The first of three comics set in Champions Online introduces Moonmist, the least famous member of the supergroup “Celestial Light”. This comic was made early in closed beta and the game’s look has improved substantially since. Also, the plot of the comic has absolutely nothing to do with the actual storyline of the tutorial.
Thanks to @caffo for the inspiration. He posted up a picture that said “For the first time in my life I was happy. Then I realized it was all the caffeine,” with a dozen cups of coffee. So I was going to have the AiM crew do a podcast, where they spent most of the time talking about their cups of coffee while completely ignoring the Monopoly game going on all around them… and it kind of grew from there. ...
But they weren’t IN the woods.
When a friend asks you to look after their pets for a couple of days, don’t just automatically say yes… Finally got around to reinstalling EQ2, so it launches and works and all that fun stuff. And they had new pets in the Marketplace! So naturally, a camel came home with me. And by home, I mean not the guild hall, as the new pets can’t be placed there. Sadness. ...
Next on Closed Beta Confidential: Bear takes a look at Blizzard’s new MMO. (Blizzard: could you send that beta link to direbear@westkarana.com? Thanks!)
Somewhere in the Field of Bone, a Burynai is trying to explain to her husband why their daughter looks like an elf.
Also, “Sorry” is short for “Sorry I’m not playing Parcheesi” and “Chutes and Ladders” clearly has no understanding of the laws of gravity.
Inspired by Spink’s comments on Monopoly’s “house rules”. I mean, you can’t mention Monopoly without Bear and the gang chiming in…
Recently released screenshots for Cryptic’s Star Trek Online give us our first glimpse of the starship interiors and interfaces. This latest screenshot shows how starship captains will have the ability to construct a Tactical Operations (TACOPS) deck in their ships. Using an intuitive Computer-Aided Decision Interface (CADI), tactical awareness of the current and surrounding sectors may be displayed in a simplified, easily understood manner by the state-of-the-art Situational Bidimensional Character Array (SBCA). The ship may also be entirely controlled from TACOPS with a simplified command syntax, or SCA.
My host is having a LOT OF ISSUES, so no daily blogroll today. Extra big one tomorrow!