Archive for the ‘Gaming’ Category
Monday, November 10th, 2008
With Halloween just behind us, the invasion of the Scourge heralding the imminent release of Wrath of the Lich King expansion for World of Warcraft, and Melmoth returning to Azeroth, my gaming time has been spent mostly playing protection warriors. I have woken Tiger, my original warrior, created on ...
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Friday, November 7th, 2008
Whilst taking a break from the Eurogamer Expo with a bunch of bloggers and being recorded for some podcast or other the topic of MMORPGs for consoles was raised. Specifically, the question was asked whether there will ever be an MMORPG for a console. The host responded emphatically ...
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Thursday, November 6th, 2008
At the recent Eurogamer Expo 2008, where I met some other splendid chaps who I won't name for fear of missing someone vitally important, I saw a whole bunch of console games and a handful of PC games, even trying a few of the apparently less popular ones that didn't ...
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Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
I pop in to New Eden to run a mission or two with my low-standing agent, hoping to boost my standings and wallet a bit so I can find a better quality agent and fund my inevitable loss of ships and equipment when I start engaging in PvP combat. ...
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
When you are in a low-sec system in EVE Online it is a good idea to have some 'safe spots' prepared. A safe spot is simply a place you can safely sit your ship temporarily with little risk of being accidentally stumbled in to by another, perhaps hostile, pilot. ...
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Saturday, November 1st, 2008
When I bought my new notebook last month I was fairly certain that Apple were going to update the product line soon afterwards. Nevertheless, I also knew that the notebook had much more capability than I needed, and so was suitable for any task I had planned for it, ...
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Thursday, October 30th, 2008
Despite being new enough in the region that few agents are willing to give me any work, and the recent loss of the mining colony, my lowly level one agent strokes my ego by praising my piloting skills before inviting me to participate in a Minmatar-Gallente air show. As ...
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
My Minmatar agent is actually happy to see my Caldari self! His low quality rating at level one has meant that just about everyone abandons him quite soon after meeting and I think he's just pleased to have the company. He may also be pleased to get a ...
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
A few months back Codeweavers announced their Great American Lame Duck Presidential Challenge, stating some positive but audacious goals to be met before Bush left office. If any one of the goals was met then Codeweavers would hand out free licences to their Crossover software. One of the ...
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
My time comes to enter low-sec space in New Eden, EVE Online's galaxy, as part of a small corporation fleet. The director of the corporation makes it clear that we are not pirates picking on the weak and defenceless, but there's nothing wrong in looking for a fight. ...
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