Tag Archives: LOTRO

Are We Having Fun Yet?

Posted on August 16, 2012 by

The object of a game is to have fun, isn’t it? If that’s the case, then what makes an MMO “fun”? The simple answer is that everyone has their own definition. For some, it’s challenging the toughest content, on the … Continue reading →

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Inside the Numbers

Posted on August 2, 2012 by

My biggest issue with the Buzz Index is how it games that started out looking really good — and therefore gained a lot of attention on Twitter and Facebook — could rank higher than they should based simply on the … Continue reading →

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Game, Interrupted

Posted on July 29, 2012 by

As I continue to fumble my way around Eye of the North in Guild Wars — as anyone who watched my stream this weekend can attest to — I’m realizing it’s not not only hard to come back to a … Continue reading →

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Can Mounted Combat Save LOTRO?

Posted on July 7, 2012 by

The short answer: maybe, if it’s done with an eye toward modernizing the game and isn’t just the same game we’ve been playing for years, only on horses.

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Go With The Flow

Posted on July 2, 2012 by

I’ve been pretty much MMO-less for the last month or so. In the span of about a week at the end of May, I bowed out of LOTRO, let my SWTOR and Rift subscriptions lapse, and, as an encore, finished … Continue reading →

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Playing For Fun

Posted on June 26, 2012 by

When it comes to gaming, everyone defines “fun” differently. As a friend of mine once said, “Winning is fun.” However, any but the most myopic player will realize that winning against easy PvE content — or, in a PvP context … Continue reading →

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Not All Bad

Posted on June 2, 2012 by

In the interest of not sounding like a complete Negative Nancy, I thought I’d take some time to talk about some of the good things about LOTRO. This won’t be a “fun times” or “personal highlights” account — though there … Continue reading →

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Checking Out Of Middle-earth

Posted on May 29, 2012 by

I hate when people post their long-winded rant on how they’re quitting a game, how the developers are ignorant clods, how all the fun and the magic and mystery is gone, and how they’re moving on to some other game. … Continue reading →

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Less Is More

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

I attended another LOTRO raid last Sunday, my first since this one about a month and a half ago. It was fun and mostly smooth, except for one annoying bug that basically crashed my and another player’s client and wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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Why I Won’t Be Playing TERA

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

Because it sucks. Kidding! No, seriously, I’ve given it quite a bit of thought, even since we’ve been hearing details about it, which for me has been about two years now. In those two years, I’ve been waiting for something … Continue reading →

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