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Seven Bruises of STO Beta
This past weekend I gave a few more hours of time to playing the Star Trek Online open beta. While I have enjoyed some parts of the game, there is an uncanny valley between the game Cryptic is offering and the Trek game I would love. Anyhow, there are a few things I encountered over…
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Gaming SitRep
The Situation Returning to limited play time that comes with work was a bit jarring. Over the holidays I could slip off almost anytime and sneak some play time in, while being at work for 10-12 hours a day limits that dramatically. I have settled back into a good routine and am wonderfully grateful for…
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EQ2 “ugly” and “good”
After three weeks of playing I have found several items that have struck me as much better than my previous impressions led me to believe. Though before I start that list I wanted to re-iterate the three items I feel EQ2 is most ‘hurt’ by. These items are subjective, of course but I wanted to…
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My look back at 2009
I thought a lot this week about my 2009 games of the year, as I saw gaming sites all over the internet posting their lists in various different formats. I was going to skip the whole thing, because I did not want to be a “me too” poster. Then I took a pause today and…
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Back into the Everquest 2 Breach
Yes it is true I am playing Everquest 2 once more. It all started a couple of weeks ago my wife and I chatted once again about playing an MMO together. I thought for a bit about trying Everquest 2 with her, and when I looked at my account status I discovered Sony had reactivated…
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No casual play for me
I wanted to spend a few hours a week with my wife playing together in an MMO; I wanted to experience the game together, encountering and overcoming challenges together. We were talking about trying several different games including WoW. Then I realized something; I can not casually play World of Warcraft, at least not on…
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Gaming life and burnout
World of Warcraft Burnout. My gaming life has been shaken up a bit lately. Fist I was starting to feel some serious WoW burnout right when Champions Online arrived.  Then I started a new job, and my gaming time went from anytime (for as long as I wanted), to only a few hours when…
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Alyxa “Patience” Marks, Champion
I have little back stories for almost all of my MMO characters rattling around in my head. This time I thought I would take a quick bit of time and record a rough idea I have for my first Champions Online (retail) character. Captain Alyxa Marks, code named Patience for named for he ability to…