MMORPG reviews: tricky beasts to get right, eh?

Trembling Hand has a post up relating to games reviews and, more specifically, MMORPG reviews. It uses the Age of Conan debacle as a case study, of sorts, and while that will no doubt swing the ensuing discussion into a rather lengthy exchange of, “Age of Conan is the worst MMO ever made…” and “No, […]

Age of Conan: A Post Mortem Analysis

Hi, I’m Daedren. You might remember me from other articles such as “The effectiveness of raiding in only a tubesock” and “Erling Ellingson: Age of Conan Dev by day, Transvestite Cyborg by night?”. It’s me, alright, and I’m here, playing the role of the unbearer of bad news. I’m not bearing it, because it’s not […]

A Case for Sanity: Killing the WoW Killer Meme

Hi, I’m Daniel. You might remember me from such other MMO articles like “It was great except for the Elves with 5 o’clock shadows” and “Tits and Fatalities aside, Age of Conan sucks flaccid donkey genitals”. I’m new here; and bringing you a highly opinionated, wordy rant on the latest of MMO trends: the term […]

Why LoTRO is Better Than AoC

What!?  That might be what your thinking at this very moment, but allow me to explain.   When I first started playing LoTRO I knew exactly what I was getting into.  A MMORPG that was basically a clone of WoW but in the Lord of the Rings universe.  I expected many quests, I knew it had […]

Age of Conan Review: Lev 1-20 Demonologist

As many of you know I was in the AoC beta where I only managed to get to lev 15 or so with my barbarian, but since last Thursday, when I finally managed to get a copy of the game, I’ve been battling it out in Hyborian and currently have a lev 20 Demonologist. […]