Guess I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue…
March 4th, 2010 by Ravven

This whole week (and last week too, to be honest) has been making me think about that line from Airplane. Did you ever have a day when everything you touched broke and turned black and fell apart? Kind of like the reverse of a Midas touch? I’ve had a lot of those days. Allods Online, [...]

boo.
February 23rd, 2010 by Ravven

I played a bit of Allods last night, but had little patience with the things that I’ve previously ignored: the Russian players insisting on filling zone chat with Cyrillic, the sad little boys with potty mouths, the scarcity of quest items or mobs. Tonight it bothered me, and honestly it’s because of the whole cash [...]

Allods: Don’t Ruin Our Game!
February 22nd, 2010 by Ravven

Wow, so many blog posts today about the Allods Online cash shop fiasco. They have to fix this – I can’t imagine that anyone not totally insane would have thought that this was a good idea. It’s such a good, such a promising game…please don’t get greedy and ruin it before I’ve had a chance [...]

Allods: Applause
February 22nd, 2010 by Ravven

I had a lot of fun this weekend in Allods. I’d started characters on the Empire side (loving very much the clockwork-doll look of Arisen), but due to friends playing on League, and also being less impressed by the starting area on the Empire side, I deleted every one and switched to League. Sunshine and [...]

You kids get off my lawn!
February 19th, 2010 by Ravven

Last night I had an Allods Online night, again playing on the US servers. Throughout most of Europe and the UK, Americans are viewed as being stupid, uneducated, obnoxious. That stereotype is strengthened by television news and reality shows, where any American interviewed has to have a Southern accent and be spouting nonsense about God, [...]

Allods Online Soft Launch
February 17th, 2010 by Ravven

I logged into Allods last night for the start of Open Beta (which is actually more like a website soft launch than an open beta) along with FIVE MILLION OTHER PEOPLE, all trying to go for the same mobs and the same early boss guy that you can’t even see for all the players standing [...]