SAR: A Gamer’s Life [a Tale of Ten Glimpses]

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This week, join Syeric as he looks through the eyes of one online gamer through the years. From MUDs to Warcraft, these are the days of our lives. === I. A boy sits down at a computer in the local library; his family doesn’t have internet in the house yet. He logs on using dial-up… [Continue Reading]

WoWWatch: Chair is broken.

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I was looking around on the internet yesterday, as I am prone to do, and I noticed that the second wave of Cataclysm beta invites were being released soon. My heart instantly skipped a beat and I nearly fell out of my chair as I exclaimed “OOOOH!”. (OK – that isn’t entirely true, my heart skipped a beat for sure but the chair thing was probably more a fault of the missing wheel on one leg that randomly plunges me out of my seat and not so much the force of the exclamation) I want a beta invite so badly. A few days ago I gingerly sat down on my chair and compiled a list of reasons why I am so worthy of the honor of playing Cataclysm before the other peasants. It is long. It is divided into sections. It has doodles of myself playing Cataclysm (although in the doodles my chair is represented as being far sturdier than it actually is) along the margins. It is also not the topic of this article, the topic of this article is the amazing email I found in my inbox this very night.

Rage: Gameplay

LAGWAR Episode #36

Welcome to the all new LAGWAR Podcast! Picking up the microphone and bashing Post-Podcast Depression into the ground. Use our built in player, Lagwar.com Show on iTunes and the Zune Marketplace, or simply right click on the download button and select Save Target As then choose a location on your computer to save the mp3… [Continue Reading]

MMO Weakly Episode #49

Welcome to another episode of PC gaming’s best in top notch podcasting, MMO Weakly. Tune in to hear Sarc and Raim as they dissect MMO’s, discuss proper beverages to consume while gaming, and a whole hell of a lot more. Use our built in player, MMO Weakly on iTunes, or you can simply right click… [Continue Reading]

Books vs. Games

“Teens are computer addicted. They are sitting behind a computer all day long instead of reading a good book, going outside or watching a good play.”  At least, that is what my grandma always says. Is it really that bad? Is reading a book better than playing a video game? This is the reason I… [Continue Reading]

SAR: Warcraft – Merging With the Network

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If you’ve been online in the past week, then you know about the WoW forum RealID business. The idea that Blizzard will mandate the use of real names on the forums seems like an invasion of privacy to most of the crowd amassing on the current forums. At last count, almost fifty thousand people have… [Continue Reading]

WoWWatch: Surprise! Lethal laser attack!

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Sometimes the worst surprises in life, and WoW, are the unexpected ones. We aren’t talking about surprise birthday parties or surprise – “there is a $20 bill in my pocket” – I mean bad surprises, like I was walking down the street and SURPRISE – gunshot wound. Those type of surprises. So I was surprised and disappointed last night when we scrounged up a Ruby Sanctum 10 man raid and ran into some serious difficulties. It was a lot like a surprise gunshot wound except with more purple colored dragons and lethal laser orbs.

MMO Weakly Episode #48

Welcome to another episode of PC gaming’s best in top notch podcasting, MMO Weakly. Tune in to hear Sarc and Raim as they dissect MMO’s, discuss proper beverages to consume while gaming, and a whole hell of a lot more. Use our built in player, MMO Weakly on iTunes, or you can simply right click… [Continue Reading]

SAR: Hitting 80 Two Years In

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Welcome to this edition of Some Assembly Required, where Syeric looks at being a new 80 in World of Warcraft at the end of an expansion. He’s been there before with his mage, but this time he looks back with an eye to the new player. What’s it like, anyways, being a new 80 when… [Continue Reading]