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The MMO Times: All About the Pandas!

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On January 3, 2013

In Gaming, MMO Times, MMORPG

mmotimesheaderIssue 59: Happy New Year Gamers! Welcome to 2013! I hope all of you had a safe and splendid Christmas and New Years. I’m sure many of you probably killed off a few brain cells and hopefully you recovered well and with no guilt.

There hasn’t been a lot happening recently, this issue mostly consists of Mists of Pandaria patch 5.2 updates. There are a couple of non-WoW updates here such as Marvel Heroes but I think the Christmas and New Years holidays probably attributed to a lack of interesting news. WoW fans can rest assured though that there will be a Blizzcon 2013 and talks and rumors are already starting. Read on and game on!

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Happy New Year!

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On January 1, 2013

In General Cogitation

“Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot, and Never Thought Upon!”

Well, I seem to be having a string of bad luck with the years ending badly. 2010 and 2011 ended on extremely depressing notes and 2012 decided to end while I was still battling a tremendous head cold. The cold, unfortunately, had me asleep before 11 so I did not participate in any countdown festivities. I hope Ryan Seacrest made Dick Clark proud.

Reflecting back, 2012 wasn’t a bad year, obviously it had its peaks and valleys. I think, overall, the peaks outnumbered the valleys. I hope for a great 2013, though it isn’t starting out great as my head cold has mutated into a wretched cough.

I hope everyone reading this had a wonderful New Years celebration and I wish you and your families an extraordinary and prosperous 2013. I hope you are recovering from your hangovers well and lets look forward to some NFL playoffs and the Super Bowl in a couple weeks.

/Cheers!

The MMO Times: HoHoHo, Merry Christmas!

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On December 20, 2012

In Gaming, MMO Times, MMORPG

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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Book Review: Keres’ Eyes

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On December 19, 2012

In Book Review

Keres' EyesKeres’ Eyes by Michael Curtis

My [rating: 4]
Click here to see my review on Goodreads.

I won this book as part of the First Reads program from Goodreads and it was the first book I won from First Reads so I was anxious to get started.

I really enjoyed this book. In fact I found it very difficult to put it down. Michael Curtis does a great job pulling the reader in and quickly identifying with the characters. You are ready to cheer when the villain gets it in the end.

If you’re really into crime dramas, this is a great read.

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Yule Tidings!

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On December 17, 2012

In General Cogitation

I just want to take this opportunity, before I forget to do it this week, to wish all of you …

Merry-Chrismass

Awww … did that offend you? Well tough! Get over yourself because no matter how much you complain on Facebook and Twitter, there are hundreds of thousands of people, just like me, that are going to continue to say “Merry Christmas”. There is absolutely nothing you can do about it so just shut up and enjoy the season.

Soapbox: The World Is NOT Ending, Folks!

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On December 17, 2012

In General Cogitation, Soapbox

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.

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