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Month: January 2013

  • Choose your favorite Free-To-Play MMO: Star Trek Online or Lord of the Rings Online

    Massively is having a vote today between my two favorite F2P MMOs: Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO) and Star Trek Online (STO). I enjoy them both tremendously, as I think both have created compelling stories and fun content based on their respective universes, so I decline to vote one over the other (though frankly,…

  • Please save us from violent video games!

    As a followup on my earlier tweet regarding violent video games, I offer this post. For those that didn’t read the tweet, I relate how important it is that the President and the Government protect us from violent video games. I can’t count the number of times I’ve been blasted through a plate glass window…

  • Guild Wars 2 is great, so why do I not love it?

    I picked up Guild Wars 2 when it was on sale at Amazon over Christmas, and have played it for a good few hours. I’m impressed by many things about the game, yet I don’t feel drawn into it and am not too compelled to play it. It’s an attractive game, and has a number…

  • Loving the mounted combat in LOTRO Riders of Rohan

    The mounted combat in the latest Lord of the Rings Online expansion, Riders of Rohan, transforms the game in fun and interesting ways. When you are on your war steed, you have a new set of class-specific mounted skills. So my Lore-Master can shoot fireballs, stun enemies, and more, while Hunters can use bows from…

  • Finished Diablo III

    I finished Diablo III last night and enjoyed the ending. Of course, as soon as I finished it, it suggested I start again in nightmare mode. Not bloody likely. I know of people that play games over and over again to get the platinum trophy or max achievement, but once I know how it ends,…

  • Diablo III is fun, but a bit too much work

    I have been mostly enjoying Diablo III lately, though I have been spending a fair bit of time playing LOTRO, too. LOTRO is still my comfortable, go-to game that is almost always fun and entertaining. I still keep playing the occasional A-List title, and my current one is Diablo III. I never finished Diablo I…