I’ve logged about 13 hours in DOTA 2 beta in the past couple of days.  Without a doubt, this is a quality production.   The feel of DOTA is there, and when I say DOTA I actually mean Defense of the Ancients and not “MOBA.”  There are a few beta-like glitches with sound, but for the [...]

Update: Stephen Reid (Sr. CM for SWTOR) confirmed you won’t need the Origin client.  That means you’re free to buy a physical of digital copy of SWTOR without the worries of the Origin predicament I thought I would be in.  I’m still stuck with two Origin accounts, though. This entry needs one of those “Epic [...]

It’s time to start narrowing down my choices for which class I’m going to play first in SWTOR at launch.  I’ve dabbled in the beta and like everything, which doesn’t help narrow things down at all. The Advanced Class (AC) choice is where things get fuzzy.  It’s been confirmed that when you choose an advanced [...]

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our celebrating readers and happy deal season to everyone! We’ve updated our Holiday Buyer’s Guide 2011 to include a section called Games We Want.  These are games we have researched enough to know we’ll buy once we can afford them.         This is also the time of [...]

I have only put a few hours into The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword but so far the game is shaping up to be one of my favorite Legend of Zelda titles. Without giving too much away, you basically start out in a town on a floating sky island. Eventually you gain access to a [...]

Tatooine’s Outlaw’s Den is a zone recently revealed that will feature complete FFA PvP. Your only allies are those in your group or guild.  Outlaw’s Den will have the best gathering nodes and treasure chests containing the currency necessary to buy PvP and special cosmetic gear.  There are no objectives to capture or reasons to [...]

Below you’ll find my feelings about SWTOR based on the beta testing I have participated in for ~1 month.  I have no experience with the end-game, crafting, PvP (if you can’t predict the PvP you need to play more of these games) or much at all beyond the level 20 gameplay.  I felt no need [...]

Hey all, I’ve been finishing exams (14 hours per day studying) and traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday week.  I’m settled home for 10 days which means I’ll have a lot of time to blog. I just read that the SWTOR NDA has been lifted.  As you know, I’ve been in closed beta for a little [...]

One of the first thoughts I had when I first stepped into Skyrim’s world was to question why we can’t have a MMORPG with this kind of world.  I’d love to have a big, open, natural feeling world; none of this linear funneling with 30 wolves stuck in this corner or boars spawning on the [...]

The Holiday season is upon us already in 2011!  We’ve decided to revive our Holiday Buyer’s Guide since there are just so many great titles and products available this year.  We’ve listed our favorite games and gadgets for you to read about. Everything in our Holiday Buyer’s Guide is there because we have personally bought, [...]

We just finished The Lord of the Rings: War in the North!  Fantastic game — truly fantastic.   We plan to go back through a second time, at least, on a higher difficulty.  We’re also interested in knowing how the other choices play out.  Throughout the game there are a couple of dialog options that seem [...]

Many of you have asked me to comment on whether or not you should play SWTOR or Skyrim this weekend.  Bioware has already sent out invitations to this weekend’s test (the first in a few weeks) and you’re now faced with whether or not you should test the next big MMO on the horizon or [...]

Dear  Everyone, If you can not find me this weekend, this is why:   Anyone else going to be completely immersed in Skyrim?  My roommate has already given notice that we should not worry if strange smells come from his room because he won’t be surfacing for three days.  While I’m never that extreme, I [...]

What’s in a name?  That’s the question I assume was on the minds of Pitch Black Games this weekend as they relaunched Prime: Battle for Dominus under a new name.  Their three faction PvP MMO is now only known as: ‘Dominus’. When I asked them via twitter if they had a reason, I received this [...]

I spent the day gaming.  It was nice to say “screw it” to everything important and just take a little time to do whatever I wanted.  I shut my door, grabbed a diet coke (read: 12), and just played some games. To echo Graev’s impressions yesterday, The Lord of the Rings: War in the North [...]