By Frank on August 31, 2008
As some of us are (hopefully) taking the long weekend here in the US for Labor Day to have a nice little barbeque and spend some time with family and friends, I thought this was an appropriate time to talk a little more about that wonderful thing that happens when it comes to highly-anticipated MMOs [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged beta, mythic, Warhammer Online
By Frank on August 30, 2008
So to have many of the technology and internet addicts quaking in their torrent-laden boots, Comcast, one of the biggest cable and internet service providers out there, has decided to announce and implement publically their 250GB/month cap for data transfer for all its customers, starting October 1st. The people exceeding this limit will be told, [...]
Posted in Internet | Tagged Internet
By Frank on August 28, 2008
Today, we’re going to go a little bit off the beaten path of awesome positive geek topics – but don’t worry – I’ll try to bring it all back in, in the end. I promise.
Chicago professional media – you know, the folks who actually do this writing thing for a living (can you imagine me [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Internet
By Frank on August 27, 2008
Now I know that there are some real inspiring posts on here because I’m all about showing people the “bright side”, but believe or not, there are actually people who have an even sunnier outlook than I do on things. It seems hard to believe, considering I’m all roses and teddy bears all day long, [...]
Posted in Gaming, Internet, Uncategorized, Warhammer Online | Tagged Fantastic Forums, Gaming, Warhammer Online
By Frank on August 26, 2008
In the vast world of Internet forums, there are many different ways to run them. They can be as nice as a flower blooming in the morning dew or as mean as Simon Cowell on 1 hour of sleep. But no matter how they are run, there are consistents, and one of them is the [...]
Posted in Internet | Tagged Fantastic Forums
By Frank on August 25, 2008
If there’s anything that geeks have had to suffer through on a consistent basis, it probably is ridicule. Whether it’s about being too un-athletic to play sports, or being buried in their little gadgets to the point of being stuffed inside a locker, the geeks have sometimes never had it easy in the formative years. [...]
Posted in Social Geekery | Tagged heroes, social geekery, TV and Movies
By Frank on August 24, 2008
So after Warhammer Online’s Preview Weekend no doubt there are many reviews and impressions regarding what people think of the MMO genre’s upcoming entry. I’ve seen so many awesome and incredible thoughts about the game, based on these last few days that I just had to summarize and aggregate them into one page for easy [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged beta, Gaming, Warhammer Online
By Frank on August 23, 2008
So I know that I make a lot of comments about all us geeks being shut-ins who like to hug their keyboard more than they would another human being. Not that there’s anything wrong with that – I mean, if you want to have a lovely anti-social lifetime behind a computer screen where you can [...]
Posted in Social Geekery | Tagged social geekery
By Frank on August 22, 2008
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Posted in Gaming, Social Geekery | Tagged Warhammer Online
By Frank on August 21, 2008
And so, because cheap link posts are always not beyond this particular blog, here’s some blog posts from the first couple days of Warhammer Online’s post-NDA madness. Enjoy!
Archmagery:
http://archmagery.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/archmagery-vs-the-nda-round-1/
http://archmagery.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/answers-to-wizards-and-wenches-questions/
http://archmagery.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/zomg-exclusive-video/
Book of Grudges:
http://bookofgrudges.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/what-we-did-in-closed-beta-and-chickens/
http://bookofgrudges.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/hints-and-tips-for-new-beta-testers/
http://bookofgrudges.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/review-of-warhammer-online-beta/
Keen and Graev’s Gaming Blog:
http://www.keenandgraev.com/?p=1334
The Order of Destruction:
http://theorderofdestruction.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/my-first-impressions/
Multi-blog:
http://waaagh.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/chaoscast-5-nda-drop-your-sword/
Overly Positive:
http://overlypositive.com/2008/08/19/an-op-review-of-a-half-baked-war/
The Greenskin:
http://thegreenskin.com/2008/08/19/my-post-nda-writeup-of-warhammer-online/
http://thegreenskin.com/2008/08/19/greenskins-in-beta-my-impressions/
http://thegreenskin.com/2008/08/19/beta-impressions-part-2-specific-positives-and-negatives/
http://thegreenskin.com/2008/08/19/character-customization-and-tier-4-armour-set-videos/
Waaagh:
http://waaagh.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/nda-news-dialogue-action/
http://waaagh.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/the-whys-of-nda/
http://waaagh.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/a-canticle-for-spinks/
http://waaagh.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/first-impressions-engineer/
http://waaagh.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/post-nda-day-two-the-empire-strikes-back/
Warhammer Gamers:
http://www.warhammergamers.com/shaman-beta-impressions/
Posted in Gaming | Tagged Gaming, Warhammer Online
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