DDO: Holding for Giants

Giants, they are big. They are big and very powerful. They swing I-beams like 10’ rods. They could and do crush the life from insects…

September 20, 2011 · 5 min · 1019 words · Tipa

DDO: Team Spode is Mired in Kobolds

Team Spode isn’t an adventuring party with a lot of principles, but there’s one principle which we regard as iron-clad. And that is, never leave…

August 29, 2011 · 4 min · 681 words · Tipa

Dragon Nest: Out of Power

Dragon Nest has it’s own version of World of Warcraft’s “rest xp” – power. There’s a power bar next to your experience bar that slowly…

August 26, 2011 · 3 min · 602 words · Tipa

Wizard101: Ravenwood vs Hogwarts

It’s been no real secret that Wizard101’s Ravenwood Academy owes at least a little of its inspiration to Harry Potter’s Hogwarts. Alison Goldtalon and I…

August 25, 2011 · 2 min · 282 words · Tipa

Testing the +1 button

New button over on the right to share posts on Google+. G+ is where all the real discussion happens these days – not just on…

August 24, 2011 · 1 min · 34 words · Tipa

LotRO: Kill the Dwaggin

I got this mysterious e-mail the other day, it was simply a list of tasks to perform……

August 24, 2011 · 3 min · 574 words · Tipa

Dragon Nest: A Warrior, a Sorceress and a Priest walk into a bar...

Wanna blow stuff up, defeat dozens of monsters at once, perform ridiculous combos and fall in love with an NPC? Wanna go to incredibly atmospheric…

August 23, 2011 · 5 min · 958 words · Tipa

DDO: Justifiable Homicide.

If the Chamber of Raiyun were a module for the tabletop version of Dungeons & Dragons, Wizards of the Coast would be sending lawyers all…

August 21, 2011 · 3 min · 594 words · Tipa

First impressions: Atomic City Adventures: The Case of the Black Dragon

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August 20, 2011 · 4 min · 770 words · Tipa

Is social networking killing the MMO genre?

Rift was my main game this year, the one I would play before any other. The only real way, I feel, to really enjoy a…

August 17, 2011 · 3 min · 540 words · Tipa