Nominations For Golden Joystick Awards/GDCO


The Golden Joystick Awards have been running for 29 years, making the ceremony older than a good amount of the people reading this website. Every year, games compete in a number of categories from shooter to adventure and everything in between, with the voting determined by viewers like you. This year marks the first year … Continue reading “Nominations For Golden Joystick Awards/GDCO”

The Minority Rules: Bioware Blocks Cross-Faction Chat


Cross-faction chat is a rather controversial topic. On one hand, the supporters prefer it as it allows for smack-talk, for role playing purposes, and general immersion and social interaction. On the other hand, the opposition believes that removing cross-faction chat keeps the less mature crowd from having a larger audience to talk to, with hypothetical … Continue reading “The Minority Rules: Bioware Blocks Cross-Faction Chat”

Why Aren’t You Playing: Gods & Heroes


Why Should I Play is a new series where I dive into games and discuss my experiences. This article is not meant to be un-bias’d and due to the intrinsic nature of MMOs, reflects the product at the time of publish but may not reflect the product at the time of reading. As always, MMO … Continue reading “Why Aren’t You Playing: Gods & Heroes”

Eve: We’re Fine With RMT, Just Don’t Affect The Economy


CCP and the Eve Online community support pay to win. There I said it. For many of you this will hardly be a tantalizing discovery but it is something that needs to be said to the somewhat-in-denial Eve community: Eve Online is already pay to win, what the community is against are implementations that unbalance … Continue reading “Eve: We’re Fine With RMT, Just Don’t Affect The Economy”

Eve: We're Fine With RMT, Just Don't Affect The Economy


CCP and the Eve Online community support pay to win. There I said it. For many of you this will hardly be a tantalizing discovery but it is something that needs to be said to the somewhat-in-denial Eve community: Eve Online is already pay to win, what the community is against are implementations that unbalance … Continue reading “Eve: We're Fine With RMT, Just Don't Affect The Economy”

What Happened This Week: Three E’s Edition


One day I hope to go to E3, maybe when MMO Fallout becomes more popular than the single person reading this article (that would be you). As with every week, I open up with a question: If you wrote a blog like this, at what point do you throw up your hands and say “this … Continue reading “What Happened This Week: Three E’s Edition”

What Happened This Week: Three E's Edition


One day I hope to go to E3, maybe when MMO Fallout becomes more popular than the single person reading this article (that would be you). As with every week, I open up with a question: If you wrote a blog like this, at what point do you throw up your hands and say “this … Continue reading “What Happened This Week: Three E's Edition”

SOE Compensation Details


While Sony expects to have services returned soon™, the company has detailed their plans for compensation on the official SOE website. As mentioned previously, all players will receive 30 days free game time, plus one day for every day the service is offline, plus the following items. These offers hold for both PC and PS3 … Continue reading “SOE Compensation Details”