Playing SWG for a while out of nostalgia in turn made us nostalgic for games that actually work, and meanwhile Blizzard has been sending us this free trial offer for the Burning Crusade… so… we decided to see how WoW looks these days. I haven’t played it enough yet to decide how I feel [...]
Several weeks ago, Thud and I actually became nostalgic for SWG (Star Wars Galaxies), enough to try playing it again. We had been playing Everquest II for a while, but never really got into it. And we got to thinking about the massive planets, the player cities, bantha herds on Tatooine, rancor-hunting expeditions. [...]
26 February 2006 – 4:33 am
We’re playing the DDO Head Start now and chat still rocks.
Our experience with the game so far is that pretty much you get to sit around, drink beer, and play pickup D&D campaigns with every gamer in the U.S. We haven’t run across any rules Nazis yet whining about deviations from the books, although [...]
11 February 2006 – 5:52 am
Well, the DDO Beta program is coming to an end and the “Head Start” for pre-order players is scheduled to begin on February 24.
I didn’t get to play a whole lot on my Beta license before it expired, but here are my observations.
4 February 2006 – 9:40 am
The Post actually ran an article on SWG disappointment a few days ago: Sadness in ‘Star Wars’ World.
Of course, as is often the case with WP articles, it’s a little condescending and doesn’t explore the issue fully.
In Thud’s readings, he has uncovered a new Sony Online Entertainment scandal.
These days we’re playing the Dungeons and Dragons [...]