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Player made dungeons in Diablo 3

April 23, 2014April 23, 2014 J.A. Laraque 0 Comments city of heroes, diablo 3, Dungeons and Dragons Online, neverwinter, player made content, player made maps

In addition, the maps themselves can rotate so it might be the same storage room, but the layout is different enough that it almost feels new. While this is a nice touch I still feel as if more could have been done. Consider, in previous games not only could you play via LAN, but you could make your own maps. In the original StarCraft people would make some fantastic maps and they were fun to play. Now there is a bad way to implement maps and sadly City of Heroes did so at first.

Blog

City of Heroes: Issue 22

March 6, 2012February 26, 2014 J.A. Laraque 0 Comments city of heroes, CoH, death incarnate, death of statesmen, issue 22, statesmen

As the first major content update since the launch City of Heroes Freedom, Issue 22 begins after the death of the Statesman, Paragon City’s prime defender and protector. In these times of strife, the search is on for the next hero of Paragon City and there’s no telling where or how this hero will emerge. To mark this shift in Paragon City, we’ve unveiled what is possibly the most powerful and exciting trailer in City of Heroes’ history. The trailer for Issue 22: Death Incarnate captures the tension of the times in City of Heroes, and calls out the dire need for one hero to stand above all others.

Editorials

Are we what is wrong with MMO’s?

February 6, 2012March 25, 2014 J.A. Laraque 2 Comments change mmos, city of heroes, CoH, content updates, DAOC, Dark Age of Camelot, EQ, EVE Online, everquest, Everquest 2, free to play, mmo editorial, mmo sucks, Multiplayer Online Games, online games, online gaming, patch notes, Star Wars: The Old Republic, SWTOR, World of Warcraft, wow

So for many when a new MMO is announced, especially if you have not played an MMO in a while and have friends interested in giving it a try. You end up putting more than hopes of a good game on the product. People hope it will rekindle that fire, bring friends back together, improve your life and games by themselves cannot do that. There are documented reports that leaving an MMO can end relationships, friendships and even marriages so it is understandable that people think an MMO might create what it can also destroy.

Editorials

MMO Rewrite

January 29, 2012March 26, 2014 J.A. Laraque 0 Comments change mmos, city of heroes, CoH, content updates, DAOC, Dark Age of Camelot, EQ, EVE Online, everquest, Everquest 2, free to play, mmo editorial, mmo sucks, Multiplayer Online Games, online games, online gaming, patch notes, Star Wars: The Old Republic, SWTOR, World of Warcraft, wow

My prediction, games will get smaller not larger. Remember the, it’s time to slay the dragon commercial for EQ? Sure, it was made fun of, but there was something important there. It was about 5 or 6 friends coming together in a game. I believe that is our future. The large raids and guilds of 200 plus members are over. MMO’s will become games where you can solo and then call a few friends to do larger content.

Editorials

Subscription MMO’s soon to be a thing of the past?

July 5, 2011June 9, 2012 J.A. Laraque 1 Comment Age of Conan, asherons call, Asian mmo’s, blizzard, city of heroes, dc universe online, DCUO, EQ, eq2, everquest, free to play, Guild Wars, J.A. Laraque, Multiplayer Online Games, obsolete gamer, SOE, Sony, Sony Online Entertainment, subscription fees, text based mmos, World of Warcraft, wow

Fast forward to the early days of Everquest, when the decision was made to raise the price of their monthly subscription. The player base revolted saying EQ would be done for if this move was made, but as how addiction works, we continued playing.

Multiplayer Online Games

City of Heroes Freedom

June 23, 2011February 26, 2014 J.A. Laraque 0 Comments city of heroes, city of heroes freedom, DC Universe, free to play, J.A. Laraque, Multiplayer Online Games, NCSoft, obsolete gamer, paragon studios, super hero mmo, vip member

For veterans of the game you can keep your subscription and become a VIP member, which will grant you additional features, services and rewards. People who are new to COH will also be able to choose between the free-to-play game and the subscription service.

Editorials

Cryptic Studio Has Moved On But Have Their Games?: Star Trek Edition

June 18, 2011June 28, 2011 Umar Khan 3 Comments atari, blizzard, city of heroes, City of Villains, CoH, cryptic studios, EQ, eq2, Everquest 2, F2P, free to play, gaming, Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, MMORPG, Multiplayer Online Games, NC Soft, obsolete gamer, obsoletegamer.com, OGamer, online gaming, SOE, Sony, Sony Online Entertainment, Star Trek, Star Trek Online, STO, umar khan, umarkhan, video games, warcraft, World of Warcraft, wow

For those of you waiting for this review after the sudden ending of the previous portion of this two-part article, I apologize. I wasn’t having problems with time or just pure laziness. No, I had problems with how to word my feelings towards Star Trek Online and how best to give an honest review without completely belittling the game. I know, I know. You’re used to that kind of response from me but I decided to be a bit more delicate with how I explain the faults and pluses of STO.

Humor

Things you do in MMOs you wouldn’t do otherwise

December 29, 2010April 15, 2014 J.A. Laraque 2 Comments city of heroes, eb games, everquest, fps, Gamestop, Halo, J.A. Laraque, MMORPG, mmorpg demotivational poster, Multiplayer Online Games, obsolete gamer, pocket d, sex in the city, ventrilo, World of Warcraft

One time I heard a guy talking with his girlfriend for hours about how he can split his time between, work, school, sex and World of Warcraft. I found it funny he didn’t say “girlfriend” or “relationship” instead he said sex.

Company Representatives

Lincoln Davis: NCsoft

November 2, 2010April 6, 2014 J.A. Laraque 1 Comment Aion, city of heroes, Classic Gaming, contra, Gamer Profile, guild wars 2, J.A. Laraque, Lincoln Davis, NCSoft, NES, nintendo entertainment system, obsolete gamer

Contra was the first game I was able to complete without dying once. Super Spreads rocks!

Editorials

City of Heroes: The Best and Worse

October 9, 2010February 26, 2014 J.A. Laraque 1 Comment city of heroes, CoH, J.A. Laraque, Multiplayer Online Games, NCSoft, obsolete gamer, online gaming, super hero

What thrilled me about COH is that even at level 1 most classes could fight more than one mob at a time. The game was designed so you could take on a ton of minions, a few Lt.’s and one Boss or Arch Villain. It made sense to be swarmed by ten plus minions only to take them out easily and then you see the big bad boss in the background

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The End of the Lich King

February 2, 2010February 26, 2014 J.A. Laraque 0 Comments alliance, Arthas, blizzard, bolvar, burning legion, cataclysm, city of heroes, death knight, death of arthas, Frostmourne, game news, gaming news, horde, J.A. Laraque, mmo news, Ner'zhul, northrend, obsolete gamer, red dragon, sargeras, scourge, Talia Rayvyn, The Lich King, uther, World of Warcraft, wow, wow cinematic

World of Warcraft cinematic of the death of the Lich King in World of Warcraft.