Jurassic Hour #28: The Old Republic

Feb 17

Jurassic Hour #28: The Old Republic

Today, we’re devoting a whole episode to STAR WARS: THE OLD REPUBLIC. In case you’ve buried your head in the sand for the last six years, it’s an MMORPG from BioWare / EA / LucasArts. It’s been in development since 2006 and only came out in the last few months. And it’s kind really amazing. In the first part of the episode, we interview...

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Drama! Big Egos! Guild Rejection and Other MMO Woes

Jul 08

Before I get to the meat of this truly selfish, rant-tastic post, let me start by reminding readers that the upcoming MMORPG FINAL FANTASY XIV is coming upon us very, very soon. The open beta is about to be rolled out. And its retail release date has been set for September 2010. However, despite the optimistic outlook from the Square Enix team during E3 2009, there...

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Weenisday? Update

Oct 28

And lo, the 4th week of the 10th month would be the Week Of Gamegnathus.  Ye verily. Gunnar has got me hooked on a bunch of good stuff this week — you’ll probably see some overlap, but I go first and am better by any empirical standard, so read this post. That will free up your Friday to run out and buy whatever Halloween costume is left at your local thrift...

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The Gameodactyl at E3: Part 2 of 2

Jun 11

Alright, I’ve had plenty of time to rest and recuperate. Time to get some things off my chest. First of all, E3 this year was a decent size. It wasn’t overblown, open-to-everyone-and-their-mom, aisles-crowded-with-breasts-for-hire like in 2005. It also wasn’t the meet-in-airport-hangars-and-hotel-lobbies fiasco of 2007. As I believe I said in the...

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On tap this weekend: MadWorld, RE5, Halo Wars

Mar 12

What’s up, nobody at all? I’ll be in court all day Friday, and Friday night is set aside for Russell Brand’s Comedy Central special and the first third of the BATTLESTAR GALACTICA finale. But I’ve carved out a good chunk of Saturday for a pretty substantial gaming blitz, which means playing and posting impressions of MADWORLD, RESIDENT EVIL 5...

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