2012 Predictions
I will now get the highest score of any MMO pundit making predictions. Ready? “It will not go live in 2012.” Whatever we’re talking about, I’m predicting that it will slip into 2013, or later, or just...
View Article[Rift] Soul Train
This sounds like a really good idea, and it sounds like it is being implemented well. Kudos. I wondering about crossing this (or the Guild Wars skill templates) with a standard mod sharing interface....
View ArticleQuote of the Day
…I often play female characters in MMOs: not because I want to look at a cute bottom, but because I enjoy the juxtaposition of taking such an incarnation of loveliness, wrapping her in a hulking suit...
View ArticleThe Most Exciting Post You Will Read All Week About Pretending To Fish
Check it out at The Ancient Gaming Noob. Bonus content: Trion added in another skill with the patch called Survival. Survival seems primarily focused on giving you something to do with the fish you...
View ArticleLanguished Thoughts
I am withering away waiting for the next Guild Wars 2 beta event. I have dreams of a dagger-charged necromancer or elementalist that I can’t wait to realize. Yet, the gaming world seems to be darkening...
View ArticleMMO Baby Fat
Keen has a post up asking whether Guild Wars 2 will surpass his “3-month” rule-of-thumb. He uses it as a metric for MMO success. How much of the launch population stays around after three months? If...
View Article[RIFT] Storm Legion Preview
Trion’s James “Elrar” Nichols has been reaching out to a good amount of MMO bloggers to check out the upcoming expansion for Rift called Storm Legion. The feedback so far has been pretty darn positive....
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More American Standards
This is the ESRB warning box that accompanies recent ads for Rift (now F2P! Oh, you’ve heard). There is talk of alcohol, other harsh language, mild naughty themes, imaginary consumption of alcohol,...
View ArticleI Have Returned, RIFT
I think it was comments in this post about my dream MMO, again, that had me going back to RIFT. That, and it’s free-to-play now. Trion has their hands full with ArcheAge stuff, of which I mostly get...
View ArticleA RIFT in my Brain
I’ve been enjoying RIFT a lot, and at the same time I’m wondering how long I will stick around. Coming back after so long, there is so much in RIFT. It could easily become my only MMO, and I would have...
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