Anyone else going? I picked up a 3 day pass, which are all sold out now. I even convinced my wife to go to her first game conference (for one day)! If anyone is going, let me know and we might be able to hang out. Someone with more motivation than me should organize an MMO blogger/dev meet-up and I’ll most likely show up (especially if there’s beer involved). If you don’t have a ticket yet, PAX East is coming up on March 26th – 28th in Boston.

Too. Many. Games. There’s just too much out right now. I bought one single-player game and one MMO. I picked up Mass Effect 2 and I’m loving it (except for mining, which is terribly conceived and implemented). That’s my at-home game right now. I also grabbed Global Agenda. It’s enjoyable and has potential, and is my current at-work game. But there are too many games that just came out or are about to! Star Trek Online, BioShock 2. Heck… I haven’t played half of the game that came out at the end of 2009 yet. Blergh!

Dear Apple,

Meh.

Love, Ryan

In some MMOs, mob placement sucks. Most of the time, it’s one of those things you don’t actively notice, but you feel that it’s wrong. They don’t seem like they are actually leading lives where they are. They don’t seem like they belong in the climate or topography. They seem like they’re just fodder thrown in because “players need stuff to kill.” But there’s a lot more to mob placement than that. Continue Reading »

“What are your feelings on what CCP is trying to do with Eve Online and Dust514? …” – JW It’s interesting. I find it intriguing to tie multiple products within the same IP together. It seems like some people will really love it, especially those who play both styles of games. I do wonder, however, about the wisdom of tying games so very different from one another together so tightly. Continue Reading »