I’ve had a totally crappy experience this weekend with MMO’s. I’m ready to quit both LOTRO and WAR for some of the overwhelmingly annoying things the developers have designed into the game. If you thought Windows Annoyances were frustrating, try having stupid and gratuitous game mechanics being thrown at you when your paying monthly fees to supposedly be entertained and just trying to have a good time. DENIED! First we’ll take on Warhammer, since they’ve probably pissed me off more than LOTRO ever has. Several quests that I wanted to try … Continue reading
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So I quite by accident caught the animated Dr. Strange movie on the Cartoon Network over the weekend. I had heard that this movie had been made and that the ratings were kind of “so-so.” And, as an avid Dr. Strange “fan,” I must say I was less than impressed. I guess “origin” stories are “ok,” but for Dr. Strange it’ s kind of “ho-hum.” Rich, snobby, angsty Dr. get’s in an accident and can no longer work as a Dr. since his hands are all messed up. “Broken” Dr. meets with … Continue reading
February was kind of a schizoid month for me. It was extraordinarily busy at work and it didn’t seem like I had as much leisure time as I remember having in the past. I didn’t feel like I achieved much of anything on any of my personal projects – just work, work, work. Which I guess is an ok thing in this economy. I did get a few fun things moving forward though, if only a little. In my writing, I started fleshing out character “back-story” for each of my major … Continue reading
So there’s apparently a game of “tag” where when you’re “it” you’re supposed to post the sixth picture from your sixth folder of photo folders. So I got curious as to what that would be in my collection. My sixth folder was “2004June,” and the photo is: I used to live about a mile or two North of this spot, and I remember this trip ‘cuz on the way down from this ridge I got a flat tire and I didn’t have a spare! YAY! Oh well, at least it wasn’t … Continue reading
I’ve actually been getting a few things done through the week that I was hoping I would be able to. I’ve started writing out character bio’s for my novel’s main characters and I’ve also been doing a little bit of gaming here and there to boot! In CoH I’ve mainly just been messing around with the character creator – definitely one of the best implementations in MMO-land. I created a cheerleader villain (aren’t they all?) named “Snobbie Bobbie”, complete with the “Pink Pom-Poms of Death/Doom.” And a leopard themed toon as well, which I did … Continue reading