As promised, here's the Anarchy Online post. There is no TL;DR version, and this will be a wall-o-text!I'd been working in my head a way to put up a TL;DR version of this post, but then I started to realize that The TL;DR Thing™ is one of the… more »

Just a quickie update! I've cycled back to Anarchy Online after around 4 years away from the game. It has a decently steep learning curve and I've missed a lot in 4 years! At least I was able to reset my IP and step back into my over-equipped implants… more »

Other than Dragon Age, I haven't discussed many non-MMO games here. I feel other segments of gaming are plenty well covered by other sources, and I don't feel MMOs are given enough specific attention. Plus they're 99% of what I play, so... anyway. Bu… more »

So for several years now, Blizzard has had job postings for "Next-Gen MMO." Nothing (that I know of) has been released about this "next-gen MMO" nor has anyone that I've seen come out and say "I was on the project and got fired/left/whatever, and this… more »

I'm still playing STO as a "part time" game - short sessions here and there when I have small/odd blocks of time. :) I think the game is perfect for that - heck, it even seems designed to be played that way. It seems like the perfect game to keep arou… more »

One thing you always see on MMO (and probably other game types) forums, blogs, etc, is "I want something new and different!" or "This is the same old, same old, nothing new here!", and the more negative, but expressing the same desire/sentiment "This is… more »

I actually received it last Thursday, but I wanted several days of testing to make sure it was in perfect working order and was going to work out for me - but - I got a new machine! A portable even.It's a Sager NP8760, which doesn't tell you much, a… more »

Last week I promised I'd have my full Star Trek Online review/comments/etc up. Well, here they are. The game is fairly complex, and there's a lot to cover, so I'm hoping I can make this review make sense. ;)Let me start off by saying the typical MM… more »

I'll have my full, detailed initial STO review in a few days, once I've had a chance to really get into the second tier of content (and ships!), but I just wanted to at least check in and say "hi." Still working through Tier 1. Cryptic says about 20… more »

I'm pretty excited, as Star Trek Online's pre-order Headstart begins today! I'll be able to make my "real" character and get going with the game. It'll be a fun night. :) I'm also still playing WoW, as a heal-specced Druid mainly, and really liking… more »

Yesterday I mentioned I was considering putting in a preorder for Star Trek Online. Well, not only did I put in said preorder (and CE no less), ... I'm Lifetime. :D It's 4 months of my hobby budget, yes, but - it gives me a game I can play anytime I wa… more »

So a Star Trek Online open beta key magically showed up in my email last Thursday evening. No idea who hooked me up - but thanks! Over the weekend, I got a bit of time in the beta - as much as I could, given the single OB server is absolutely slammed w… more »

Well, Return to Ostagar was finally released yesterday and of course we tried it out. Went through it once as the current character. It's short, I'll say that. It took, I dunno, probably an hour, maybe a little over, to get through it. It was fun,… more »

(As with most of my Dragon Age posts, this post will be kind of cryptic, as I don't want to spoil things for people...) So last night, we were at a certain point in run-through #4 of Dragon Age, and were expecting a character to do a specific thing, t… more »

So my last couple of entries have been extolling the awesomeness of the WoW random dungeon finder - and it is completely awesome! There is a weird paradox though. A group in WoW generally consists of 1 tank, 1 healer, and 3 DPS classes. So, you'd figu… more »

I've been playing the druid nearly exclusively, running random heroics via the random dungeon finder, and having a blast. Being the healer gives you a sense of ... accomplishment, for sure. I've realized too that my gear is nowhere near as bad as rando… more »

So I logged on my druid and told myself "ok, time to just try a random dungeon!" I queued up, selected Healer as my role, and in about 20-30 seconds (!!!) I was in The Nexus. Sure, it's supposedly one of the easiest Heroics, but it was all new to me.… more »

I am still also playing Dragon Age pretty heavily. I've finished the game once, and have nearly finished it a second time. I'm about 1/3rd the way through on a third character, and have a 4th character started as well. Why the heck would I do this?… more »

It's odd, but it's happened the last 2 winters: I end up back in World of Warcraft. Not a bad thing, mind you: I like WoW and always have. I followed it in closed beta and was in open beta and played for a bit post release and then off and on (mostly o… more »

Yup, I'm still alive. Just not posting much, as it's 9°F outside, which makes it too cold to participate in two of my main hobbies. ;)It's not too cold to game, though, and I am gaming, still playing Dragon Age - on my second play-through of the… more »

I've now finished Dragon Age once, and am going through it as another race. The replayability is that good. I'm getting very different reactions from NPCs, a few different quest choices, and am planning to make a few different decisions at major plot p… more »

Dragon Age: Origins is the best RPG since Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar, and due to technological advances, is indeed a far better game even than that venerable classic. With that sweeping statement out of the way, I want try to put the statement in… more »

... other than just general "stuff."It's too cold and windy to ride, so we're not able to do that. It's also too cold to paint, so I've got no new awesome rocket pictures to show. I'm working on getting back into R/C flying, but the items haven't a… more »

I haven't written a lot this week as there isn't much to write about! It's getting cold here already, so hobby activities tend to slow down. I've got finish painting some rockets, but I've been waiting on a > 60°F day to do it. Looks like I'm not… more »

I'll slowly be transitioning to posting all my gaming articles over at my new site, MMOZealot.com. I'm still working on layout, themeing, and all that good stuff, but I wanted to get an article up over there. It's an MMO design theory/opinion article,… more »