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FFXIV-ARR Beta 3: Thoughts Part 2
With my baggage from 1.0 and my warnings both out of the way, I can start in on the reasons why last weekend’s beta for Final Fantasy XIV – A Realm Reborn captured my attention. Sites and Sounds To me this game looks and sounds utterly amazing. I think a lot of games look […]
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FFXIV-ARR Beta 3: Thoughts Part 1 (Warnings)
Now that I got my background baggage post out of the way it is time for a few warnings about this game. Subscription Based First, and this is BIG and I’m only going to say it once: This game is currently planned to operate under a subscription model. I’m probably in the minority, but I […]
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Approaching the FFXIV-ARR Beta 3
I spent a bunch of time over my 4th of July holiday weekend playing the Final Fantasy – A Realm Reborn phase 3 beta. Wow that is a mouthful. Though before I make my traditional post of thoughts I felt my experience with this game deserved a bit of background. I played maybe ten […]
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Games of 2011
Today while driving home listening to a gaming podcast talk about their top games of 2011, made me realize I had not yet put together my own list. My top games released 2011 (that I played) in alphabetical order: Batman Arkham City Dead Island DeusEx Human Revolution Infamous 2 LA Noir Mortal Kombat Portal 2 Rift Saints […]
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SWTOR: My First Three Weeks
Since retail pre-launch, I’ve put quite a lot of time (imo) into SWTOR. Trooper – 50 hours consular – 60 Hours Smuggler – 32 hours Knight – 26 hours Oh gosh that’s 168 hours or 7 days! And after doing so it was time to transcribe my thoughts from the scraps of notepaper at my desk […]
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A short visit in the Old Republic.
After playing Star Wars: The Old Republic for more hours than I expected, I figured I needed to collect my thoughts for the sake of my MMO history. As usual since I’m not much of a narrative writer, my thoughts will be in simple lists. What I played: Jedi Knight to level 10 Jedi Consular […]
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My Deus Ex Revolution
Last night (actually it was very early this morning) I finished Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and overall I thought it was a lot of fun. Three things that stood out after a night’s rest: 1. The music The music is FANTASTIC. Seriously the soundtrack from the opening logos to the very end cinematic are […]