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A Re-return to Talk Tyria

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Did you see what I did? B…because the last article I wrote for Talk Tyria was almost 4 months ago, and I just put up a new one for them today, which is titled ‘A Re-return to Guild Wars’! Get it? Well, I guess I never really left TT, but 4 months without an article from my lovable self is a crime! In fact, if you click this super-cool link you’ll see what I’m talking about! What’s it about? Well, to make a long story not too long, I thought I was done with Guild Wars until Guild Wars 2, but that was just me lying to myself as I somehow found my way back to playing the game I love to hate on. You’ll just have to visit the link to figure out what I’m rambling on about.

You should click on the link above, really.

Stay lazy, Tyrians.

Free-2-Play Goes F2P Which Is Now Free To Play

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Free-2-play-ception?

Yesterday, it was announced that Age of Conan, the fantasy MMO that takes place in the world where Crom can go to hell because he can’t grant simple revenge, is now free-to-play. As always with testing the waters of the F2P market, some items and features are available to “Premium” members only, but the meat of the game is all there, ready to be enjoyed.

Oh, and I guess World of Warcraft took a dip as well. Only it’s an unlimited trial, of sorts. Rather, a trial with no time restriction. So, you can have any number of characters, but with the normal trial restrictions in place, such as the level cap of 20 and the inability to send in-game tells. A little more limiting than I would like to see in a F2P-title, but this is the MMO-cocaine that’s made Blizzard nice and comfy atop their pile of money.

Oh…wait, City of Heroes too? Okay, so it seems every MMO developer wants a delicious piece of that “Freemium-esque Pie” and why shouldn’t they? ArenaNet proved that you don’t need a monthly fee to be successful and Turbine furthered that thinking when D&D went F2P. Is this the direction MMOs are going? Is this a good or bad thing? Continue reading →

It’s Friday!

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No, it’s not Friday, it’s just a normal, Thank-God-It’s-Friday-and-Almost-The-Weekend Friday. So, what’s been going on? Stuff! Can you imagine that? I bet you couldn’t. So, let’s talk about this ‘stuff’.

Well, first off, I’m working semi-working on some projects in-between assignments for college and other things, like websites. Two in particular, are new and still need some tender loving. First we have a livestream capture of my adventures through Rift’s world of Telara. Why? Because I can, and I can look back on it later and sigh at how noobish I was when leveling my mage. Nothing too special about it, but I’ll ramble while playing it sometimes, and me rambling is always good fun, so check it out.

The other project is for my more imaginative side. It’s no secret I love me some Minecraft, but when playing one evening, I had an urge to do some self-reflecting while I ran away screaming like a girl from a creeper. In short, I decided I would look more into this self-reflection and write about the strange world of Minecraft. It’s a tale of isolation and self-discovery and some other really important character-developing things. You can check out how it’s progressing over here.

Now that those have been talked about briefly, let us talk about what’s going on this weekend! More importantly, this Saturday. This Saturday, the Gaming World Entertainment Network (GW-EN) is hosting a Guild Wars in-game event called the ‘Toga Party for MS’. It’s a charity event being held to raise awareness of multiple sclerosis and gather up donations for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada. There are even a bunch of awesome, geeky prizes. Like Star Wars toys action figures, and some comics! You’ll have to head over to the main Toga Party page for more info. And if you play Guild Wars, stop by Chahbek Village International Districts for in-game fun.

Stay lazy, my friends.