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I play games and think out loud about it.

I have a strange love of the ridiculously obscure, the time-wasting, and the so-bad-it's-still-actually-pretty-bad.

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2009
Dec
21
10:33

(0) ¶ Oh yeah 

Wikipedia is an MMORPG.

And of course, Encyclopedia Dramatica’s take on it.

2009
Dec
17
08:35

(0) ¶ Bring out your dead! And your drafts! 

It’s cruft-clearing day here at Metaphor For Life, and essays which have previously been yanked for revision or in draft mode have been aired out.

Dragonica Online
Tips on icing your head
Games journalism and why I don’t read it

2009
Dec
15
01:52

(0) ¶ “So you want to be a game developer…” 

Jeff Atwood of Coding Horror’s take.

2009
Dec
6
23:21

(0) ¶ Hey I didn’t know about that before 

Genius: the Transgression

2009
Aug
30
07:09

(1) ¶ Dragonica Online 

Dragonica Online is an extraordinarily charming game.

Great cinematics with excellent character design. I was impressed with how an option was provided to that at the beginning.

The adorableness will absolutely kill you. I think that’s a large part of why I’m choosing to play “kids’ MMOs” these days (how I hate that term!), I’m tired of playing MMOs that feel like nerds have been sweating all over me, Age of Conan being the first to come to mind.

Then, a tutorial that didn’t make me want to kill myself. Did I mention that the animation in this is fantastic, with a sense of humor I find lacking in, well almost every other MMO? The graphics are really impressive.

The journal! This MMO isn’t going to get in the way of you finding out as much as you can about the world.

The interface is incredibly intuitive. And for an Asian MMO (I don’t think so) the translations are excellent. Detachable chat window!

Sure it’s just another action RPG character advancement crawl, but they put thought and effort into the design. What a revolutionary idea!

2009
Aug
28
23:29

(2) ¶ Hark, the bards do tell 

Let it be known from this day forth that I did solo a party boss at my level without any skill points invested in anything!

And I forgot to put my helmet on.

2009
Aug
27
14:47

(0) ¶ Second Life’s best roleplay 

According to this guy, Second Life’s top 10 roleplaying groups.

2009
Aug
25
03:34

(0) ¶ Female runway hair 

The finish line:

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And the runners-up:

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2009
Aug
24
07:11

(0) ¶ Tips on icing your head 

  1. Do you understand, I mean really understand why you’re playing this?
    • Is it an open-ended goal that’s probably going to kill hours of your life? Is it to explore?
  2. Make a daily goal. Then leave.
  3. You know what’s awesome about warbiking? It’s a place and a time and you get up and walk away and leave.
  4. A day or two of rest. Before your mind stars jittering into overdrive. And you’re not on a schedule.
  5. Get out of the guild. Mentally, at least.
  6. In fact, you play games for fun, remember?
      “You play to beat them.”
      “Yes!  But you play them for fun, remember?”
      “But what if you want to write a guide?”
      “Ah, you’re mixing up your gaming life with your creative life.”
      “Can it really be separated?”
      “I think some are a little more consumerist than others.”
      “Any tips?”
      “No. Just play what you want to play when you want to play it.”
  7. So it turns out creative fulfillment vastly improves your chances of not letting a bad game drain .
2009
Aug
22
12:17

(0) ¶ Things I would change, Retromud edition 

  1. Elemental balance is trés ridicule
  2. Dropping everything on quit
  3. World transport that doesn’t make a damn bit of sense
  4. Multiplaying rules
  5. Crufty guilds
  6. Crufty races
  7. Crufty everything really
  8. DESTROYING OUR EQ, FOR GOD’S SAKES ALREADY