‘Ultra’-heavy beat

I like many other City of Heroes/Villains players am becoming excited about the upcoming expansion that due to arrive in July (on last update), but with all that anticipation it’s easy to overlook another important update that the game is having sooner.
The next free update (Issue 17 : Dark mirror) looks set to land very [...]

a little this, turning to that over high ground

Thanks to Doks newly crafted blog http://oneoutnumbered.blogspot.com I now feel the urge to keep up with my writing efforts, well for at least a few weeks into 2010.
2010 the year that I mostly feel a mixture of happiness and exhaustion, I’m still adjusting to mangining my time in a new manner. Gone are those 6 [...]

IWNet, another nail in PC gamings coffin

So Modern Warfare 2 has been out for some time now and I thought I’d jot down some of my thoughts on how I’ve found the multi-player portion of the game, PC version of course.
IWNet
I am unsure if Infinity Ward were just being lazy or they truly believed that their IWNet system was going to [...]

The future is bright

I haven’t got my hopes up too much on the upcoming Sci-fi MMOs, yet despite the closure of Tabula Rasa this year and the “maybe/maybe not” status of Stargate worlds, there appears to be a strong selection of  games in the pipeline. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m not the greatest fan of Fantasy genre MMOs, [...]

Eve again?

On the back of the Van Hemlock podcast this week I really should give Eve a second chance again.
I tried Eve for a brief period and lost interest quite quickly, but I’m considering revisiting the game after the 11th free expansion altered the new player experience to be smoother with improved tutorials. Eve has always [...]