Is It Me? Or Is It Game Design?

I’ve been reading a few blog posts and articles lately about how the MMO population has started to age. I’ve read nostalgic posts about how great MMOs used to be and how there used to be that One Game to rule them all and now there isn’t anymore....

NBI Poetry Slam

MMO Gypsy Syl has launched a challenge this month for we geeky bloggers to wax poetic. She did ask… I admit, I really enjoy filk music. I like adding my own words to the catchy tune of someone else’s music. What’s the fun of writing bad poetry if you...

Games People Play (While Playing Games)

I have been thinking about MMO grinds lately and how much I start to hate a game once I start to hate its more grind-y elements. If you think about what you are asked to do in your character’s “free time” to satisfy some faction or impress some...

The Day of the Dusters

Today I broke down and bought the Troublemaker Duster for my Smuggler in SWTOR. I had been eyeing it for a while and the price finally came down from the “hell no!” range into the “okay, this is excessive for vanity but I’ll get it...