If you’re an MMO and RPG forum troll like I am, then you no doubt are very familiar with the old argument: “[Game X] was so awesome! It had a great story, innovative game play, and killer graphics!” vs. “[Game X] was a pile of crap and that’s why it’s...

After talking with a friend – a friend who is literally obsessed with online gaming – it occurred to me that gamers have something about them that creates a sort of hero complex.  Not in the sense that we tend to make ourselves costumes and run out to try to vigilante our way...

The entertainment industry, of which gaming is a part, has been embroiled in a philosophical conundrum for some time.  Most in the industry, especially in the music and film markets, have been adamantly anti-piracy and have pushed laws and lawsuits to the extreme in some cases as they...

For most of us, online role playing games (RPGs) have largely or entirely replaced face-to-face “dice off” games like Dungeons & Dragons and Palladium Fantasy.  Busy lives and the fact that playing online is just easier and can be done more often has taken its toll on the...

The news media puts a lot of headlines towards the idea that video games are addicting. We’ve all heard the “EverCrack” jokes about gamers who spend way too much time staring at the screen and ignoring real life. A few do so to the point that they become completely...

Parents worry about their children.  It’s part of being a parent.  Around the time kids are becoming social with their friends and playing games on a console or computer, they’re going to start asking about playing online games – either through a console with an...

I’m old enough to remember when computer games came in boxes the size of a textbook and had up to ten (sometimes more) floppy disks inside.  Then came the smaller, no longer floppy, floppy disks, then CDs and now DVDs.  Boxes have shrunk in size as well, but they’re still...

Just a couple of years ago, back when World of Warcraft and EverQuest were the only MMOs anyone had ever heard of, beta testing was a sort of contact sport for MMO enthusiasts.  Games were being developed, shown off, and either flopping or dropping at a good pace – not the...

If you don’t already have an Age of Conan Guide, todays your lucky day! Killer Guides and MMOsite have teamed up to give gamers the chance to win a Free Age of Conan Guide (worth $29.99). Rules are simple. MMOsite will post a new screen shot in their thread and all you have to do is...

There are three basic personalities you’ll meet in every game forum; no matter the game, no matter the forum’s moderation policies.  These three people, collectively, make up the bulk of forum posts and (often) blog commentary as well. These three forum users are: The...

Blizzard made an announcement via Twitter that made it appear that they were working on Diablo III for console release.  Then said they weren’t working on console development, only exploring plans to possibly do so in the future. Of course, the blogosphere, being the fickle thing...

You’re cruising through your favorite MMO, bashing mobs, collecting XP, and happily playing the game.  Then you do something that makes someone else unhappy.  Maybe you “claim jumped” on a node (a popular WOW passtime), or stole a kill (a favorite accusation in WOT),...