As MMO Fallout’s official only staffer and the internet’s number one games journalist, I’ve seen a lot. Betas, alphas, pre-alphas, day one patches, you name it. Last year I reviewed to rather poor reception the pre-release build of Shadow of War, and while the preview was condemned as “tone deaf” and “stupid,” I came out … Continue reading “Beta Perspective: OldSchool RuneScape Mobile Weirdness”
Old School RuneScape launched last year and continues its own track of development with a specialized team of developers. In the latest developer blog, Jagex discusses bot busting and free to play.Currently, Old School RuneScape is limited to players who have an active subscription to the main RuneScape game. Last year saw a limited free trial … Continue reading “Jagex Details Possible Free To Play For OldSchool RuneScape”
It wouldn’t be a day ending in Y if incompetent “journalists” and opportunistic politicians weren’t using the death of children to forward an agenda of nonsensical fear. Cue in this week where an 11 year old in Mexico entered a school and shot a teacher and six others before killing himself. The culprit? Video games … Continue reading “Bad Press: Reuters Uses School Shooter To Blame Video Games Again”
That headline is a mouthful. Starting March 22, Xbox Live Gold members can download and play The Elder Scrolls Online for free for one week. The free week begins at 7a.m. UK time (about 3a.m. EST) and you may want to start the download before you go in to work/school, as the game rings in … Continue reading “Xbox Live Gold Members Get Free Week Of Elder Scrolls Online”
Who would have thought that reality, not unlike Hollywood, would start running out of ideas and reboot failures from the 90’s for the modern day audience? Grab your Nintendo 64 controllers and crack open a Mountain Dew Surge kids, we’re going back to the past to give a platform to one of Florida’s worst attorneys. … Continue reading “[Column] Fact Check: You Can’t Teach An Old Jack New Tricks”
The launch of RuneScape 3 has thrown RuneScape’s lore across the room and back again. Much like when Cataclysm launched with World of Warcraft, many of the existing quests had to be either rewritten or removed entirely because they dealt with a land or scenario that no longer existed. RuneScape 3 ushered in a literal … Continue reading “MMOments: Realizing OldScape's Place”
The launch of RuneScape 3 has thrown RuneScape’s lore across the room and back again. Much like when Cataclysm launched with World of Warcraft, many of the existing quests had to be either rewritten or removed entirely because they dealt with a land or scenario that no longer existed. RuneScape 3 ushered in a literal … Continue reading “MMOments: Realizing OldScape’s Place”
When Jagex announced the old school servers for RuneScape, they did so under a very clear promise: That the servers would be maintained with minor updates on a regular basis, depending on what the community voted for. Since then the plan has been unveiled for how the polls will work: Players are presented with a … Continue reading “OldScape's Second Content Poll”
When Jagex announced the old school servers for RuneScape, they did so under a very clear promise: That the servers would be maintained with minor updates on a regular basis, depending on what the community voted for. Since then the plan has been unveiled for how the polls will work: Players are presented with a … Continue reading “OldScape’s Second Content Poll”
There is a special level of stupid that describes a person who thinks that it’s funny to make public threats to shoot/bomb a school, whether they make them in offhand comments on online games or actually contact the school via phone/online/mail to make the threat. Eventually you have to ask yourself how many people need … Continue reading “Reminder: School Shooting Threats Are Illegal”
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