My wife and I have ended our time in Middle Earth. Sadly, we were really enjoying ourselves, and would have easily made the level cap, but after Book 10, I started to experience some very bad technical problems running the game, and despite numerous attempts to get the problem fixed through all of the available tech support channels offered by Turbine, I hit brick wall after brick wall, and simply called it quits.
Developers grab a sticky note and a pen, because here is a tip just for you: CS and Tech Support matters!
Continue reading ‘LoTRO Cancelled: CS and Tech Support Matters!’
In non-game related news, a new G.I. Joe Movie has been announced, and the specifics of the plot and setting changes have created one of the largest letdowns in classic Americana history. The “Real American Hero” is actually going to be changed to appeal to a broader international audience, and instead, the initials GI JOE will stand for Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity.
I couldn’t make this crap up even if I tried…
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I just wanted to put a quick preview of what we can expect next week when Book 10: The City of Kings goes live on August 20th. My first impression of this feature list is, ‘How in the hell did they put all of that together in the two months since Shores of Evendim?!?’
Not only that, but they have promised the third installment in their content update schedule, Book 11, will be released in October and will in include the much awaited Player Housing.
Detailed update notes pulled from the test realm, Roheryn, after the jump.
~Cyndre
Continue reading ‘LotRO: Book 10′
Is there any circumstance that makes it even remotely acceptable for an MMO studio to bring its servers down for two full days?
Blizzard has announced a two day maintenance on select realms, with other servers to undergo similar downtimes in the future.
File this under, “WTF were they thinking?”
~Cyndre
In my last post I tentatively compared Blizzard’s announcement of The Wrath of the Lich King, their second expansion, to the post-Velious decline of EverQuest. Some may smirk and point out that Verant and SOE would have killed for the success of the WoW machine, or that EverQuest running in its eighth year, is hardly dead and far from a failed development model, and those people would be correct and wrong in the same breath…
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I have been in a state of disbelief all weekend… The rumors of Blizzard’s newest expansion to World of Warcraft were indeed accurate, down to the last bullet point. Northrend (but we all saw that coming a mile a way), levels 70-80 with new talents and spells, new zones, raised skill cap and…
Wait… ONE new hero-class? ONE profession addition, and no new races!?
Not a single new quest or content addition sub level 70!?!
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My wife bought The Last Unicorn for our two year old daughter yesterday, and I watched it again last night after nearly fifteen years. It is most definitely created for a young audience, but it was one of my first experiences with the fantasy genre close to a quarter of a century ago, and still holds a dear place in my heart. If you have children, buy it and watch it with them. You and they will not be disappointed, and you will be fostering the MMO players of tomorrow. We got our copy for $1.89 in the discount bin. What a steal! My daughter awoke this morning, clammoring for more with cries of, “Daddy, watch corn?”
~Cyndre
My wife and I are really, really enjoying this game. However, I have reached that point in every steamy new MMO relationship, where I start to Google information, re-read old reviews, and generally preview whats in store for us around the next level or the next 10-20 levels.
What I’ve read, scares me a little…
Continue reading ‘Lord of the… Flings?’