In which I return to the cave of shame from yesterday, fully tooled up and ready to avenge my lost dignity!
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In which I go for a bit of an explore, and have indignity heaped upon me. Yar Har Fiddely-Dee! Pirates of the Burning Sea is on course to join its fellows in Free-to-playness. We’re preparing to change the business model of Pirates of the Burning Sea from subscription to free-to-play (hence forth to be known as F2P). This is the culmination of a decision that was made back at the end of last year, and I’m thrilled to finally be able to announce it. It’s not a decision we’ve taken lightly, and we’ve put […] The first day of my Minecraft adventure, in which I punch trees, cows, and pigs. I still get a bit quiet in the middle, but I don’t have anything to fix that with at the moment. I’ll just have to be more careful about not knocking my mic away. It’s quite tricky to play, talk, and worry about that all at the same time! A learning experience for sure. Episode 2 is here! […] I’ve been experimenting at making game videos. Beneath is my first attempt. Intended to be the first in a series cataloguing my Minecraft adventures, it did not go terribly well, either from a gaming or technical point of view. Playing in widescreen has resulted in Youtube surrounding my video in a black box. I shall need to figure out how to avoid that before I have another attempt at Minecraft episode 1! I should probably have hit the delete button, […] Reposted in honour of the Lord of the Rings Online Free-to-play servers going live! Frodo discovers that LOTRO has gone F2P. Regarding today’s (back when I originally posted this) news about Lord of the Rings Online going Free to play. Mostly without comment, here is a collection of posts that, for me, tell the tale of Elemental so far: June the 25th – Brad Wardell This year marks the 16th year we’ve been doing these open betas and every single one has forums (or Usenet back in the 90s) proclaiming that there’s “no way” the game would be done in time – based on their own massive game development experience no doubt. Most games do not have any public beta. […] |
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