By Frank on November 29, 2009
Recently I was fortunate enough to finish Dragon Age: Origins, and I do have to say, it was an interesting experience in many ways. Not to worry – those of you who haven’t played or aren’t finished playing won’t get spoilers to the ending. Today’s most positive note will talk about the journey to get [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged BioWare, dragon age, Gaming
By Frank on November 23, 2009
One thing that I have always enjoyed about Bioware games is that the moral choices that you make in them have lasting impact in the game. Whether it is the state of a planet, the disposition of NPCs, or the way your party members either applaud or oppose what you do, Bioware’s polished their [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged BioWare, dragon age origins, Gaming
By Frank on September 30, 2009
Image via Wikipedia
So it appears that Bioware is further along with their beta plans for Star Wars: The Old Republic after all – because the site now has a testing portal for the TOR beta where you may submit your interest to be a beta tester.
Naturally this is a major announcement and even if beta [...]
Posted in Gaming, Star Wars: The Old Republic | Tagged BioWare, Gaming, Star Wars: The Old Republic
By Frank on September 24, 2009
Image by Rev. Xanatos Satanicos Bombasticos (ClintJCL) via Flickr
Pretty easy to guess, from the really cute picture, who are the players and who are the developers, right? Hint: we’re the ones that can pounce on things and like shinies.
With information a bit sparse on the Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO lately, the community has [...]
Posted in Gaming, Star Wars: The Old Republic | Tagged BioWare, Gaming, Massively multiplayer online game, Star Wars: The Old Republic
By Frank on September 21, 2009
Over at Darth Hater you can check out my latest post about recent issues players on the SW:TOR forums have been having about Bioware’s updates. Are players in the right when they are saying that they deserve more about the nitty-gritty details, or is it too soon to tell? Check it out below:
http://darthhater.com/2009/09/20/a-disturbance-in-the-update-force/
Posted in Gaming, Other Blogs I Write For, Star Wars: The Old Republic | Tagged BioWare, Gaming, Massively multiplayer online game, other blogs, Star Wars: The Old Republic
By Frank on September 15, 2009
Cover of The Usual Suspects (Special Editon)
Various blogs around the Net are referring to a new interview posted by GamesReactor for GamesCom in which Rich Vogel of Bioware “confirms” the existence of battlegrounds and other things in Star Wars: The Old Republic. I use the air quotes because if there’s anything I’ve learned over the [...]
Posted in Gaming, Star Wars: The Old Republic | Tagged BioWare, Massively multiplayer online game, Star Wars: The Old Republic
By Frank on September 12, 2009
Image via Wikipedia
Normally when it comes to MMOs, the backstory and lore is more of, well, background noise that it is something that comes to the forefront in terms of marketing for the game. The story behind why there is a conflict between factions, or why a certain race or character class motivated in a [...]
Posted in Gaming, Star Wars: The Old Republic | Tagged BioWare, Gaming, Star Wars: The Old Republic
By Frank on September 10, 2009
Image via Wikipedia
With a few small details leaking out of the various Q&A’s and videos from PAX, Star Wars: The Old Republic has had quite a bit more to speculate about lately, which is a good thing for bloggers like me who need fodder to opine about. Perhaps one of the more curious things to [...]
Posted in Gaming, Star Wars: The Old Republic | Tagged BioWare, Gaming, Massively multiplayer online game, Star Wars: The Old Republic
By Frank on September 7, 2009
Image by ragemckage via Flickr
If you haven’t checked out the transcription I created of Darth Hater’s Day 1 Q&A at PAX with Bioware for Star Wars: The Old Republic, I’d suggest you do so – it’s a long, but good read.
One thing I wanted to point out in that text was almost halfway in, where [...]
Posted in Gaming, Star Wars: The Old Republic | Tagged BioWare, games, Massively multiplayer online game, Star Wars: The Old Republic
By Frank on August 30, 2009
Image via Wikipedia
Those of you who’ve been following the latest about Star Wars: The Old Republic are well aware that last Friday was the official reveal of the Sith Warrior – the brutal, aggressive, ass-kicking lightsaber wielder with a penchant for violence. The 20 minute gameplay video saw plenty of the Sith Warrior in action, [...]
Posted in Gaming, Star Wars: The Old Republic | Tagged BioWare, Massively multiplayer online game, Star Wars: The Old Republic
Subscribe for Optimism!