Category Archives: Gaming

EQ2 – Refer a Friend program

So EQ2 has this pretty cool idea going on – Refer a Friend program/promotion, which means that if you get a friend to sign up and subscribe (not just do the trial), both of you benefit. By linking your game accounts together (for this purpose only, I’m sure), anytime you and your friend(s) are grouped [...]

The PvP Files – Where the Real Gaming Is

One could be forgiven for assuming that the real gaming in MMORPGs goes on inside the virtual worlds created by developers and played by millions of people every day. While it’s true that the endless hours spent logged in to games such as World of Warcraft or Everquest II count as playing the game, it is [...]

The PvP Files – Breaking the Game

How the use of mods and add-ons affect online gaming The use of mods and add-ons is very prevalent in online gaming today, whether or not the game designers permit it.  These programs range from the simple (Teamspeak overlay add-on that allows you to see in game who is speaking) and usable by anyone to [...]

The Lost Stories.

I was poking around on TAO’s website the other day when I came around a link in their Lore forum. Seems like someone went back and gathered a lot of the stories from the old Crossroads of Dereth Stories forum. I was just checking to see if my “Rebirth” stories where there (they are) when [...]

The thrill of the kill

Virtual kill that is, as in online gaming PvP. I worked from home yesterday because of a dentist appointment in the morning. My work commute is too damn long for me to be able to schedule appointments and get downtown in the same day. So I came home instead. And since it was also a [...]