Jagex Grinds Out 120 Farming/Herblore This Week


Jagex this week gave its players a new reason to grind out those levels and farm those farms with the expansion of two skills and introduction of new content to RuneScape. Foremost on the list of additions this week is the expansion of the Farming and Herblore skills, increasing the skill caps to 120 and … Continue reading “Jagex Grinds Out 120 Farming/Herblore This Week”

MMO Fallout Presents 2019 Predictions For 2020: 2019 Edition


With 2019 just about dead and behind us, it’s about time we start looking toward the far future of 2020. That in mind, I’d like to make some of my trademark predictions for the coming new year. Daybreak Game Company DayBREAKS: I’ll file this one under ‘assuming it doesn’t happen next month.’ In case you … Continue reading “MMO Fallout Presents 2019 Predictions For 2020: 2019 Edition”

Column: Planetside Arena and the Friday Night Whatevers


It’s Friday night! I’m playing a few rounds of H1Z1 to get my anger on before throwing my Gamefly rental of Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for a good weekend film to watch. I’m going to tell you my wonderful readers what I told Daybreak before Planetside Arena launched into Early Access this week: … Continue reading “Column: Planetside Arena and the Friday Night Whatevers”

Bad Press: Disbarred Ex-Lawyer Jack Thompson Returns, Is Still A Pathological Liar


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 Disqualifies Deadman Winner Over Cheating


The Autumn Deadman tournament survivor has been disqualified after it was discovered that they were cheating. In a post on the official website, Jagex discussed criticism surrounding the latest Deadman final regarding certain disqualifications. What isn’t in question, however, is that the latest winner was cheating by using a bot farm to boost their account. … Continue reading “Jagex Disqualifies Deadman Winner Over Cheating”

[Community] Turbine Is Now Making Mobile Junk


Turbine is a hard company not to view in revulsion, considering that the company interest in developing real video games probably left when Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online were spun off to Standing Stone Games, the rather underhanded way in which Turbine scraped what little they could off of Asheron’s … Continue reading “[Community] Turbine Is Now Making Mobile Junk”

[Community] Mob Mentality, Jason Vorhees, and Website Policy


For this week’s Community article, I’d like to bring up as subject that has been discussed to death over the past few years yet still remains a pervasive issue in not just the gaming community, but virtually every aspect of human life especially when the internet is concerned: Mob mentality and the internet’s ever populous … Continue reading “[Community] Mob Mentality, Jason Vorhees, and Website Policy”

Crowdfunding Fraudsters: The Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega+


Fraudster: 2a:  a person who is not what he or she pretends to be :impostor; Meet the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega+, a handheld device designed with the backing of Sir Clive Sinclair himself, and a modern representation of everyone’s favorite 80’s computer system designed by Sir Clive Sinclair. The Vega+ was crowdfunded on Indiegogo back … Continue reading “Crowdfunding Fraudsters: The Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega+”

Community Revives The Sims Online, It’s Too Popular


The Sims Online is back! I’ll give you a second to remember that this existed. We’re going on ten years since The Sims Online was shut down by Electronic Arts, but nothing online ever dies forever. Unfortunately for players, while promising for the developers, is that interest in the revival has been so overwhelming that … Continue reading “Community Revives The Sims Online, It’s Too Popular”

Holiday Buyer’s Guide Part 1: 2016 Games For Retro Gamers


2016 feels like it was all about nostalgia, be it in film, in life, and even in video games. With that in mind, I’ve compiled a list of games that retro gamers should enjoy. The NES Classic goes without saying, but since you have better chances of being struck by lightning than finding one in … Continue reading “Holiday Buyer’s Guide Part 1: 2016 Games For Retro Gamers”