Champions Online : An open beta review

You may know that I’m a player and fan of the City of Heroes/Villains franchise, yet I’ve always said if given the opportunity I’d try Champions online out.
One of the annoying elements about Planetside was that it had no rivals, the game didn’t have to fight  it was the only one of it’s kind, it [...]

Swords, Shields and Spells

Ever since my early days of online gaming it has continuously been non-fantasy titles that have occupied my time and remained at the forefront of my gaming habits. Yet if you were to ask me what exactly about fantasy games that I dislike, I doubt I could muster a single item as a culprit. Please [...]

Don’t let the Beta bugs bite

I find it annoying that in this current age of online game development that “beta testing” is used as a tool by the marketing department, rather than a method to identify and fix problems with a game before release. I remember being quite excited about being invited to the Tabula Rasa beta, a game that [...]

Tabula Rasa

With the launch of Tabula Rasa last week there has been a big take up of the game among my fellow clan mates over at Khaos Clan (even after my less that flattering review). The game has a total of 4 servers at the moment, 3 in the US and one in the EU. At [...]

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 [...]