Year: 2009

  • Weekend Roundup

    There were a few big things that caught my attention this weekend. Champions part 4 There have been some significant changes in Champion Online over the course of the last four days. First it appears that they fixed the teleport Travel Power bug, which makes it usable. Yay. Second there have been many quest bugs […]

  • Champions Online Open Beta Part 3

    Day 3 Again with Costumes I started day three of the open beta with an attempt at recreating another one of my City of Heroes characters. It was… interesting. I find in many ways the Champions Costume editor to offer a broader variety of piece types, while at the same time feeling as though it […]

  • Champions Online Open Beta Part 2

    Day 2 Continued: Costumes The champions character / costume creator has a lot of options, but it also has some quirks I just don’t understand. For example I select Robotic with both arms as my overall chest type, then under chest and arms I have several “material” options; cloth tight, leather tight, metal tight, and […]

  • Champions Online Open Beta Part 1

    Day 1 A patching nightmare. While I want to take Cryptic’s response at face value, I know how much spin happens in the industry; particularly when something bad happens.  The good news it happened in the beta, and they have a couple of weeks to try and fix it. Yes the latest installer from […]

  • The Powerhouse

    I think all MMO players should at least try Champions Online to at least experience the Powerhouse. This is something which I feel any game that requires players to pick talents, abilities, skills, or what not should have something similar to. As with most MMOs as you gain levels you gain abilities and other improvements, […]

  • Some thoughts on a beta I can’t mention

    Champions Online Oops, I did mention it though I only do so because I waited until after the NDA dropped to publish this. Some notes: This is not a review or even a preview. It is simply practically a stream of consciousness list of my thoughts as I took a look at the game. The […]

  • Yo Joe?

    I did see GI Joe, and I enjoyed it. Yes there was some bad CG. Yes the plot had insane holes. Yes there was several times where things simply did not make any sense. So how could I, particularly after complaining so much about Transformers 2, enjoy GI Joe?

  • Second Skin

    I starting watching the documentary “second skin”, and about 20 minutes in I started making comments to my screen. After a bit I decided that instead of watching the whole thing and then writing something up I would just write things down as I watch.   These comments are pretty much unedited and written […]