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Being the avid PC gamer that I am, I wasn’t about to go and buy an XBox 360 back in Nov. ’07 just for Mass Effect.. but damn I came close..

This game looked awesome! Everyone that played it said it was awesome and that I should rush out and get a console to play it — so needless to say I was really annoyed that it wasn’t a PC game and even more annoyed at folks telling me to buy a console.. But I was very excited when I heard it was eventually coming to the PC!

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It’s interesting.. I pride myself on beta testing just about every MMO that has ever been.. So I was a little sad when for whatever reason, the gods decided to not let me into the Age of Conan beta.  Eh, these things happen, however this meant I was pretty much slobbering at the bit waiting for access to the game. (I was one of the few that got into the paid early access for the game however, so that’s close enough for me. )

Firstly let me say, funcom has done a wonderful job capturing and portraying the world of Conan.. I’m having a lot of fun.

However, I was initially worried.   I beta tested and played Anarchy Online and by all accounts it’s initial release was a nightmare. It was truly, truly bad.  Funcom, and all other game companies for that matter, learned that day that to release a broken game dooms the game forever.  I had assumed that funcom learned its lesson and would release a stable game, in fact I had visions of board meetings in which the members all chanted, “please not like AO”… So you can imagine my shock when at 12pm my time, when the doors were to open.. Nothing happened.

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So yet another campus shooting is in the headlines. And yet again people are yelling that video games are the problem! What a complete crock of shit.. Most of these people are extremely religious and they fail to see the irony in what they are saying — but I get ahead of myself.

I myself worship regularly at the house of frag and am a semi-well adjusted person with no aspirations to murder.. I have yet to kill anyone in real life because of some voices in my head spawned by the games that I play.. I’m pretty sure if I play the DVD backwards I wont find Satan’s secret message (I think that would be giving EA or Activision too much credit..) Just as I’m pretty sure playing a game wont make me want to murder someone or confuse my sense of right and wrong.

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Sorry it’s been a while since I posted, I’ve been very sick. This years flu has was nasty, and as such I was as sick as I have ever been. It’s been over two weeks and I’m still sniffly and coughing up gouts of lung butter.. Mmm Tasty..

As many of you know I play a lot of games. Specifically PC games. You name it and there is a good chance I have played it. Lately it really does seem like games for the PC are starting to fail me. Now, I don’t think PC gaming is dead, I used that as a bait and switch.. but I do think its suffering right now and needs some serious help.

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So I have been playing Eve Online again a bit and have been thinking about it and what it does “wrong”. I’m trying to focus on what should have been done so that new games like Infinity Earth don’t fall into the same trap. I just hope the new games will listen and take note.

First let me start by saying that I think Eve Online is a beautiful game and can be fun once you get DEEP into the game, and it’s certainly challenging. However a new players experience is terrible and doesn’t give any clues as to what is to come later, more over the PVE aspect of the game is down right bad which means new players are forced to deal with experienced players in a PVP realm often resulting in repeated trouncings with no end in sight.

Is it any wonder that many new players leave pretty quick? Think of what kind of power house this game would be if it’s new player experience was just a bit better..

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Below is a list of every MMO that I can remember playing — Either in beta, or once the game when live. There is also a whole slew of MUD’s and MOO’s that I used to play, but I can only think of Gemstone as of this writing..

I’ll try to add more information about each one, opinions, dates, beta vs live..etc..

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