DCUO: Ace Chemicals, Vat Defective

Patrolmen. We can deal with violent experiments that survive on toxic waste. Special security patrols, giant, venom-infused hounds and their masters, no problem. But if…

March 18, 2013 · 5 min · 996 words · Tipa

SimCity: The Game that Corrupted Hadleyburg

It’s more than a little unfair to complain so much when I couldn’t play SimCity 2013, and then say nothing once I was able to…

March 15, 2013 · 4 min · 780 words · Tipa

DCUO: He's a real metal man, sitting in his metal can

What does it take to defeat the Tornado Tyrant in Oolong Island? Three weeks and nine levels. But that’s done. After an impromptu mid-week play…

March 12, 2013 · 4 min · 687 words · Tipa

SimCity: My Contest Entry

During work today, I’d log into Google+ and read about the adventures my friends who were stuck at home were having in SimCity. Weather is…

March 6, 2013 · 1 min · 122 words · Tipa

Code Hero (alpha)

Last year, or maybe the year before by now, I helped fund an innovative game on Kickstarter, Primer’s Code Hero. This game would teach you…

March 6, 2013 · 4 min · 761 words · Tipa

SimCity 2013: Too Big To Fail?

I’m pretty sure that, sitting on my old Mac SE/30 in the living room, is an old copy of the first SimCity. Or if not…

March 5, 2013 · 4 min · 663 words · Tipa

EQ2: Enervating my Epic

Playing this game would be like steering a fifteen year old girl through the mall while she’s shopping for crates.…

March 5, 2013 · 6 min · 1185 words · Tipa

DCUO: The Exobit-ionist

When Spode, after harvesting himself an exobit (an aggressive one!), proclaimed himself an exobit-ionist, KY and I nearly lost it in chat. That was DDO-level…

March 4, 2013 · 3 min · 493 words · Tipa

D&D4e: Temporarily Alive

When there’s undead behind you, undead ahead of you, undead below you and for all I know, undead above, you just have to wonder if…

March 1, 2013 · 4 min · 702 words · Tipa

EQ2: Leveling done, time to level. Also, some DCUO.

I was thinking that EverQuest II’s double xp days last weekend would be enough to push Arda up to level 95, the current level cap….

February 28, 2013 · 4 min · 825 words · Tipa