Squid Suckers: The Little Monsters That Feed the Beast by Jessica D. Schiffman and Caroline L. Schauer; Drexel University. Does this mean Munch is a squid sucker? You decide! Here’s some images of Munch. Here’s an image of the Squid Suckers. Munch has relatives!

It’s been a long time since we first started talking about 38 Studios and what we’ve been working on. If you’ve been paying attention lately, you’ve probably seen more information surface about Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, an epic open world fantasy RPG set in the world of Amalur (the same universe as our MMO, codenamed Copernicus). At long last, we’ll begin to interact on an official basis on the brand new Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning forums. See you in the community!

Game Trailers announced their Best New IP of E3 award. One of the nominees was Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. That’s the IP I’ve been working on since 2006 with the team at 38, though Reckoning itself is being developed by our sister studio in Maryland (we Rhode Islanders are working on the MMO, codenamed Copernicus). Check out the Game Trailers video to see if Reckoning took the honors. Something I failed to mention earlier: Reckoning won RipTen’s Best RPG of E3!

Check out the E3 trailer for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. The Reckoning site has also been updated with more information, so check that out. I suppose I’m not allowed to comment further than that, but I do want to read your comments.

A trip back in time to when World of Warcraft came out. People tend to forget that WoW is a mature game, and new MMOs are always compared against the current state of WoW rather than its state at release. While it’s not fair to new MMOs, it’s going to happen and… well, it is fair. As the game ages, it becomes even harder to be compared against it (e.g. think any game can have anywhere near as many zones at launch of any decent level of quality? Think again). Was this worth me coming out of hiding for? Probably not, but here’s your link: MMORPG.com’s First Impressions of World of Warcraft