Acid for Blood

It started in the European Districts. I logged in mid-morning on Wintersday (31st December), knowing that there would be some kind of “contest” between the deities, Grenth (god of death and cold) and Dwayna (goddess of life and air). What kind of contest, I didn’t know.
I appeared in Lion’s Arch International District 3 to find […]

HellGate: London
Voodoo Extreme (via Kotaku]) ranked this at #2. I am not an experienced FPS player (I couldn’t finish the F.E.A.R. demo!), but the game looks awesome. I’ve been drooling over graphics, trailers, and news bits for months. Demons, London, post-apocalyptic setting — what’s not to love? It’s meant to be first-person for ranged combat […]

My most satisfying game play experience of the year was Guild Wars. I bought the game because I wanted to play an online RPG and did not want the committment or expense of a monthly fee. An expected outcome of such a game is that the content would be mediocre. I did not have many […]

WOW Insider has a list of the funniest guild names they have spotted. My favourites from their list are:
Riders of Lohan
Holy Ramen Empire
The Lollipop Guild
“The Lollipop Guild”, in particular, cracks me up.
You can add funny guild names that you’ve seen in the WOW Insider comments section.

It’s Wintersday in Guild Wars! From the latest game update:
On the twelfth moon of Wintersday ArenaNet gave to me…
Blessings from Dwayna
Festive decorations
One mighty snowman
Weapons made of candy
Gifts that might kill you
Snow-covered henchmen
New winter monsters
Some really long quests!
Lots of drinking Dwarves
Gingerbread shields
Curses from Grenth
And a new way to watch PvP!
Observer Mode
In Observer Mode you can watch […]

I am helping to judge this competition. The quality of the entries is very high. I am having a difficult time narrowing down my top picks. It’s great. I’m enjoying myself.

Apparently my friend didn’t get the bulletin about not getting me games for Christmas. I thought I was going to reimburse him for hooking me up with a cheap copy of World of Warcraft, but instead he gave it to me! Cheers, mate! I’ll be installing this thing tomorrow later today. The instruction manual? […]

This question has been puzzling me for a while, but I didn’t think anyone else considered this issue worthy of debate or thought. Dave Thomas, posting about Jesper Juul’s new book, Half-Real: Video Games between Real Rules and Fictional Worlds, holds that it is “videogame” and not “video game”. Europeans commonly use “videogame” and the […]

OGaming: What’s your opinion of the massively multiplayer online gaming crowd as a whole?
Heather Graham: I like them a lot! For the most part, they’re just normal people who are really passionate about their hobby. They also tend to be more social than most gamers are made out to be, because they have to talk […]

Erm. Well. A friend made me an offer I found hard to refuse:
Dear World of Warcraft Subscriber,
It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since World of Warcraft first opened to adventurers. As a thank you for your loyalty, we’d like to present you with 3 special coupons that you can use to purchase gift […]