Lore Hound MMOcast 18: Books are Real Life Minigames

Posted on Aug 27, 2010

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Join iTZKooPA, Juggynaut, and pixiestixy for this MMOcast. This weeks topics are: Now Playing: iTZKooPA: Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, Global Agenda Juggynaut : StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty pixiestixy: World of Warcraft News: E3 2010: The Contest is still

Back in the World of Middle Earth – Book 12 Review

Posted on Feb 22, 2008

Its been a few weeks now since I’ve rejoined the forces of Middle Earth to fight against the evil within it and I have to say I am rather enjoying myself this second time around. Could it be all the new content that was added during my time away that has sparked these feelings? Quite

Whatever Happened to Mythica?

Posted on Jan 14, 2008

Way back in 2003, a time of lore and buggy-dances, a small MMORPG was beginning to surface in a world that was positively teaming with new IPs and restored IPs being brought into the same scene. It was a simpler time back then, the only real competition in the scene was Everquest, Asheron’s Call, and, to

IGN's Top 100 Games of All Time – MMORPGs a No Show

Posted on Dec 01, 2007

Today IGN has released its Top 100 Games of All Time for 2007 and it seems that only one MMORPG made the cut.  World of Warcraft came in at a dismal 83 and no other MMORPG made the list.  No Ultima Online, no Everquest, no GuildWars, no nothing. This begs one to question whether any of the 30 selected

Tabula Rasa, Reviving the MMORPG Genre?

Posted on Oct 23, 2007

A few months ago I was reading my PCGamer, the Starcraft II issue (August), and there was a interesting article by Ultima Online creator Richard Garriott, aka “Lord British”. It was basically about the growth MMORPGs have had over the last decade and how he expects the growth to continue. However, towards the end of the article