South Park season 10 premiere... pure gold

Submitted by Hoza on October 4, 2006 - 11:36pm

Holy fereakin' crap!  The new South Park is brilliant!  I honestly don't know what else to say for now, but holy hell, that was funny. 

I figure you really must look out for a replay of this episode in the next week and watch it... maybe you can suck it out of the grand Interweb somehow, but I don't want to condone such things.  Maybe I'll come back in and blabber about it later.  Very nice.

ArchLord subscription model changes back to "normal"

Submitted by Hoza on September 28, 2006 - 10:23am

I know there's a lot of ArchLord news from me right now and not much else... it's not a bias or anything. It just worked out that way this time. Today, I'm posting this because there's another story a few notches down that is now rendered irrelevant.

As I previously mentioned , Codemasters was trying out a "PlayPLUS" system for subscriptions, where players could decide how much to pay and they'd get more in-game goodies as they paid more cash. Apparently, during the beta phase testing, the community no likey that idea too much. In response to various feedback, the system will be switched to a more tradition model... pay $X per month for unlimited play. "The single monthly subscription will also include free credits for all players to redeem against in-game enhancements. All players will receive the same amount of credits as part of the single monthly subscription, providing a level playing field for all subscribers."

Well... so much for "innovative" and/or "revolutionary", I guess.

 

ArchLord Beta Opens Up For Stress Testing

Submitted by Hoza on September 27, 2006 - 3:13pm

I'm waaay behind, so I'm just going to be lazy and post the press release thingaroo right here.  You can get what you want from that, I'd bet.  ArchLord is the game...

Codemasters Online Gaming are excited to announce that we are throwing the doors open to the ArchLord BETA in preparation for the climactic end of BETA event that is scheduled to take place very soon!

The planned epic stress test will offer the last opportunity for people to enter the game before the final release and will give players the opportunity to take part in this climactic, large scale PvP event planned to celebrate the end of BETA. The final location and time are still to be announced however one thing is for sure this will be one of the biggest PvP battles ever seen within any MMORPG.

Taking part is easy… Go get your BETA key now at www.archlordgame.com/requestakey and then follow the instructions to create your character and then enter the BETA. From here you will then need to join one of the four guilds taking part in this epic battle. The guilds are headed up by the champions of Chantra below:

  • Brumhart - Champion of Zylok
  • Ziann Champion of Anchorville
  • Evengarda Champion of tullan
  • Gaiahon Champion of terranoa

 

To enter the battle you will need to apply to join one of the four guilds lead by the champions above. For a full list of instructions on how to enter the event visit the ArchLord Forum for full details!

Get ready to join the thousands of players who have already pledged their allegiance and entered the ArchLord BETA. Make ready your weapon and prepare to fight for your very survival……

Visit here for more information on how to join a guild

Get your BETA key now at www.archlordgame.com/requestakey

Time, she's a flier

Submitted by Hoza on September 19, 2006 - 10:48am

Gah! Nearly October already?!? Holy poo. I'm waaaaay behind on a few things, eh? I know, I know... I've said that before. Well, there it is again.

Crud.

I'm painting my house. Is that worth any Excuse Points?? I'm freakin' tired and such. My hands aren't working very well for typing after scraping paint and old, cruddy caulk. Yada, yada.

 

...does any of that help? I hope so. I swear I'll get some posts up soon. Please have the patience with me and I'll get some stories online soon.

Thanks for dropping in.

WoW patch 1.12 live

Submitted by Hoza on August 23, 2006 - 12:32am
Bah! Just when I decide to pull the plug (albeit admittedly temporary), Blizzard churns out their very, very cool looking world PvP goodies in the new 1.12 content patch for World of Warcraft. I don't know how you could possibly need me to give you a link there by now, but here's one anyway. I'll cleverly disguise it just to be a dork.

My druid is going dormant for a while

Submitted by Hoza on August 11, 2006 - 2:10am
Well, I finally pulled the plug on my WoW druid.... (read more)

ArchLord payment system explained

Submitted by Hoza on August 5, 2006 - 11:30am

Codemasters has announced their official payment method they've called both "innovative" and "revolutionary"... innovative is one thing, but revolutionary... well, we've seen a Revolution turn into a Wii before, which left us with some teenagers pretending they're surfing in their living room. (I hope the photo I saw is still there when you read this, or that statement will not make much sense at all.)

Orc ArcherOrc ArcherAaanyway, back to Codemasters and their upcoming game ArchLord. Their payment system is a multi-tiered experiment, where you get more of what you pay for and you can decide to pay as little as $9.99US (or €9.99 / £6.99, depending on which you prefer). Paying these fees gets you game time like usual, but additionally you will get in-game bonus "credits" for your account. "Credits will be redeemable against bonus in-game items and benefits, such as teleportation spells, health boosts and many other desirable enhancements," says their press release. Until the game gets going, it's hard to know how much value there is in the amount of credits doled out with your subscription, but the numbers look fairly large, especially if you choose to buy up to the larger time periods... oh, I'm going to just send you to their explanation of the PlayPLUS system .

That's all I have to say about that.

Server outages are teh suck

Submitted by Hoza on August 4, 2006 - 8:46am
Something funky going on with the server this morning.  Sorry about the mess if things are reeeeeally slow or if the site goes down for a bit here...

Spaceminers Online Space Empire Building Game new round starting

Submitted by Hoza on August 3, 2006 - 5:58pm

I'll be honest, I don't know anything about this game.  SpaceMiners looks very interesting, but I haven't given it a whirl yet... I'm such a fantastic journalist, ya know?  However, these guys sent me news that piqued my interest, so maybe it will do the same for you:

The latest round - round 17 - of Spaceminers the fantastic empire building game set in space has opened signups!

Ticks of 30 minutes are due to start on 11th August in a game that allows you to take over the unverise with your amazing fleets or simply become crushed by your enemy.

In the wake of the Spaceminers World Cup, where the England team cruised to victory and all won T-shirts, the community is pushing for the next fantastic round. With a great community and good solid coding, Spaceminers is the ultimate strategy, team working and adrenaline pumping Space game. Come check us out and you'll never turn back

http://slow.spaceminers.net 

Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar enters alpha phase

Submitted by Hoza on August 3, 2006 - 5:53pm

Busting out their big bad Alpha muscles, Turbine has powered The Lord of the Rings: Shadows of Angmar into the alpha phase of development.  Already, over 125,000 players are said to have registered to get in on the upcoming beta program, so I'm sure alpha news will make quite a lot of hearts go pitter-patter.  Speaking of the beta, if you haven't yet signed up, here's where you'd do it. 

 I honestly don't have anything else to say about this at the moment... maybe I'll go sign up for beta, too.  We can all go have a big signup party on their site.  Par-tay.

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