Arceus Obtained
on Nov 15, 2009 in DS Nintendo Pokemon entertainment Arceus Pokemon Diamond Pokemon Pearl Pokemon Platinum My daughter and I finally dusted off our Nintendo DSes and made our way down to Toys R Us to download Arceus on the last day of the event. We were alone downloading at the store.  I imagine that those with Pokemon on their mind grabbed theirs last w...

Five Years of EverQuest II
on Nov 13, 2009 in EverQuest II entertainment Anniversary Five years ago I rolled my first character, Nomu Stonemantle, a dwarf priest, in the post-cataclsym world of Norrath that is the setting for EverQuest II. It was my primary game for a good 18 months and I have gone back to visit on a number of occasi...

A Theory of Fishing
on Nov 13, 2009 in EverQuest EverQuest II Humor Lord of the Rings Online MMO Design Warhammer Online World of Warcraft entertainment Fishing A post in which I draw two points and declare there to be a line. Before I start, I just want to point out the humor tag on this post.  Some people will miss that and not read the post in the spirit in which it was written.  It is Friday.  Relax a...

Ragefire Chasm Redux
on Nov 12, 2009 in Instance Group World of Warcraft entertainment Ragefire Chasm We finally reached the point where there were no more holiday events to go after and no more fresh instances to run for the group.  It looked like we might spend a Saturday evening playing our new characters, the ones we rolled up on Lightninghoof,...

Torchlight – Picking the Wrong Vendor
on Nov 11, 2009 in Other PC Games entertainment Direct2Drive Torchlight The weekend has come and gone and Runic released their patch as promised. Unfortunately, it wasn’t just a patch, it was a full re-build of the installer.  You need to uninstall the original version and install this new version. This was all do...

Faults of the New Shaman
on Nov 10, 2009 in World of Warcraft entertainment Shaman Stealth Travel Form Our move over to the horde side of the Lightninghoof PvP-RP server has been progressing slowly. We’re trying new classes and getting used to new home towns. One of the classes I have been playing with is the shaman.  It is a fun class so far a...

24 Slots is a Portable Hole?
on Nov 9, 2009 in Blizzard World of Warcraft entertainment Portable Hole WoW.com has a post up today that says Haris Pilton, vendor of the “Gigantique” bag in Shattrath, will be getting an even bigger bag when WoW patch 3.3 comes out. The new bag, called the Portable Hole, will have 24 slots and will cost 3,00...

Scamville Juxtaposition
on Nov 9, 2009 in A Random Post entertainment Facebook Fake Steve Jobs New York Times Virtual Goods Zynga There is a nice piece up this morning over at The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs where Fake Steve (Dan Lyons) points out (with his usual flair) that while TechCrunch was going after Zynga’s scam ad driven virtual goods business all last week, over...

Arceus at Toys R Us
on Nov 8, 2009 in Pokemon entertainment Arceus Arceus and the Jewel of Life Pokemon Diamond Pokemon HeartGold Pokemon Pearl Pokemon Platinum Pokemon SoulSilver The Arceus download event is finally upon us.  You can bring your copy of Pokemon Diamond, Pearl, or Platinum to download Arceus at Toys R Us stores in the US and Puerto Rico from November 7th through the 15th. Toys R Us does not seem to be pushing...

Torchlight Patch Ready This Weekend
on Nov 6, 2009 in Other PC Games entertainment Torchlight Runic Games has posted on the Torchlight Forums that the first patch is for Torchlight is now ready. This is a full installer so you have to uninstall and re-install the game to do the update. You also must install the version available from the vend...