In which Maltheas fails to understand internet memes and viral marketing.

Edit: It seems this video is autoplaying for some Internet Explorer users. I’ve moved the entire post below the “keep reading” link”. – Ark

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Mytheon: An Open Beta peek!

I only became aware of this title this morning, and thought I might as well take a peek! From the same developers as Warrior Epic, Mytheon is based around the idea of collecting powers to add to a deck, maybe not unlike how Guildwars power system works. When released, it will be free to play, making its money from selling extras in a shop.

So, let us delve into it together.

There are three character classes. Here, I’ve made a […]

Everquest 2: The City Festival comes to New Halas

Everquest 2’s City Festival runs for the first week every month, and this month it has washed up in the Frostfang Sea. Below, you can see all the items that are available for city tokens, as well as the collection reward post box which is sitting on the counter to the left. It’s a fine starter collection of furniture for this cold land. The floor tile is “polished ice”.

New Halas City Festival rewards

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Everquest 2: Glopp’s guide to moving to New Halas.

Today we have a treat! Glopp, one of the rare Froglok Ninja of Marr, will be taking us along as he moves to New Halas. Ordinarily this sort of thing is Maltheas’ job, but he refuses to leave, and seems to be building some sort of blockade in case someone starts trying to bulldoze Qeynos, so Glopp has kindly offered to fill the gap. Ninja of Marr are quite a lot like ordinary ninja, except that they are much louder, […]

My Favourite Eurovision Songs – Divine, France’s 2008 Entry

Eurovision 2010 is tomorrow, hopefully with more wonderful songs to keep me posting next year.

Sebastian Tellier’s “Divine” neatly encapsulated so much of what I love about Eurovision. As I always shout at our Eurovision parties, you’ve got to have a gimmick, and this performance had them in abundance! A little car! Women with beards! Funny walking!! A world filled with helium that the singer ingests! Encore!

A couple of my other favourite Eurovision songs:

Romanca

Wild Dances

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Everquest 2: Watch Out! There’s a Stormhammer coming through!

With GU56 came a few fixes that I’d been waiting for. When Kaladim was relevelled down to Tier 4 a few months ago, many of the old quests were missed, so a T4 character could not pick them up. That now seems to have been rectified, opening up one of the most handy Signature quests around for an adventuring Templar. Such as, for instance, Maltheas!

Maltheas is granted the Legendary Stormhammer!

Once wielded by King Kazon Stormhammer and […]

Everquest 2: Postcards from New Halas

Just a few snaps of the sights in GU56’s New Halas in Everquest 2. It’s a pretty place, but not terribly colourful! You can click the picture to see a larger version.

Frostfang Docks. The first point of arrival for existing characters.

A view of New Halas

The Shrine of Erollisi Marr in New Halas.

It’s a pleasant little village, with all the facilities you’d expect. The housing is particularly lovely, and Maltheas is […]