Tabula Rasa : A post beta review

I've been testing the MMORPG Tabula Rasa for a couple of months and with the game due to be released in the next few days and since the NDA was lifted, I thought I'd write up some notes on my experience. Before I start, this review isn't going to be about artwork or how good [...]

MMO Games limited to Orcs & Spaceships?

Earlier this week I visited the Guardian website, and I found this post by Aleks Krotoski. Now I've been playing online games for many moons now and have tried many of the game offerings that are on the market and I don't argee that all MMO games are Orc and Spaceship based, many are but [...]

We all scream for IMAP

It appears that Google is now offering IMAP on their email accounts. Although POP3 support has been in place since late 2004, the one key element that was missing was the Internet Message Access Protocol. This has been a missing feature that has been a barrier for many potential users looking to migrate to google [...]

My Guide to starting a MMO Guild/Group/Clan/Outfit

There a many MMO games out there, many of which have built in functionality for clan/group/outfit. For the most part you start to play a game and you get invited to join up to one of these groups. If you decide at some point to start your own here are some lessons that I have [...]

Out and about with books

Tuesday morning we went out with my parents to Abergavenny. After walking around the market we went to what used to be Ottakars, but since the company was bought the shop was no Waterstones. I managed to get the graphic novel of Neverwhere and V for Vendetta, both of which I've wanted to read, but [...]