These are my latest links bookmarked on Pinboard
So I’ve got a room reserved at the Trop in AC on Friday May 30th. Any semi-local bloggers that are going to be around that weekend or want to meet up? I’m bringing a buddy of mine along that never has been to a casino before and I’m not looking to necessarily play much poker this trip. Just want to go out and have some fun. So let me know!
Well as you can see from the bookmarks that have been appearing, I am now playing a game called Eve Online. It’s been out for almost 5 years now but unlike most games that are around that long it is still increasing its’ subscriber base. The other neat thing is that all 20-30k people that are logged in at a single time are on the same server cluster. That means that if you know anybody else that plays the game you can meet up with them. No more getting separated from your friends just because you started out on the wrong server.
This game has a pretty hard learning curve, mostly because it is completely open-ended in its’ gameplay. Want to do commerce? Be a pirate hunter? Invent things? You can do any and all of this if you so choose. There is also a very harsh death penalty in that you buy your own spaceships. If it gets blown up then it’s gone and all that hard earned money is down the tubes.
I’m not going to bore you to tears as there is a TON of information out there about this game. Go check out their website yourself and let me know if you end up trying it out. There’s a free 14 day trial so why not?
A touching Christmas story from the World of Warcraft:
One of the funniest ads that I’ve seen targeted to the gaming crowd:
Monday night I have enlisted the aid of my guildmates from Allied Tribal Forces to assist me in doing something that is long overdue. That something is getting my elite mount, the [item]Dreadsteed of Xoroth[/item]. One nice thing about warlocks is that we get discounts on our mounts. In fact, the first one at level 40 comes free! The catch is the quests are fairly elaborate and involved.
So we’ll be heading into scholomance and dire maul to complete two of my final quests for the [item]Dreadsteed of Xoroth[/item] and I’ll finally be able to keep up with people on the ground. Still no flying mount until I hit level 70 :(