Tag: MMO
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A Weekend with The Old Republic – Part 1
Please note: this blog post contains minor gameplay and story spoilers for the first 20 levels of The Old Republic. My subscription for Star Wars: The Old Republic was pretty much guaranteed when, after my character greeted his Jedi Master during the interactive opening cinematic, I realised he was voiced by David Hayter, the voice…
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Sucked into Starter Edition
The other week Colin wrote up his experience of revisiting World of Warcraft via Blizzard’s new Free to Play version, or rather, untimed trial, of WoW, the Starter Edition. I, however, had never played WoW before a few weeks ago… so this is my spin on things. One of my hang-ups for games is the…
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Three of Ten – Five: Memory
It’s been six weeks since the Khitomer crisis. Naibe and I were retrieved by the Shergold and taken back to Starfleet headquarters in San Francisco for debriefing. The Borg were held off and eventually retreated from the Vega system, albeit at the cost of several hundred Starfleet personnel and starships, the Kicking Horse included. Despite…
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Let’s Do The Time Sink Again!
Right, really, I’m not fucking around this time, I am 100% done with World of Warcraft. I got back into it again after falling into it more as a social game than anything else. Recently though, I can’t play with the other guys in my guild because I’m not level 80 yet, I’m level 74…
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Blurring The Lines
I was rather fascinated to stumble across a BBC news article last week, documenting a report by Manchester University into virtual “gold-farming.” According to their research, a whopping 400,000 people earn on average £77 per month generating and selling in-game currencies. 80% are based in China. I must admit, my first thought was complete mystification. …