I Have Never Seen Anything Like This…

I have been witness, first hand, to many MMO communities falling apart.  DAoC after the release of Trials of Atlantis.  WAR after its initial release, ditto for Age of Conan.  I have also heard of them falling apart second hand.  Star Wars Galaxies after the release of the New Game Experience and Ultima Online after [...]

What I wouldn’t give….

With the recent Cash Shop pricing furor, my support of a subscription model went up drastically.  I love Allods Online.  Matter of fact, it may be the most thoroughly enjoyable MMO I have played in a long, long time.  However, I have been leery of the Cash Shop aspect of it from the first and [...]

gPotato Drops the Ball. Badly. Adventures in the Allods Cash Shop

Last night the Allods Online servers went down for maintenance.  When they finally came back up, we were greeted with a surprise.  The Cash Shop was patched in.  The surprise was not only that the cash shop was put in but that the prices were so totally outrageous. Things that were very reasonably priced in [...]

Is There Anything Better Than Character Customization?

One of my favorite aspects of MMOs is the ability to customize your character.  I am not talking about your character’s looks, I am referring to the ability to spec your character and make him your own.  I can spend hours on forums reading about possible character specs and gear choices.  A game with great [...]

Interview with Kate Olmstead and Miss Sadie from gPotato

Recently, I was given the chance to interview a couple of the fine folks from gPotato.  My first set of interview questions concerned the future of the game, server types, mounts and the like, unfortunately many of them could not be answered.  Kate (InaraKatt from the official forums) found that she was unable to provide [...]

Allods Online: Open Beta Day One!

After my post from yesterday, you would assume that the remainder of the day was frustrating as so many Day One MMOs are.  You would, thankfully, be incorrect. gPotato got the servers up and running about 10 minutes after my post from yesterday.  And they stayed up the remainder of the day.  Not only that, [...]

Another Release, Another Case of Massive Server Crashing.

It is currently 1:26PM CST. I am sitting in front of my PC trying desperately to get into Allods Online. It went up for a minute, showed huge queues and then crashed. Now the website is down. Typical. One of these days a MMO is going to get release right. Not too few servers. Not [...]

Part II of my Psionicist Guide is up on Novograd Times

Just finished the second part of my Psion guide over at Novograd Times.  Take a look at it and let me know what you think!  It can be found right here!!!!

Ask Cryptic! (Excuse me while sit in the corner and laugh!)

A post on Bio-Break turned my attention to the latest Ask Cryptic feature for Champions Online. I am glad I saw that, I needed a few good laughs today, it has been a tough day at work. So, that you do not have to go to all the trouble to click on the link yourself, [...]

Now writing for the Novograd Times

Just a heads up for any Allods Online fans that read Corpse Run.  I am now writing for Novograd Times, one of the best Allods fansites out there! At the moment, I am mainly writing on the Psionicist, though I might expand that as time goes on.  Take a look at part one of my [...]