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The MMO Times: HoHoHo, Merry Christmas!

mmotimesheaderIssue 58: Greetings Gamers! This will be the last pre-apocalyptic and pre-Christmas issue so I hope you enjoy the headlines because they could be your last (or the last for this year). So if you’re waiting on a queue, the servers are down for maintenance or you are taking a break from making Armageddon plans check out what we have this week.

We have some new content coming to The Secret World and SWTOR. Some more information on upcoming titles such as Age of Wushu and Marvel Heroes. There is also some interesting news about an old MMO coming back online (which I don’t think has ever happened before). Perhaps an encouraging sign for other MMOs that we have lost over the past couple of years. There is this and more so read on and game on, friends! 

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Soapbox: The World Is NOT Ending, Folks!

overworked-290x290What in the hell has gotten into people?!? Two shootings within the span of a week and one of which was at an elementary school. The only reason I can come up with as to why these monsters are doing these horrific things is they are among the loonies that think the world is going to end this Friday. I mean, if the world is going to end then clearly there are no consequences for your actions so I guess you can literally “get away with murder”.

Sorry folks, but the world isn’t ending on Friday and you’re still going to jail. While the rest of us continue to live our lives, yours has just ended. Good job!

This is the kind of thing I am most afraid of this week. I can’t wait until Saturday morning just so all this lunacy can be over. I’m beginning to feel concerned about coming to work because I don’t know where the next pinhead will be. In fact I’m actually debating about working from home on Friday.

I hope you and all your loved ones stay safe this week and in the many, many weeks to follow.

The MMO Times: The End Is Nigh!

mmotimesheaderIssue 57: Good News Everyone! The end of the world is upon us! Those silly Mayans have predicted that the world will end next Friday because that’s when there calendar ends. Makes sense to me. So if you’re not hiding in some bunker somewhere or seeking protection from some mystical mountain in France, check out these headlines. You can take comfort in knowing that even though these games exist in a virtual, fictional world, there is more fact in these headlines then any prediction from an extinct civilization.

Funcom is taking the “end of the world’ lightheartedly with a video made by their creative director that resulted in a pleasant surprise for folks that enjoy that MMO. New game updates for SWTOR, more cool “ninja stuff” for Age of Wushu and more. Read on and game on, friends!

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Biggs On: December 21, 2012

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!!

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