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Phantasy Star Online Blue Burst Part I: A phantastic adventure!

First ever sort of “instance-based quest” that I embarked on throughout my stay at PSOBB. Mine 1 was our target. I wasn’t really of much help at all; you could say that I was leeching. This dungeon wasn’t really right for me, taking into account that I was a mere level 4 – that’s just […]

Mmorpg | No Comments | Permalink | Posted on : 30th November 2008

Risk Your (social) Life: Dungeons & Dragons Online

Friends and coworkers alike can tell you that I have a serious problem with MMORPG’s. Every cliché surrounding the crack-like nature of their addictiveness rings true and if I’m not looking for something to level or loot to brag about, I’m in search for the most awesome of hats to compliment my latest avatar. When […]

Mmorpg | No Comments | Permalink | Posted on : 29th November 2008

HKO CB Testing Part 1

I was so happy about playing HKO that I started to write a blog about everything I experienced my first day. After I published it, I immediately had to delete the entry due to the fact that I re-read the non disclosure agreement that comes along with playing HKO CB. I was about to e-mail […]

Mmorpg | 3 Comments | Permalink | Posted on : 29th November 2008

Much excitement!

I’m anxiously awaiting my order of Had A Glass 2009, which is the 2009 version of the book I recommended back in March. Based on the extremely high quality of the wines chosen from last year, I will have to say that it will be difficult for this book not to provide some excellent […]

Rpgs | No Comments | Permalink | Posted on : 22nd November 2008

Still Playing HKO

Just when I thought I was pretty much finished with playing HKO, they go and make a contest with Hello Kitty goodies as prizes! Which means I will still be playing today, tomorrow, the day after and another day after… Or until I farm and hunt the things I need to in order to win […]

Mmorpg | 1 Comment | Permalink | Posted on : 12th November 2008

Kategorie: Wahnsinn

Heute mal eine Nachricht aus der weiten Welt der Rollenspieler-Kuriositäten. Das MMOG’s Spieler regelmäßig zu außergewöhnlich…interessanten Leistungen treiben, ist wohl hinlänglich bekannt. Für die Final Fantasy XI Gilde “BeyondTheLimitation” ging solch eine, nun, Leistung allerdings gründlich schief.
Die Gilde versuchte einen der schwierigsten Bosse im Spiel, Pandemonium Warden, zu schlagen. 18 Stunden lang. Am Stück. Dann […]

Mmorpg | 1 Comment | Permalink | Posted on : 11th November 2008

Preview: Soul Trapper; Hands-On with Realtime Audio Adventures

Realtime Associates, Inc. is a game developer with a long history. They were founded in the days of the Intellivision, and over the last 20+ years, they’ve been involved with 85 different games across almost every game platform known to man. Dave Warhol, the company’s president and founder, put Realtime together originally to focus on […]

Computer Games | No Comments | Permalink | Posted on : 7th November 2008

Meiko on Conan

Conan took another page from my songbook last night by featuring Meiko on Late Night. Here’s a HD clip of her performance of ‘Boys with Girlfriends’ for you to savor:
Mieko on Conan (HD 540p, 80 MB H.264)
I’ve also got the iPod/iPhone compatible clip (35 MB).
Enjoy!

Rpgs | No Comments | Permalink | Posted on : 4th November 2008

Philosophy is Over and an Exciting Weekend!

I’ve got a very exciting weekend coming up.
Before the weekend starts however, I have the final ‘midterm’ for my Philosophy class. I know I was complaining earlier about how philosophy hurts my brain (which it does), but I’m really glad I had the opportunity to take the class. I was able to learn […]

Rpgs | No Comments | Permalink | Posted on : 4th November 2008

MoshiMonsters - new parental controls, consent “assumed”

From the latest newsletter, at the bottom (after the big graphics and announcement about “moshlings” - aka mini-moshi-monsters (my - this is getting a bit infinitely recursive, isn’t it? Now your child’s pet has a pet :). I’m still trying to attract an interesting Moshling (the minigame to get them is Animal Crossing crossed with […]

Computer Games | 1 Comment | Permalink | Posted on : 2nd November 2008