Check it out, from the Herald: A computer of some sort.  Preferably the kind that has those giant old data chips that look like robotic centipedes ready to burrow under your flesh. 462 megs of video ram.  No, not 461, and God help you if you get 463. A 64 oz. mug of your favorite carbonated, caffeinated beverage.  Trust us, you're going to want to stay up a few nights at first. A husband or wife decoy, in the event you're married. Kryptonite.  We don't know why, but you can't hit level 4…  More

There's a singular joy in newness that is hard to express and impossible to recapture: your first kiss, when you unpack a brand-new computer, the first day of school, or the first time you step into a new MMO. Many people fall in love with those moments and spend the rest of their lives fruitlessly pursuing or trying to recreate them. I'm more of a realist -- I know the moment's going to go away, so I just try to make it last as long as possible. As an experienced MMO player, that can be diff…  More

Wow, wasn't the band great folks? Let's give them a hand! [APPLAUSE] Well, it's late... 10:23pm is late for some people, I guess. My computer is busy downloading something, something that I'm not allowed to say because if I do they'll take my children and enslave them in the bowels of Mythic HQ. And I don't even have children! So I'm bored. Let's take a quick look at what's stirring the pot in the Warhammer Online community, eh? Gamestop's gotten very specific with their pre-order ship d…  More

1. I'm closing down the WAAAGH! Photo Contest in a couple more days -- so get in your last-minute pictures soon! 2. Do you have listener questions for the next recording of Chaos Cast? Then throw them into the comments section here and await your turn at glory! 3. The Greenskin is accepting any and all beta questions to answer once the NDA drops -- head on over and add to the pile!  More

Did you ever get a Swiss army knife as a kid? It was perhaps one of my greatest pleasures, to receive one of these doohickies during a summer vacation to Florida. I was salivating over getting one of these multi-purpose knives for months (The Simpsons had an episode where Bart shared my envy, and then they ended up abandoned at sea) -- you got a little of everything in one neat package. Three blades, saw, scissors, toothpick, corkscrew (because a lot of kids need to open wine), an awl (candid…  More

Pre-NDA drop, pre-launch, it's just to irresistible to avoid every rumor on the market, now isn't it? Brotik brought my attention to a possible (probable) forgery of a timeline between now and release -- according to an unnamed "inside source" -- but it's just plausible enough to invoke pleasurable speculation. And I've been gone a week, darn it! I deserve to fling caution to the wind and have it come back and slap me silly! So here's the post I read: Guild Beta Starting July 7th (was clos…  More

It goes like this: "The longer and the more you write, the greater the odds are that people will grow to disagree, then dislike, then turn on you like a pack of vampire manatees." This isn't going to be a cynical post or anything aimed at the Warhammer Online community (including bloggers and site owners) -- if anything, everyone's been super-nice (okelydokely!) and there's a great sense of comradeship and honor and pinky swears we haven't seen since Peggle first came out and turned us all int…  More

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"Hey, the release date is September 23rd!" "No, wait, it's not. Forget the date. It's the faaaaaaaall. The FALL. (i will destroy these interviewers...)" "Can we say September at least? We can? Awesome." "There's nothing to see here. Move along... move along."  More

No, I'm not actually actively hunting for a guild at the moment -- too much is up in the air with friends to commit right now -- but if I was, here's what is always most important to me in any MMO: A guild that knows the value of maturity. I'm not necessarily saying "adults only", as teens or younger can be quite mature MMO players, but that the attitude of most of the guildies skews to being respectful of each other, that swearing in guild chat is kept to a minimum, and that offensive slurs …  More