The Cold, Blustery City

Just wanted to inform everyone that I had returned from the Big City. I'll post pictures and tell edited, PG rated stories of my adventures in New York later. Let me say that I walked more in New York than I have ever walked before, and I've drunk around the World at Epcot before. lol

I'm safely home now and just wanted to stop by and say hello.

To end this posting on a gaming note, Chrono Trigger for the DS is a pretty awesome game. I've had it for a month now with out playing, but since Final Fantasy III was getting pretty repetitive, I decided to try something different. So far, so great! It's everything a Final Fantasy game should be, but way better. You can actually avoid mobs on the screen rather than just running around waiting for them to pop up. This is very helpful when your trying to find a save spot for your game as your plane starts its boarding process.

As I adventure more into the game I'll give a better review, since I've only scratched the surface.

I'll post more later, I'm actually late for work now. lol

The Big Apple

It's 4am here in North Carolina and I'm off to the airport to catch my ride to New York. Yep, New York City. I'm hoping this is my last trip away for a while.

I'll update you guys when I get back.

The Point

Was World of Warcraft a good thing for the MMO industry or a bad thing?

Sure, we can talk all day how it's been a great boon for Blizzard and the millions of people playing the game, but as a whole did having such a successful MMO create competition or did it create a game that all other MMO's are compared too?

Just thought I would ask.

THE LEAGUE

Recently, I decided to broaden my podcast listening habits and decided to try out Limited Edition a member of the Virgin Worlds Podcast Collective. The front the description on Itunes the hosts, "Matt, John and Stephen, immerse themselves in everything comic-book releasted and generally indulge their inner geek". This is pretty evident by the most recent podcast where they are interviewing Kyle Higgins. Kyle recently put together a small student film, The League, which I must say is pretty fantastic and will wet anyones appetite for all things "The Watchmen". If only more comic book movies where this great.

Give it a Look:


The League from Kyle Higgins on Vimeo.

Whether your a serious comic book geek or just a novice like me, I would recommend listening to Limited Edition. I've only listened to the first show, but it had me hooked at the beginning and if they continue to have interesting guests like Kyle Higgins, then its a must listen.

The Death Rattle!

So, Circuit City was unable to find a buyer and is now in the process of liquidating all of it's current stores inventory in the hopes that stock holders can recoup some of the lost revenue. All that is very very horrible, so I decided that while Circuit City was in the throws of it's final gasps of air, I would rape and pillage what I could, as all good gamers should do when a large electronic store goes under. (Notice I am not laughing.)

So, here is what I ended up getting on the last day of sale.

Vanguard:Saga of Heroes - $1.00
Team Fortress 2 - $1.00
Civ. Colonization - $1.00
Unreal Tournament 3 - $1.00
3 x Warhammer online Game card - $1.00 Each = $3.00

My total cost for all of it was just over $7.00. Did I get a good deal? I'm still not completely sure. lol They had a game card for AoC, but I figured, why install that dog for just a 60 days? Even at $1.00 the cost was still too high in my opinion.

The interesting thing is that when I arrived at the store all the computer software was listed as $3.00 each. So I figured, I'd grab a few items, and leave. Then the lady standing next to the rack of software proceeded to get on the intercom and announce that all computer software was 1 dollar. Well, I just couldn't leave until I had picked that rack over like a buzzard on road kill. So I grabbed up all the WAR game cards I could get, since I currently don't have a subscription I figured at least when they fixed all the bugs and added all the free content in the next few months, I can get back in for 180 days for just $3.00 and if it looks promising, I'll re-up after they expire.

I've always wanted to try Vanguard and at $1.00 for 30 days of free play, I figured what the hell. I already own the Orange box, but I figured I would pick up TF2 for my Dad, he likes the occasional shooter, and again, at these prices, why not?

So, if your near a Circuit City, I would hop on down as soon as you can, because you too, can pick up some great deals before they pull the plug.

This is just Wrong!

And that sums up the Wii.

The Addiction is back!

Well, I've spent the last couple of days diving back into the addiction often referred to as WoW. As noted previously, I've been away from keyboard for a few weeks and I was finally able to make it to group night. Group night is a standing invitation with some old home town friends to get together, do some questing, gank some horde, hang out and relax.

Well, I was able to make it this past Wednesday, but sadly my poor Paladin, Oakley was a little under leveled. So we spent most of the evening trying to level him from 56 to 58 so I would be able to join the other group members in Outland's, where the xp and gear are vast improvements over what I've been working with. We managed to get me to 57 and a little bit into the level before everyone got tired, except for me. lol

I decided to keep on questing and managed to ding 58 before 1am. So now all I had to do was wait till next Wednesday, and I would be able to travel with the rest of the group to Outlands. Well, that wasn't enough, so Friday when I was back online, I managed to get my Pally leveled to 59 without ever making it to the Outlands. lol

I then made my way to the Blasted Lands then through the Portal and into the first expansion. The gear you get for questing is pretty outrageous stuff, and lucky for me, most of the plate armor is geared for Paladin's. I know this because when leveling up my warrior I had to turn away a lot of good gear because it was pally specific. I mean, what warrior would be caught with intellect gear. lol

The questing can be a bit hazardous especially on a PvP server, but I managed to get a lot done before a Death Knight decided I was too tasty to leave alone and kept trying to kill me. One thing I can say about Retribution Paladins, we can dish out some good damage and on a good day, we can hold our own against just about any class out there, except, sadly, the over powered Death Knights. So, I decided to pack it in for the night, that was Friday. I had made a good bit of progress, made the trek to Honor Hold and was happy.

Course, since I mention that my addiction is rearing its ugly head, I decided to put in a full night of questing Saturday. Course this was after exchanging Valentine's cards and seeing that wonderful Coraline movie with the sweetie. Long story short, I got my Pally to 60. WOOT Course some of that was due to help from my friend's who happen to be on trying to level up their Death knights. lol Anyway, Saturday's fun extended to an all day session on Sunday where I managed to get another level in, and started working on my own Death Knight, Paynel, which I leveled up to 58. I have to say the Death Knight's are very over powered. I'm taking ass and kicking names, or some semblance of that. I've managed to move him to the Outland's and I'm ready to start leveling him on up. Course, I'll be one of millions, but hey, he will be mine, oh yes, he will be. lol

Anyway, I'm back. I have really missed WoW. The game is a lot of fun. It's good to be back and questing with friends again.