Lorecast Episode 24: Bag Full of Tootsie Pops

Posted on Oct 17, 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: Minecraft, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, The Ball, World of Warcraft iTZKooPA: Castlevania: Lords

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

The Story of Alganon: Curse of a WoW Clone – Part II

Posted on Oct 11, 2010

Table of Contents Part I: Outline Part II: Company Factor Part III: Investigation Part IV: Prospective Direction Welcome back to a detailed report on Alganon and the company behind it, Quest Online. In part one, we outlined the basic premise and strategy for the game and the company itself, as it was envisioned by the founders. Today,

Choosing What You Play: Hard Decisions, and Then Some

Posted on Oct 05, 2010

At the peak hours of Friday night, I had acquired much-needed money. Much-needed funds in a discretionary way.  I used the greenbacks to accommodate what I’ve been after, Star Trek Online. Sadly, I realized that I don’t have enough to pay for both WoW and STO. With the classic dilemma that iTZKooPA managed to explain,

The Lorecast Episode 22: Same Great Taste, Less Filling

Posted on Oct 04, 2010

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] This week we’ve got a new (or is it old?) format for the podcast. From now on, we’re combining the WoWcast and the MMOcast in to the Lorecast for your listening pleasure. For this inaugural podcast, iTZKooPA, Amatera, and Juggynaut discuss all the latest happenings in MMOs. Whatcha Been Playin?

WoWFlix: G33k and G4m3r Girls

Posted on Sep 25, 2010

As I take a short vacation from many obligations this weekend, I stumbled upon this epicly awesome video, courtesy of @pixiestixy. G33K and G4M3R Girls (Geek and Gamer Girls for the non-leetspeekers) is an everything-we-are parody of Katy Perry’s California Girls, courtesy of Team Unicorn. From reading manga and comics, to loving on an in-the-flesh

The Story of Alganon: Curse of a WoW Clone

Posted on Sep 24, 2010

Hello Lorehounds, Today’s post will be quite different to what you are used to, so a brief explanation is in order. When browsing the web, I read through numerous articles, blog entries and feature pieces covering online games and the MMO industry. While some of them are better than others, something struck me – they

Lore Hound MMOcast 21: Post PAX Prime Podcast

Posted on Sep 17, 2010

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Join iTZKooPA and Amatera for this MMOcast. This week’s topics are: Now Playing: iTZKooPA: DragonQuest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies, Metroid: Other M Amatera: Swarmation, Dragon Hunter, Angry Birds, Final Fantasy XIV Beta, Lord of the Rings Online News: PAX Prime 2010: Caption Contest begins. Celestial Steed

The Undermine Journal’s Market Notifications Tell You to Get on WoW and Buy it Now

Posted on Sep 16, 2010

Many goblin auctioneers have been aware of The Undermine Journal for a few months now. The site scans and compiles auction house data from the remote auction house on many different servers. Users then can search the data for current and historical values of items, and even determine the AH activity of their competitors. This

First Impressions: Thoughts On Fallen Earth

Posted on Aug 30, 2010

I’ll be splitting this into two posts: First one will be opinionated, and the second will be informative. For those who disagree or agree with what I have to say, feel free to post in the comments. I should admit, I’ve been “brainwashed” by Blizzard in to thinking what an MMOG is, how it should