Because getting ready to go on a vacation and preparing for Neverwinter’s soft launch tomorrow isn’t enough to keep me busy, I loaded back up SWTOR to check out the game’s changes since 2.0 went live.  I thumbed through the … Continue reading →

Whoops, I almost forgot to ask you all what you played in March!  I’ve made a few changes to the list, mostly by expanding it as much as possible and including major MOBAs in the count.  As usual, click on … Continue reading →

It’s been a really light past seven days or so in terms of gaming.  Real life has gotten in the way, and for several reasons, I just haven’t had a lot of time to get into MMOs (the fact that … Continue reading →

I have this weird fascination with Neocron that I can’t quite explain.  I think it’s one of those early MMOs that slipped under everyone’s radar, had an interesting development history, and continues to stay almost-invisible in the MMO landscape despite … Continue reading →

Last night I finished up the deeds I needed in Eregion, including doing 40 quests in the region.  Nothing super-tough; my Lore-master is smacking faces and taking names these days and my trusty bear is always there to lend a … Continue reading →

I’m not going back on the “mostly I avoid beta” stance, but I’ve been thinking about betas more lately, especially with the recent flap about WildStar’s patch notes being unofficially and then officially leaked.  I guess the one thing that … Continue reading →

The Secret World’s contemporary setting offers the game’s creators plenty of opportunities to extend the game into our world via blogs and websites and whatnot.  The more I play and discover these sites through missions, the more I’m amazed at … Continue reading →

Let’s take a look at the poll results from Bio Break readers’ game activity in March, shall we and compare it to the February poll? The Top 15 Guild Wars 2     (101 votes, no change) Lord of the Rings … Continue reading →

Is it strange that in games where we spend 90% of our time performing wonton acts of slaughter, we’re also concerned about proper manners?  Perhaps it is, but we’ve gotten used to it.  On today’s episode, Dodge and Syp talk … Continue reading →

My focus in Guild Wars 2 as of late has been with my punk Mesmer. The Mesmer is an interesting change of pace, and I’m still getting the hang of the class’ mechanics. It’s a caster class that does a … Continue reading →

Welcome back to Battle Bards, a collaborative bi-weekly podcast that listens to and discusses MMO soundtracks!  On our second podcast, Syl, Syp, and Steff tackle the daunting and exuberant score of Final Fantasy XI.  It’s an hour full of whimsy, … Continue reading →

Welcome back to Battle Bards, a collaborative bi-weekly podcast that listens to and discusses MMO soundtracks!  On our second podcast, Syl, Syp, and Steff tackle the daunting and exuberant score of Final Fantasy XI.  It’s an hour full of whimsy, … Continue reading →

My focus in Guild Wars 2 as of late has been with my punk Mesmer. The Mesmer is an interesting change of pace, and I’m still getting the hang of the class’ mechanics. It’s a caster class that does a … Continue reading →

Is it strange that in games where we spend 90% of our time performing wonton acts of slaughter, we’re also concerned about proper manners?  Perhaps it is, but we’ve gotten used to it.  On today’s episode, Dodge and Syp talk … Continue reading →

Let’s take a look at the poll results from Bio Break readers’ game activity in March, shall we and compare it to the February poll? The Top 15 Guild Wars 2     (101 votes, no change) Lord of the Rings … Continue reading →

The Secret World’s contemporary setting offers the game’s creators plenty of opportunities to extend the game into our world via blogs and websites and whatnot.  The more I play and discover these sites through missions, the more I’m amazed at … Continue reading →

I’m not going back on the “mostly I avoid beta” stance, but I’ve been thinking about betas more lately, especially with the recent flap about WildStar’s patch notes being unofficially and then officially leaked.  I guess the one thing that … Continue reading →

Last night I finished up the deeds I needed in Eregion, including doing 40 quests in the region.  Nothing super-tough; my Lore-master is smacking faces and taking names these days and my trusty bear is always there to lend a … Continue reading →

I have this weird fascination with Neocron that I can’t quite explain.  I think it’s one of those early MMOs that slipped under everyone’s radar, had an interesting development history, and continues to stay almost-invisible in the MMO landscape despite … Continue reading →

It’s been a really light past seven days or so in terms of gaming.  Real life has gotten in the way, and for several reasons, I just haven’t had a lot of time to get into MMOs (the fact that … Continue reading →

Whoops, I almost forgot to ask you all what you played in March!  I’ve made a few changes to the list, mostly by expanding it as much as possible and including major MOBAs in the count.  As usual, click on … Continue reading →

To underscore a discussion on chat-free MMOs, this edition of TLDL will be presented entirely in silence with subtitles.  Actually, we would have done that, except that it’s completely silly and rather hard to transmit subtitles over an MP3 file.  So just imagine that our discussion is actually you imagining us reading subtitles out loud. … … Continue reading →

So WildStar’s gone into closed beta, which is certainly a milestone to celebrate.  I wasn’t expecting that to happen until early summer, to be honest, so it’s forced me to revise my estimation of where the game is and how … Continue reading →

This past week I finally got around to rolling my first alt in Guild Wars 2, and after a lot of internal debate, I decided to go with a Norn Necromancer.  Writers can’t resist alliteration, after all. In typical Guild … Continue reading →

While I consider The Secret World to be one of the best (if not the best, period) storytelling engine that I’ve seen in MMOs, it’s a little strange how my character has yet to say a single word in the … Continue reading →