The Illusion of Change
July 19th, 2007 by Ravven

I’ll preface this by saying that I still know virtually nothing about LOTRO. I haven’t read any “Noobs’ Guide to Middle Earth”, barely skipped through the manual, and I haven’t looked anything up on a wiki or Thottbot clone. These are assumptions that I’m making from a position of ignorance. I want to experience everyone [...]

Behind the Box
July 18th, 2007 by Ravven

Yesterday I got home from work, closed the door, sat down on the floor and cried. I say this not to be all emo and sympathy-seeking, but to illustrate the personal cost behind all of the games, sites and other software that we all take for granted.  It’s easy to see the Big Business side [...]

First Impressions: LOTRO and Guild Wars
July 16th, 2007 by Ravven

First, a link to a GREAT post on the West Karana blog: Dogs and Frisbees: Why your MMO sucks. “…3) If I’m on a Quest, it better not be a Quest to cross the street or kill a zillion of some nearby mob which isn’t bothering ANYONE. I do Quests for Holy Grails, or to [...]

ARGs, Puzzles, Games Within A Game
July 10th, 2007 by Ravven

I just noticed, when logging into WordPress, that on the list of Today’s Hot Blogs was “The Best Place for Club Penguin Hacks, Cheats, Secret Stuff and More!!!” Really? I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER? I understand, but Club Penguin hacks? lol… As I think I’ve written about before, the site that I’m working on will include [...]

running in place
July 4th, 2007 by Ravven

I always wanted a “cool” job. Now that I have one, all I can think about is going back to something easier. Some people are never satisfied. :) Late home last night, too late to even sub in on the Magtheridon run, so I didn’t bother logging in. Miz was playing the just-arrived Overlord and [...]

having a breakdown…
July 3rd, 2007 by Ravven

Regarding the presentations for our project to the States, I just had to explain that when we’re creating something totally new that no one has done before, the words “spectacular” and “asap” don’t belong in the same sentence.  You can’t exactly mock this up in Photoshop. *whimper*