Leveling up with NASA’s Mars Lander
This Sunday, humanity takes one step closer to putting a person on a planet other than Earth. At 10:31pm PDT on Sunday, August 5th, the Mars Rover, Curiosity, will land on the red planet. That is, as long as it …
Author: Rambling Redshirt
SWTOR Announces Plans to go Free-to-Play
By now, I'm sure you've heard that SWTOR is going free-to-play. In my mind, this is a step in the right direction. The other part of the announcement is what I find encouraging… Over the coming months there will be …
Two cool items for Monday July 29th, 2012
Looking at my inbox this morning, I saw 2 items that I wanted to share. The first relates to The Secret World, the other item relates to The Hobbit. One month after launch, Funcom is throwing a party for The …
Newbies still Blogging and Juggling MMOs
I decided to take a look at some of the blogs on my NBI Newbie and Sponsor lists last night and while I didn't get through more than a couple dozen, I found a couple of trends that I found …
Unleashed, The Secret World Is
Less than a month into it's live gameplay, The Secret World has announced it's first set of new content. Issue #1, “Unleashed” is set to be released at the end of the month with a bunch of updates: New missions …
SDCC – Preview Night
The plan for Preview night was to get the lay of the land. The trolley trip to the convention center went smoothly and all that stood between me and Comic-Con 2012 was the badge line which… …did not materialize – …
I Would Participate in the Beta
Goldenstar over at A Casual Stroll to Mordor asks the question “Would You Join the Beta?” in her weekly poll, and I emphatically answered – YES! I've had great experiences in betas and on playtest servers in the past (StarFleet …
SDCC – Day 1 – Fortnite panel
What do you get when you cross the building and exploration of Minecraft with the co-op and survival play of Left for Dead? Fortnite – a new game from Epic Games due out in 2013. From what was shown at …
Gaming by the Hour – week ending 7/1/2012
This was another slow week for gaming, but marked the beginning of two big events in my gaming life. The first event was the early access for The Secret World. While I was excited to get to into the game …
2 Exciting New Happenings in Eve
Just as I mentioned that things in Eve were a bit slow, the wheel turns and things get interesting again. The Goons have an uncanny ability to fill a void whenever one presents itself, and when there is little happening, …