Archive for the ‘Gaming’ Category
Monday, July 7th, 2008
I resisted temptation no longer and subscribed to EVE Online over the weekend, after having enjoyed the two-week trial period. Even though I am already playing World of Warcraft and City of Villains I was drawn to being a space cadet and the skill-based system that EVE Online offers. ...
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Having not yet subscribed after my two-week trial with EVE Online I returned to the Rogue Isles, using Crossover Games to run City of Villains on my Mac. Having completed a set of missions I was looking for a change of scenery from Cap Au Diable, somewhere new to ...
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Defeating Dr Echo in City of Villains ended my relationship with my current contact in Cap Au Diable, and he gave me a neat-sounding ability as a reward for completing all his work. I received some kind of temporal door-opening ability, allowing myself and my team-mates to time travel. ...
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Magnet Magnetson, my City of Villains Mastermind, reached threat level 20 whilst defeating Dr Echo in yet another abandoned Arachnid base. I was informed by my supervillain trainer that my outfit was looking a bit shabby and to get myself over to the tailor to sharpen myself up. ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
My trial period for EVE Online has ended. I didn't get to be a space cadet this week, although the nature of the game still allows for quick resource gathering via mining, or a slightly longer but still manageably short single mission to be run, which I managed a ...
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Apparently, it was 'Respect at Work Day' yesterday, which perhaps made it a little unfortunate that I wore my VG Cats t-shirt that has Aeris raising a fist and saying 'I'm going to start wounding you now!' I tried to placate people by pointing out that it makes sense ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
When Worlds Collide, the mission that lost me three ships, came up again from an agent. The same agent, in fact. I imagine the survivors in the Heron wreck were getting a bit peckish by now. Even though my last attempt had been unsuccessful I accepted the ...
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
After my less-than-salubrious start to EVE Online missions outside of training I started to get the hang of space combat. Even if the agent assigning me the mission assures me that it is a simple matter of warping in to a location, picking up something that has no reason ...
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
I got a bit caught up in EVE Online last night. Unfortunately, it wasn't because I was making such good progress. I got caught up because my ship kept on getting blown up.
I made contact with a couple of new agents after I had completed the Cash for ...
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Taking advantage of the 14 day free trail of EVE Online, I downloaded the Mac-native client and logged in. I created my first character, picking my way through each step of the creation process as carefully as I could, having almost no knowledge of the game. I ended ...
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