What could be cooler than owning a server blade from World of Warcraft? Eating a life size elf statue made of rum cake, I suppose. Let’s meet in the middle and agree on receiving that product you paid a fair amount for in a state that is not broken. If you were lucky enough, you … Continue reading “Blizzard Messes Up Server Sale, Customers Report Busted Shipments”
It’s that time again. This past week saw roughly 250 new games listed to the Steam store, and odds are a large portion of them are absolute trash. Actually, I can confirm that most of them look like absolute trash considering that out of those that actually came out, I could only find maybe sixteen … Continue reading “[Not Massive] Another Week Of Interesting Steam Releases”
Jagex is very concerned with how new players take in their first few minutes in RuneScape, and they are kind of concerned regarding the impression players are getting from logging in and seeing the starting area full of players in high level armor fighting rats. Magic splashing is a widespread method of training the skill, … Continue reading “Jagex Hides AFK Magic Trainers From New Players”
Good afternoon, internet. In honor of my upcoming completely fictional cookbook “A Million Ways To Roast Twitter Users,” I have decided to put out a new column series expanding on the In Plain English brand. The series is titled “How To Avoid a Lawsuit” which you would know if you read the title of this … Continue reading “How To Avoid A Lawsuit #1: Fortnite Cheater Edition”
This week’s RuneScape update reminds us that Easter is quite late this year. If you have ever wanted to know what it’s like to shove a tuna in a shark, well you now have the opportunity. RuneScape’s Easter update is here, and that can only mean more shenanigans with the Easter Bunny. Running through the … Continue reading “RuneScape Brings In Easter”
I recently revived my subscription to Gamefly (no, this isn’t sponsored) because I don’t have enough going on in my life outside of law school and these MMOs that I am allegedly playing. Essentially I wanted a cheap way to play some games that I have had my eye on but never really wanted to … Continue reading “Gamefly You Fools: Luigi’s Mansion on 3DS”
Albion Online is officially going free to play. Starting April 10, you’ll be able to jump into the fray without being required to buy a game pack. Free accounts will be under no gameplay restrictions and can take part in all aspects of the game. The business model will not be changed, being built on … Continue reading “Albion Online Goes Free To Play April 10”
Jack Thompson is much more than the pathological liar on a never ending quest to destroy video games. He’s also a disgraced ex-lawyer disbarred over ten years ago for no less than 31 charges of inappropriate conduct inside and out of the courtroom, for intimidating and harassing opposition, whose rambling court arguments have been described … Continue reading “Bad Press: Disbarred Ex-Lawyer Jack Thompson Returns, Is Still A Pathological Liar”
Jagex this week announced that an employee has been fired and police have been brought in regarding “gross misuse of moderator privileges.” While the official post doesn’t go into much detail, reports from the Reddit forum indicate that the employee is Jed Sanderson, aka Mod Jed, and involves the now ex-staffer used his moderator status … Continue reading “Jagex Employee Fired, Police Called In Over Compromised User Accounts”
I’d like to talk about MoviePass today, because MoviePass can burn in bankruptcy hell and I’m slightly looking forward to the inevitable criminal trials and convictions surrounding this sham of a business. If you’ve somehow managed to avoid the last year of coverage regarding MoviePass, I’ll give a brief summary: MoviePass has been around for … Continue reading “Chaturday: MoviePass In Bankruptcy Hell”
MMO Fallout 