Random Video Game Related Ranting http://www.tiluvar.com http://www.tiluvar.com/index.php?bid=46 I can't help but continue to be impressed by what I read about Guild Wars 2. http://www.tiluvar.com/index.php?bid=45 I'm in a sort of video game limbo. Since I'll be leaving for a few months, in less than a month, it feels pointless to be working on (working on seemed more appropriate than playing) an MMO or trying to climb any of the various FPS/RTS/Fighting Game ladders that are around. http://www.tiluvar.com/index.php?bid=44 For a while there I was worried I would miss the chance again this year. http://www.tiluvar.com/index.php?bid=43 I haven't posted much lately, summer is here (mostly) which means I make my yearly effort to be outside more often than inside. http://www.tiluvar.com/index.php?bid=42 Looks like it's going to be a busy few weeks. Dragon Age Origins: Awakening, God of War III, and most importantly (at least for today) Final Fantasy XIII. http://www.tiluvar.com/index.php?bid=41 The terms casual and hardcore get thrown around a lot when both insulting and promoting different play styles. To the hardcore crowd the word casual is nothing short of an insult. Calling someone a casual gamer throws their dedication and skill into question, while for the casual crowd calling someone hardcore is implying that they have no life and no social skills. http://www.tiluvar.com/index.php?bid=40 These days you cannot log in to any MMO without being spammed in one way or another with offers to sell you gold for real world cash. It is now considered common place in massively multiplayer games, but it wasn’t always that way. http://www.tiluvar.com/index.php?bid=39 There are two reigning schools of thought in MMO design. We have the more common amusement park style of game, and the long sought after – but notoriously hard to successfully implement sandbox style MMO. http://www.tiluvar.com/index.php?bid=38 http://www.tiluvar.com/index.php?bid=37