Dastardly Dailies Demand Due Diligence

Posted on Mar 01, 2011

The concept of daily activities, aka dailies, isn’t new in the gamer lexicon. They’ve been around for years. I wouldn’t agree that these digital chores have been with us for over a decade, but some gamers might see it that way. My first true experience, the one that actually hooked me on the design, was,

Riot Games: Online Jerks to be Judged by Own Peers (LoL) – Updated

Posted on Jan 14, 2011

Internet jerks have ruined many games for me, and likely all of you. In fact, I rarely play Xbox Live outside my circle of friends and mature groups specifically for this reason. Toxic communities are but one scourge to competitive gaming. The other, and the one that really gets my goat, AFKers and leavers. There’s

Thoughts From a Newbie League of Legends Player

Posted on Dec 06, 2010

Cataclysm‘s less than a day away, and this is the time I decide to start playing League of Legends?! Why, you ask? Well, I do have some personal reasons, but let’s say I was tired of having my chilled face pressed to the glass of the DotA community. I wanted in! With several highly popular variations

Thoughts From a Level-capped League of Legends Player

Posted on Dec 03, 2010

Why yes, the recent patch did get me thinking… Due to this job of mine, it’s rare for me to play a game over the course of an entire year – MMOGs not included. Not because nothing pulls me in, but because I am often forced to move on by the ever-flowing stock of video

League of Legends, Heroes of Newerth & Dota 2: It’s Getting Crowded

Posted on Oct 15, 2010

Earlier this week, Valve not-so-surprisingly announced DOTA 2, the sequel to the most popular Warcraft III custom map ever created.  The success of the mod, which was itself based on an earlier concept from StarCraft, spawned an entirely new sub-genre, the action-RTS/RPG or MOBA.  Companies high and low latched on to the concept and have

Lorecast Episode 23: Minecraft and Portable MMOs

Posted on Oct 12, 2010

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] This week’s Lorecast is continuing the format we started last week. In it, iTZKooPA and Amatera discuss all the latest happenings in WoW and other MMOs. The topics for the week are: Whatcha Been Playin? Amatera: Dead Rising 2, Minecraft, Enslaved Demo, Castlevania: Lord of Shadow Demo, Medal

Lore Hound MMOcast 15: Give Us Happy Meal Toys

Posted on Jul 24, 2010

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Join iTZKooPA, Amatera, and Juggynaut for this MMOcast. This weeks topics are: Now Playing: Amatera: Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies iTZKooPA: Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies, Global Agenda, League of Legends Juggynaut: Red Dead Redemption, Moonbase Alpha News: E3 2010 coverage continues

Lore Hound MMOcast 14: Betas are Underhanded Demos

Posted on Jul 17, 2010

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Join iTZKooPA, Amatera, and Juggynaut as they discuss the latest news in the MMOG world. Topics for the week include: League of Legends Season One Is Upon Us Fallen Earth July State of the Game Jagex, the creator of RuneScape, announced Stellar Dawn, a browser-based sci-fi MMOG. Closed

League of Legends Season One Is Upon Us (Want $100,000?)

Posted on Jul 14, 2010

Anyone that’s been following the MMOcast since the beginning can probably name the one non-MMO title that I’ve been playing, League of Legends.  While I may be “doing it wrong,” Riot Games, the developer of the free-to-play DotA clone, has done everything right.  It has drawn in hundreds of thousands of players and produced new

League of Legends: You’re Doing It Wrong

Posted on May 25, 2010

I’m sure most WoW players have at least heard of Defense of the Ancients (DotA), if not dabbled in it themselves. The Warcraft 3 mod is a popular post- and pre-raid activity for many guilds. The popularity of the mod, combined with the limitations of the WCIII engine lead numerous companies to create their own