I was very much afraid to… Continue reading A Blast from Beej’s Past: A Six Year Old Essay Resurfaces
Star Wars: The Old Republic Hype: Fanboy Fun
Tobold posted a very interesting blog about Star Wars: The Old Republic today. Tobold argues that Bioware has overhyped their game already, setting expectations so high that the final product will never be able to meet expectations, leading to disappointment from the dedicated fanbase. He says that fanboys (my term, not his) should wait until… Continue reading Star Wars: The Old Republic Hype: Fanboy Fun
“Fare thee well, Azeroth!” or, How I Came to Cancel my World of Warcraft Account
So it’s happened again. I cancelled my World of Warcraft (WoW) account…again. About three years ago, I wrote this article for AssociatedContent.com about how MMO’s (Massively Multiplayer Online Games) had all but derailed my real-life. I was addicted. And like most addicts, there was a short break from the vice, and then I was back into… Continue reading “Fare thee well, Azeroth!” or, How I Came to Cancel my World of Warcraft Account