The stuffed Yammob

Postcards from Eberron

2012-01-29T16:51:00.002+01:00

Just a quick post with some screenies I took in DDO over the last week.I particularly liked the subterranean Bugbear / Kobold village.Well, except for the residents trying to kill me every step of the way. DDO's moved from just Dungeons to several outdoor areas as well now. Like rooftop chases and Farmlands, but overall the game stays true to its name :-)

Postcard from a weekend in Telera

2012-01-25T23:50:00.002+01:00

I like Trion, they've come across as listeners and responders, they've been great at updating and working on the game since release, it was also a smooth one: Trion done good IMHO.So when I got offered a free weekend in Teleria I took that in to account, there was new content to explore, had some time on my hands and after the dissapointments of SW:TOR I just wanted to play an MMO and have some

What is missing?

2012-01-18T16:11:00.005+01:00

So I have given up on SWTOR for now. And in stead I have had fun the last two days playing a completely desolated City of Heroes and Bastion. But games are fun. But here I am sitting at work and there is nothing game related I can or should do. Nothing to research, nothing to read or comment. I am actually forced to do just my work.My mind wondered off a bit, and I realized that that is one of

Yet Another SW:TOR review

2012-01-16T15:51:00.003+01:00

I couldn't resist stealing the title :) It is not much of a review. More ramblings from my head.The game is up and about for a month now, and that should be enough time for me to know whether I like it or not. It has it good bits and bad bits. As a game I like it, as an MMO it is rather uninteresting. I wish it was a single player game, without a subscription. I pick up nearly any quest I can

Skyrim review: No time

2011-11-26T12:14:00.005+01:00

Geeky asked me if I could review Skyrim for here...I can, I will...Just not now, too busy playing the game still :-)It's very, very good. Imagine Age of Conan without Conan, annoying community, grinding but with the whole world one overland map :-)Here's a slideshow of some screenshots I've made:The stills don't do the lush countryside justice though.Yes the Interface is awful. It's bad enough to

Isn't it Ironic?

2011-11-01T12:12:00.004+01:00

That just a week after I pick up my old habit of sharing items I read through Google Reader, Google launches a new an improved (read: stripped of whatever lay-out embellishments it used to have and replace everything with road-sign style buttons) version of Reader which is better integrated with the newfangled Google+ (which as far as I can tell is Google's 5th attempt at doing social network

Dragon Age: Redemption

2011-10-26T16:52:00.004+02:00

Bioware is already blurring the lines between video games and movies. I have just (finally) finished Mass Effect this weekend. Not only is almost half the time spend on listening and watching cut scenes and dialogues. But most of the characters in the game have crossed the uncanny valley in my view. I am really looking forward to see how they manage to even improve on that in ME2, and ME3. And as

How does this go again?

2011-10-15T19:32:00.013+02:00

A multifunctional title there :-)First of all it's such a long time that I posted something here, I'm having some trouble with some controls.The same is also true for playing Fallen Earth. Such a simple chore as mining a copper node (Left) took some doing at first. I also haven't recalled yet how to make screenies in this game without telltale UI elements, so you'll have to put up with those for

Vindictus Europealis

2011-10-12T13:20:00.005+02:00

More than a year ago fracturedInfinity told us about Vindictus. He described it as 'It's kind of interesting'. I think he had a good time playing it for a while. But for some reason the rest of us were not allowed to play it. And for even more obscure reasons the European website for Vindictus was a static image with the text 'coming soon', and a facebook page that was just as dead (except for

100

2011-09-11T16:56:00.007+02:00

Our lovely blog is dead. Maybe we should rename it to Yadmmob. It seems it is not just our blog that died. The entire blogosphere is suffering. No great discussions, adventures, insights, or developments. Could it be the MMO as a genre completely is coming to an end? Perhaps it is. But personally I am as active in my all time favourite MMO as I have ever been. I am daily popping in, doing

drool

2011-07-01T16:16:00.005+02:00

Click here for the video hosted at mmorpg.com.If the in-game environments are really as good looking as in the video, and I can roam around freely as that than I am sold. Well, I was sold already. But this video is making me hunger for the release. And after that they will hopefully finally finish the AO engine update.

TSW - GDC Developer Walkthrough

2011-06-13T23:59:00.004+02:00

Poor quality video/audio, recorded by a hand held camera rather than direct to drive. Not a lot revealed we didn't already know but some good eye candy (check the beach scenes). One thing is for sure - developers don't always make the best presenters.'Dynamic' is the buzzword of 2011 :)Here's a few new screens too.

From fantasy to a fantasy/steampunk hybrid, GW2- the shock of the new.

2011-05-21T15:44:00.008+02:00

Guild wars in a lot of ways was a traditional fantasy MMO, as the game progressed and further chapters released the use of technology remained consistent, with the exception of a few anomalies (the giant robotic boss in Sorrows Furnace), the dwarves had their gunpowder while all else relied on the edge of their blade and/or their magic. It was only with the introduction of the Asura in 'Eye of

Henry Hawthorne

2011-03-16T13:16:00.004+01:00

New Website

2011-03-11T14:40:00.004+01:00

The good folks at FunCom have been busy. Not only with moving from Oslo to Montreal, but apparently also with making a new video, website, characters, and other assorted info. The doomsday clock at darkdaysarecoming.com is no longer there. I am not really sure what means though. I liked the somewhat cryptic, but otherwise cheesy counter. Instead we can now visit www.thesecretworld.com. I still

Random Rift Questions

2011-02-28T12:07:00.002+01:00

The last post had enough comments so I thought it was time for a new post. A rather boring post since in all excitement I have forgotten to make any screenshots. So it will just be text.Yesterday (and this morning) I didn't get to play too much. In fact the only thing I managed to do is entering Meridian and trying to figure out what is what in this rather large compound. After going round three

Bored of beta shots yet?

2011-02-21T21:07:00.005+01:00

Scarlet GorgeWarm ups for riftingSomewhere up there be a dungeonJust before a spider pwned usWater RiftDeath RiftLife RiftMy what a big gun you have...Moonshade Highlands, this place has environmental changes every ten minutes it seems, it's bright, then it's cloudy, then it's foggy. This is a brighter moment.Abandoned tents in Scarwood ReachSums up how Stonefield felt to meGeorge got a little

Rift vistas

2011-02-20T16:28:00.006+01:00

For your enjoyment or belittlement, some vista's of the places my newest toon Tuanne, a Telari rogue, visited levelling to 30 (32) during the Open Beta:Tuanne, Vailare and George in Meridian(Freemarch)Approach of the Titan's prison in the Last Valley(Stonefield)Gazing into Scarlet GorgeA lovely view of Scarwood ReachVery near an ancient caern too ;-)Tuanne at Level 30(finally wearing a cap that

Once Human

2011-02-19T13:02:00.003+01:00

Official 'announcement' trailer for a game called Dead Island. Brave move using a child as the main character. Reminds us that all zombies once had a life lived and loved, found it quite poignant and moving. I doubt very much the game will conjure up such emotions but the trailer is worth a watch as a short piece of movie making that succeeds on it's own, it's pretty gruesome too. So just

GW2 - Guardian Revealed

2011-01-27T18:30:00.003+01:00

As we knew from the snippet posted on pcgamer last week the fifth profession to be revealed is the Guardian, Anet posted all the info along with skill videos over on the official site.Shield of AbsorptionFaithful StrikeZealot's DefenseWall of DeflectionHammer of Wisdomonlinewelten have a nice interview with GW2's lead designer Jon Peters who manages to flesh out some more info on the Guardian and

More RIFT Beta blah blah

2011-01-27T11:27:00.005+01:00

Last Beta I switched from Defiant side to Guardian and played with Kettle, a Dwarven Warrior.Yes I know, technically she should be a Cleric and a Halfling, but a dwarf is close enough and I'd already been playing Naomi as a Cleric and with classes identical across the divide...I'd gotten her through the Sliverwood (5-20) zone and halfway through Gloamwood and up to level 23. I'd been pretty

Rift pictorial

2011-01-09T19:11:00.003+01:00

Nature Rifts look so beautiful at firstThat was my Quest Reward giver...Nice vista in StonefieldThe Guardians have the better weather magicFightin' DemonsFightin' Trolls (I bug reported my trousers)Kettle arrives at Sanctum to be greeted by fireworksDefiant invasion of our Quest Hub.I'm in between the rock-fellasVanguard style name-tags have their issuesCharging in!Victory :-)

My take on Rift

2011-01-03T11:34:00.006+01:00