Do overs are common in video games. But can they work in role-playing games? Do Overs in TV & Film I recently watched a featurette on the excellent TV show “Elementary” (Sherlock Holmes in modern day, Dr. Watson a woman). They mentioned that inexperienced directors sometimes shoot too many […]
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In the latest investor report by Activision Blizzard, monthly active users have continued to decline over the year, with Q4 2021’s results showing the company reporting a total of 371 million MAUs, down from 397 million just a year prior. On the revenue side, Activision Blizzard, despite the controversies surrounding […]
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It’s Erollisi Day time again EverQuest. The event returns today and comes with some quests, achievements, collections, and more in the quest to spread the love all around. Or maybe to complain a little bit. The event is named after the Queen of Love herself, Erollisi Marr, and falls in […]
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Valentione’s Day is coming next week to Final Fantasy XIV, and the seasonal event is bringing new items to the MMORPG. In addition to a wall mounted item for your house, Lisette de Valentione is keen to help bling your Chocobo out in style. The event starts with Lisette de […]
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With launch day for Lost Ark fast approaching, Amazon has been introducing us all to various parts of Arkesia, showing off the game’s different zones, showing what PvP and PvE challenges will be like, and more. Now that we’re hitting February tomorrow, it’s time for server information, as well as […]
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It is not uncommon for MMORPGs to face a number of issues on launch, and Star Vault’s Mortal Online 2 if no exception. The Founder of Star Vault Henrik Nyström released a statement yesterday via their website to apologize for the ongoing server queue issues related to logging into Myrland […]
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NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 30, 2022): Square Off and Exchange Punches Q: Think of a familiar two-word phrase meaning “to fight.” Change the third letter of each word to get two new words that are opposites of each other. What words are these? I have one answer, but won’t have […]
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For much of D&D’s history, it has had plenty of races whose whole identities and stories basically revolved around them being always-evil villainous humanoid mooks that the players can kill without having to deal with any sort of moral ramifications for mass-murdering them (Point 1 of evidence). Among the most […]
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When Echtra Games decided to turn Torchlight: Frontiers into Torchlight 3, there were quite a few players out there that were happy about the redoubled focus on the action RPG fundamentals that made the series popular. Unfortunately, the game just didn’t take off in the way it was supposed to, […]
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It’s finally go time in World of Warcraft Burning Crusade Classic now that phase three is live, and The Black Temple and The Battle For Mount Hyjal are open for the raiding. While the content was announced recently, and part one of the update already went live, beginning PVP arena […]
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