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Maltheas shows off his Brewday swag. Brewday, the thinly veiled St Patrick’s day celebration, has returned to Norrath. All the quests from previous years are back, along with some holiday harvesting and crafting. Here, Maltheas is modelling his new craftable Brewmeister Backpack, along with the cheerful looking Carpet of Clover quest reward. The carpet is a handy bit of kit for any newer player, being a 35% speed mount. It’s not quite so useful for older characters, but […] Just heard on the BBC that Corey Haim has died, at the age of 38. While there are no details yet, it seems likely that his long-running battle with drug addiction might have played a part. He was a major icon to any guy growing up in the 80s, and he’ll be missed. Here is what I consider to be his finest moment. The “Death by Stereo” scene from Lost Boys, a movie that I have watched an embarrassingly large […] I’m not dead! Just in the throws of a cycle of seasonal depression, so it has been hard to drum up posting enthusiasm. Like my more famous Norfolk resident, Stephen Fry, I’m thoroughly bipolar, so these things are wont to happen. Full service shall resume presently. In the meantime, I’ve submitted to blogger peer pressure, and decided to give EVE Online a try. Folks are not kidding when they talk about the brutal learning curve, but my days in early […] Elsewhere in deal-altering news, Alganon Online has just announced that they will be going with a subscription free model where you buy the game, but going forward there’s no fee. There will be an shop selling things for real world money in a similar way to Allods and its F2P friends. But wait. They’ve been selling subscriptions. Presumably those are going to be refunded? No. From the Alganon site news: Right now we know you are thinking: “What about […] Strange things have been afoot at Cryptic, and they bode somewhat ill. For a time, Atari.com displayed a new offer. Star Trek Online’s price was dropped by 10 dollars, and it came with an additional 60 days of playtime, adding to the 30 days you’d normally get, for a full quarter of a year of playtime. It was an excellent idea, in my opinion. 90 days would give Cryptic long enough to prove that they intend to do great things […] Episode 12 – Showdown In the airless void around Uranus, Jack and his companions have finally discovered a weapon that might defeat the Qaxorian invaders. But as they prepare for take off it seems that Mordred has intercepted them once more, maybe for the final time. Alas, for we have come to the end of Season 2. Never fear though, for you can listen to all twelve episodes of Jack Steel and the Starblade through the player […] It all went a bit pear shaped up at EQ2’s end-game today. Battlegrounds went live. I’m quite excited about this addition to the game, as I discussed here. Unfortunately, as it turns out, anyone who went into a Battleground with over 200 AA points had their points set back down to 200 when they left the zone. For folks who don’t play EQ2, Alternate Advancement points are something you gain through a separate system to levelling, that you can spend […] |
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