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The Siren’s Call

It is the old flame that won’t die. It is the love interest you can’t tear yourself away from. It is the siren’s call. It is Eve Online. Some time ago I was challenged to talk calmly about Eve Online by one of our listeners, Akley, issued me a challenge having to do with Eve online: “I’d like to…

Label Maker

Before the onslaught of what one local radio announcer dubbed “snow-mageddon”  (which will one day be known as “the great blizzard of 2011”) a Fox news item caught our eye by way of blastr.com – It seems that Julius Jackson, an 11 year old autistic boy, spent 200 days earning  1,500 achievements only to have…

Nipped in the bud

Nipped in the bud   If you are a member of the mmo community at large, or even know someone who lives in our little corner of the global village, chances are you have already heard of one of the famous (or should we say infamous) residents…one George Hotz.  Among what we are sure are…

Fraked we may be

Two years ago Brent over at Virgin Worlds wrote Warhammer Online: The MMO that Jumps the Shark  or as I call it “The article heard ‘round the world”.  At the time he stirred up a hornet’s nest big enough to have its own gravitational pull.  Now, of course, we know he was right – but…

A kinder, gentler Gorilla

Feel the love – As much as we all love our WoW it’s not often that we get to write about a kinder gentler Activision/Blizzard Gorilla (especially with Bobby Kotick at the helm of Activision). It seems the modder that has caught the eye of League of Legends (see Dancing with the Stars)  has also…

Be the Ship!

In the comments to No Prisoners, No Mercy Show 78 [] one of our listeners, Akely, challenged me to talk about Eve Online in a calm manner: “i’d like to hear Julie talk more about Eve Online. No, not scream and rant. Although the screaming and ranting is hilarious to listen too I want a…