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Hib in
features, machinima, mmorpg on
December 29th, 2008
I rarely just post a video here at the Lag, but this one deserves it. WowInsider is revisiting this first-time effort (which is incredibly hard to believe) from Percula, a laid-off game animator with one heck of a talent. I love machinima in all its forms, but this one takes the cake.
I’ve seen some criticisms [...]
By Hib in
features, mmorpg, sex on
December 22nd, 2008
No, I’m not talking about cybering on the Deeprun Tram. I’m talking about the community as a whole and its changing tastes.
Before you have sex for the first time, just the thought of it is exciting. “Whoa baby,” you think, “Gotta get me some!” Then you actually have sex, and it’s fantastic. Once you prove [...]
By Hib in
World of Warcraft, features on
December 17th, 2008
With the “is it worth even caring about the new PvP Arena Season in WoW” going on around the intertubes at sites like WoWInsider and Massively (not to mention the official forums), there seems to be a semi-related question that’s not being addressed with nearly enough depth:
Ladies and gentlemen…is our PvP’ers learning?
/duckandrun
(It’s Torrimir’s fault in [...]
By Hib in
Champions Online, Cryptic Studios, features on
December 3rd, 2008
I’ve had a lot of different reasons for trying various MMORPGs, ranging from a love of the universe it’s set it to “That looks cool!” to “Well, everyone else is doing it,” but this is officially a first.
My first MMO was Cryptic’s City of Heroes, a game that caught my attention because I’m a life-long [...]
By Hib in
NCSoft, Tabula Rasa, features, mmo, mmog, mmorpg on
December 1st, 2008
On November 21st, NCSoft announced that they would be sunsetting Tabula Rasa at the end of Februrary 2009. This has led to quite an uproar in the MMO community, bringing out the usual cries of “I’ll never buy an NCSoft MMO again…I can’t trust them!” in comment sections all over the internet.
Never say never again.
In [...]
By Hib in
Jeff Freeman, R.I.P., SWG, Star Wars Galaxies, World of Warcraft, features, mmorpg on
November 24th, 2008
With the recent live status of Chapter 11 in Star Wars Galaxies (introducing the ice planet Hoth as a heroic encounter), something else was patched in…a tribute to Jeff Freeman.
“The Freeman Memorial” stands inside the guild hall at Aurilia on Dathomir, the former haven of force-sensitive players and now a quest hub.
Below, you’ll see the [...]
By Hib in
World of Warcraft, features, wtf on
November 13th, 2008
After putting in two years’ worth of hard work on Wrath of the Lich King, Blizzard sat back last night with a happy sigh. Thirteen hours later, someone had already hit level 80 (the max in WotLK).
No, really.
I realize it’s a great way to get your name in the papers (virtual or otherwise), but why [...]
By Hib in
World of Warcraft, features, gaming, someone shoot me, wtf on
November 11th, 2008
Two years ago, my wife and I left World of Warcraft, never to return. Except for a couple of weeks ago, of course (they don’t make “never” like they used to). We joined back up with some old WoW friends from the dark ages (Hey Eley, Gawain and Eaj!), and have started learning just how [...]
By Hib in
features, king of the world, mmorpg, politics on
November 3rd, 2008
For those of you in America, today is Election Day…the day where the process of selecting the leader of our country for the next four years begins. (Immediately followed by disputed recounts, uproarious dissent and an eventual celebration for a full 47% of our citizens after the entire thing is decided by six old people [...]
By Hib in
Virtual Worlds, community, features, ingame relationships, marketing, mmorpg, online friendship on
October 28th, 2008
It’s an old business cliché, but it is for a reason.
Have you ever had a stool with three legs? What happens if one leg is shorter than the other two?
That’s right…it’s a wobbly experience, and the first stable chair that comes open you’re going to swap. Sometimes, it’s so wobbly that you’ll go back to [...]