“So what do you do for fun?”
“I pretend to be a shape-shifting alien squid who mentors superheroes by standing inertly while flaming monkeys eat interdimensional gangsters.”
“Buy me another drink.”
: Zubon
.
Промоакции для игроков не только в шутерах — воспользуйся промокодом Vavada от наших партнеров и получи бонусы, которые подарят азарт и атмосферу, сравнимую с игровыми победами.
.Holidays of Loathing
As a note to occasional Kingdom of Loathing players, the holidays are on again. You have your advent calendar and a new moon is visiting. The pirate cove has been revamped with a new quest. Really, I’m not the guy to ask about all this, since I am deeply into CoX at the moment and not paying much attention to KoL, but I thought I would mention. At least pop by to get your holiday candy at some point.
: Zubon
WoW Combat Tactics Saves Real Lives
Via Wonderland:
“…a young boy and his sister were attacked by a moose, and the boy reportedly “taunted” the moose away from his sister, and then feigned death, causing the moose to lose aggro and leave.
“Just like you learn in level 30 in World of Warcraft,” the boy is reportedly quoted as saying.”
Truly Epic.
~Cyndre
Gifts From Gandalf
Turbine has wrapped up some holiday presents for players of Lord of the Rings Online. Current players subscribed at the normal $14.99 per month have the option to sign up for $9.99 per month if they pay via 3 month chunks at $29.97, not a bad deal if you are enjoying the game and missed out on the Founder’s pricing plans.
Speaking of Founders, Turbine has put a horse under the tree. This is a special horse to be used by level 25 and higher players. The normal horse was not available until 35, so this is a nice step up. Currently, it is only available to Founders and Lifetime account holders. I’d like to see it offered to all players and perhaps it will down the road. Since I have a Founder account and I’m almost level 22 right now, this is a perfect present for my Hobbit. Naturally, the level 25 horse is slower than the level 35 horse – but it’s got to be better than running everywhere.
More details can be found here and here.
– Ethic
Optional EVE Patch Eats Windows
According to these threads on the EVE Online boards, a flaw in an optional EVE:Trinity patch sometimes erases the boot.ini in the Windows directory instead of in the EVE Online directory. Unfortunately, c:\boot.ini is one of the main files used during the boot process of windows, and without a proper boot.ini file, Windows simply won’t start. The file is only used in the boot process, so it will run fine until it’s rebooted, at which point, getting the machine up and running again requires some fun tech support-type work.
Putting aside the obvious question, “How did this get past QA,” why would you ever name a file the same thing as an essential part of the OS? That’s just begging for trouble.
Penny Arcade on BlizzardActivision Merger
This is too awesome not to repost. Supposedly* that first panel is an actual quote. The PA guys never cease to entertain.
(*Confirmed. Bobby Kotic, CEO of Activision speaking to reporters on a conference call regarding the impending merger.)
~Cyndre
More PotBS Thoughts
I started to title this post: ‘Where FLS Went Wrong With Pirates,’ but after receiving my very first negative email in response to a blog post, accusing me of bring overly critical, having an axe to grind, and ‘contradicting myself numerous times throughout…’ I have chosen a more neutral title*. Besides, I don’t necessarily think they went wrong, simply made a few poor choices, which will be hard to overcome and could translate into fewer subscriptions at launch and over the first few months…
Finally, A Computer That Can Play WoW
Thanks to Dell, everyone can afford to play World of Warcraft. For just $4,499 US – you get the following (choose from Horde or Alliance edition):
* 17″ HD widescreen notebook complete with World of Warcraft backpack
* Illuminated speaker grills and faction specific Honor Badges
* Back-lit keyboard stays awake as long as you can
* Track your stats with the world’s first built-in notebook Logitech® GamePanel TM LCD
* Enhanced graphics with NVIDIA® SLI TM technology and AGEIA PhysX TM Mobile Technology TM
* Pre-loaded with World of Warcraft, World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade and all major game patches
* Golden Ticket for a custom FigurePrint TM of your actual in-game World of Warcraft character with your actual armor and weapons
* World of Warcraft Beta Club Key Card with a key to future World of Warcraft beta tests
* World of Warcraft and The Burning Crusade Collector’s Edition Account Upgrade Certificates
* Exclusive desktop background artwork and screensavers
* Additional loot like a behind the scenes DVD, soundtrack, Warcraft novels, strategy guides, trading cards, etc
– Ethic
Pirates of the Burning Sea
I have been very silent on this blog for quite some time, partially due to real life obligations, and partly because the bulk of my gaming time has been spent under a strict NDA. That NDA was dropped officially by Pirates of the Burning Sea, as they prepare to enter their open beta phase of development this week.
I am not going to give a run down of the game-play or mechanics in my observations, as Tobold, Keen and others in the blogosphere have fairly in depth looks at the game. My thoughts on Pirates after these messages…
Great Moments in Pirate History
Sometimes, character customization lets people go a little too far.
Disclaimer: Picture from early beta; approved color pallet has changed.
– Ethic