Have you ever just had one of those days, weeks, or months?  You know, the times where you just simply can’t get inspired to game in any form.  Perhaps it’s due to an over active mind or ADD kicking in, but I’m in one of those funks.  I just can’t seem to get inspired to play any game.

The last time I think I actually played a role playing game was probably over a month ago.  Playing a game that is set in the current day, where the players are actually playing alternative versions of themselves.  It’s quite fun, but sadly getting the Thursday night crew together of late has been difficult, and sadly I am often one of those who just can’t seem to get my schedule open to make it…and I’m running the game.  It’s been probably over 6 months since we played any DnD 4.0 (because honestly I think the game kind of sucks now…just too generic, too video gamish, too not DnDish).  Maybe it’s time to be an old beardy and go back to playing 3.5 again.

Video games, well Age of Conan is fun, but sadly of the usual nightly MMO krew, only two of us are consistent in any sort of way.  Dr. Jones is, well distracted and always tired (yeah he sucks).  Mr. O is busy (he also sucks) with his business, and we all miss gaming with him, but he needs to feed his family.  Leaving only me and Prof. Venatus as consistent players Read the rest of this entry

One thing that E3 is known for is being the venue that many game companies announce and premier their upcoming titles.  This year is no different.  With all of the announcements of 3D gaming from Sony and Nintendo, many exciting potential game releases have been lost in the news.  One of the big titles, in my opinion, that has been somewhat down played is the announcement/premier of THQ’s Warhammer 40,000, Dark Millennium MMO.  Set in the EPIC Warhammer 40k universe (Games Workshop’s Cash Cow Universe) this is the game that many MMO gamers were clamoring for when they announced Warhammer Online a few years back.  Well 40k fan’s your wish is in production! Read the rest of this entry

If you should ever venture forth into the gaming genre known as MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) let this article be a guide to how to deal with the characters you will encounter there.  When you play an online game, you take the role of a character.  You will most likely be given a variety of choices, class, sex, race, etc.

This article is only here to cover one choice…sex.  You will be given the chance to chose whether you will play a male character or a female character.  Let it be a forewarning that most of the female characters you will encounter are played by men/boys/males (I have seen reported statistics as high as 90%, although I would honestly guess that it is probably closer to 65-70%)

So if you don’t play these games, you might be wondering to yourself, why?

Well it’s pretty simple.  In the early days of online gaming Read the rest of this entry