Monthly Archives: August 2021

Escape

The world is a scary place, always has been but lately it feels like they went and turned it up to 11. And here I am writing about games, MMOs. These two things are connected, more than you know. So … Continue reading

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Bet you think this blog is about you

“If only we studied the stars as much as we study our own reflections.”― Kamand Kojouri Now in games there are sometimes chances to ‘get fancy’ Where you can wear a hat, paint your ship, change your outfit or an emote. … Continue reading

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Just a Few Modifications

Okay a bit of classics to set the stage The particular “ship of Theseus” version of the thought puzzle was first introduced in Greek legend as reported by the historian, biographer, and essayist Plutarch: The ship wherein Theseus and the youth of Athens returned from … Continue reading

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Listening

The sounds of a game can make or break it. Some games we have grown up with and would not have them any other way. The dog laughing at us in Duck Hunt. Mario themes and sounds. All the way … Continue reading

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Watching

Funny thing about vid games these days is the idea of watching others play rather than doing it yourself. I Guess it makes sense as people will watch basketball, football, etc but the difference (to me) is that I have … Continue reading

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Join the Collective

A player in Eve asked me if I could recommend a corp (guild in Eve terms) to them and I had to just send them an article from way back that someone better than I wrote about what to look … Continue reading

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Pvp

Someone dropped me a note this morning in relation to one of the common threads in the Eve forums. Far be it from me to steal an idea and run with it so here we go. PvP, Player vs Player … Continue reading

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Never Mind, We Will Do It Ourselves

There are times when to content presented to you in a game is not quite enough. That is one of the BEST parts of player organizations. A good player guild/corp/team/whatever starts to find things for the group to do that … Continue reading

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Playing Wrong

In Every MMO there are know-it-alls who will tell you that you are bad at the game, playing it wrong, doing it wrong, should uninstall and go back to wherever you came from. I alluded to the fact, in a … Continue reading

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Wanted

In group play for a game there is often a class or task that is less common and one of the make or break jobs for the run to be successful. Making a character or style to fit this is … Continue reading

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