Eurogamer 2009

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

I head in to London for Eurogamer Expo 2009, held this year on the bank of the Thames between Tower Bridge and London Bridge. I am finding less time to play games these days, as a good MMORPG can effectively fill up any spare gaming time by itself, but ...

Codeweavers destroys the American Economy

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 ...

An even more stable City of Heroes Mac

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

I have still been getting the occasional crash when playing City of Heroes or City of Villains on my Mac using Crossover Games. Whilst infrequent enough to be tolerable, having to reload the game from a crash is inconvenient, particularly when playing in a group. A splendid chap ...

The Micro-manager comes to Europe

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

The Micro-manager has accepted a promotion, sideways of course, that has sent him out of the US to the EU. Reluctantly taking some retraining in the process energy now pulses out of him when asking for status updates, instead of fiery bursts. All his abilities to irritate and ...

It's not easy being a manager

Monday, July 28th, 2008

At least, it's not easy being The Micro-manager. My leadership qualities in determining the best visual interface for added value are met with hostile resistance. And I find the lack of dedication in my team when reprioritising external activities needs some face time. I sense a team-building exercise is required to ...

City of Heroes to be supported in Crossover Games

Monday, July 28th, 2008

It looks like City of Heroes and City of Villains are about to get some dedicated attention from the Crossover Games team! At the moment, the games run well enough using Crossover Games on the Mac, but instead of only seeing general improvements through incremental changes in the codebase ...

The Micro-manager

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

After seeing Melmoth's Brute wreak havoc at the weekend in City of Villains, mostly by running through the carnage in his wake simply trying to keep up with him, I was in awe. The destructive power and speed with which the mobs were flattened was mind-blowing. I reasoned ...

World of Villains Online

Monday, July 21st, 2008

I was a little concerned when I bought my new computer a few months back. It was an expensive purchase and was replacing what was essentially a World of Warcraft arcade machine. As I had been burning out on a regular basis I wasn't sure I could fully ...

Magnet Magnetson visits Sharkhead Isle

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 ...

Suburbs for villains

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. ...