Biggs' Zone

A Geek's Cogitations, Conjectures and other Cortical Experiences

The MMO Times: Help Sandy Victims!

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On December 7, 2012

In Gaming, MMO Times, MMORPG

Issue 56: Hello again, Gamers! The Christmas season is in full swing and with only 18 days left, assuming the world doesn’t end in two weeks, I hope you have all your Christmas shopping completed, or nearly completed. We have some good stuff in this issue. One of the key headlines I want to point everyone too (especially if you are playing World of Warcraft) is the new pet store pet whose sales help Sandy Victims.

And speaking of Blizzard they are already talking patch 5.2 which is estimated to be 2-4 months away. There is also more Aion, Elder Scrolls Online and Age of Wushu news. The news for Age of Wushu seems to be increasing as we approach that February 1st release date (which is now less than two months away). There should be lots here to wet the proverbial appetite so read on and game on, friends!

(I also provide The MMO Times in an e-mail. If you are interested in receiving the e-mail version please click here to subscribe.)

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Biggs On: December 21, 2012

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On December 4, 2012

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I’m not going to tell you why I think the world is not ending on 12.21.12 because 1) what I think doesn’t amount to much anyway and 2) I would just be regurgitating everything else NASA and other scientists and pundits have already explained. If the world actually does end on the 21st, which I will bet my entire salary that it won’t, then there isn’t much I can do about it so what is the point in panicking.

What I am concerned about are all the crazies out there that are panicking (or will panic). Will people take to the streets on the 21st and create complete and total chaos because they believe there won’t be consequences? Why, after one looney got the rapture wrong – twice – are people suddenly going to believe a 2,000 year old, extinct, civilization?! I don’t mean to be too biblical but I believe when the Bible speaks of the End of Days, we will not know when its going to happen.

I don’t work on the most upstanding part of town so that is probably the root of my concern. I do have the option to work from home. Should the possibility of a bunch of ignorant fools be sufficient reason to work from home that day?

Merry Christmas!!

What If Your MMO Shutdown

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On December 3, 2012

In Gaming, General Cogitation, MMORPG

Last week the MMO community bid farewell to a much adored game, City of Heroes. I remember when CoH came out and I knew several people that were playing it. I had friends that would often return to Paragon City when they were bored with World of Warcraft. I never played City of Heroes but I considered it many times. It looks like Massively did a good job broadcasting the final sign off as the servers were shutdown for the last time (you click here to see the video if you want, its a little over an hour and a half.)

Every time I read about a title shutting down I often think about what I am currently invested in. While I am still in the process of returning to SWTOR, I still play WoW quite regularly. I often hypothesis what I would do if Blizzard suddenly announced that they had to shutdown all of the WoW servers permanently. It would be heartbreaking because I have made quite a few friends. I have been in the same guild for over 7 years and most of those friends have been there just as long as I have.

If the servers were to be shutdown forever the only thing I could think to do would be to start visiting some of my favorite locations in Azeroth and start amassing a ridiculous collection of screenshots. I’d probably do every raid and dungeon in the game. Screenshots of all my toons, my various pets, mounts, etc. Most importantly I would be taking screenshots with everyone from the guild. I would definitely have to post these images in a gallery somewhere and give everyone access. Perhaps even keep the website alive so we can all touch base every now and again.

I’m sure many of us would move on to another game, but I doubt if I would invest the same amount of time and energy. I think doing it once is enough for me, doing it again would be akin to madness. It’s really difficult to say what I would do especially when its hypothetical. In fact there is a greater likelihood that life will be the reason I stop playing before all the WoW servers go offline but you never know what tomorrow brings.

So what would you do if your game ended?

The MMO Times: Bidding Farewell to CoH

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On November 30, 2012

In Gaming, MMO Times, MMORPG

Issue 55: Greetings Gamers! If you are playing WoW then you already know that Patch 5.1 went live recently. If you want to know what was in that patch, MMO-Champion provides a pretty good synopsis. As the dust settles from the flurry of trying to get the best deal, take a moment to check out the latest gaming news or bid farewell to City of Heroes as NCSoft will be shutting down the servers at midnight (PST) on the 30th.

There is more news and rewards for preferred members of SWTOR, a new DCUO update, some new features for MechWarrior Online and more! So if you are done with the Amazon Lightning Deals or have finished your Christmas shopping, or maybe you are just taking a break from it all hopefully there is something you find interesting in this issue of The Times. Read on and game on friends!

(I also provide The MMO Times in an e-mail. If you are interested in receiving the e-mail version please click here to subscribe.)

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Black Friday Mayhem

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On November 26, 2012

In General Cogitation

I heard some crazy stories on the radio this morning about some disgusting display of human indecency during the Black Friday shopping mayhem. Some of these people need to be lashed for their poor judgement and stupidity. They turned Black Friday into Dick-Move Friday.

One of the stories I heard was that some lady used her cart to shove a guy in a wheelchair away from a product she wanted because he was ahead of her in line. Seriously?!?! The guy responded by spinning his chair back into her cart knocking it over. Nice move! I really doubt that whatever item she wanted was worth shoving aside someone in a wheelchair! If I had been there, I would have started kicking and throwing her stuff all over the place. What a bitch!

I heard stories of people taking items right out of the carts of other people and pulling guns on others, even the use of a stink bomb to force people out of the store. We tried to take advantage of some of the Wal-Mart deals they were having Thursday night. We started second guessing our decision when the entire Wal-Mart parking lot was full and half of the Lowe’s parking lot next door. We completely changed our mind when we saw four cops standing in the midst of all the people in electronics for crowd control. That’s when we decided to leave before the mayhem started and decided we would just get our deals online.

Do you have any crazy Black Friday stories?

The MMO Times: More Then Meets The Eye

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On November 24, 2012

In Gaming, MMO Times, MMORPG

Issue 54: Hello Gamers! I hope all of you had a great Thanksgiving (if you celebrate that). As we all were indulging in turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberries and pumpkin pie Blizzard had just celebrated 8 years. It’s pretty amazing that even after 8 years Blizzard still has over 10 million subscribers.

Also, as you can see, there was no shortage of news as we were all treated to some Thanksgiving gifts in the form of Transformers beta invites, TSW news, more Age of Wushu content news, etc. So while we polish off the leftover turkey and before the tryptophan kicks in, check out the following headlines. Read on and game on friends!

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