So, me and the boys (Drew, Kev, Captain Greg, and Sammy) have been playing around with Guild Wars. Drew and I started playing this back when I was trying to convince him to play EverCrack2 with me. EverCrack2 was $49 + $14.95/month or something like that, and Guild Wars was just $49… He ended up cracking and joining us on EQ2, but we all became pretty disenchanted with EQ2 and the boss spawn lines, and whatnot. We finally ditched it, and our little band of merry adventurers retired to other things IRL.

Well, it appears we forming up again! I’m still trying to get the boys sold on CounterStrike:Source, and maybe pull us all back into Eve!! LOL

Here’s the first group picture from Guild Wars… Yep.. We took a group picture. Aren’t our wives lucky lucky girls? (Thank god we have wives already)  Kev isn’t in this photo as he joined us later…

God, we are dorks...

Here’s some MMO love for you guys. I used to play Age of Conan. It’s a wonderfully beautiful game, and fun to boot. I stopped because, well, I’m kinda broke, and I could find nobody to play with. Well, my buddy code has been activated. The buddy code will give you a free trial of the software for 14 days, I think. Anyway, I don’t need it, obviously, but I would be more than happy to give it to someone. So, if you know someone, or you yourself want this code, just shoot me a message and I’ll send it out to ya.

Listen up, Soldier! Looks like there’s a new game on the radar! Were you a fan of Planetside way back in the day? It looks like there might be an MMOFPS on the way to take the long held crown from Planetside (granted, no game has come along to challenge the crown). Anyway, I’ll let you check it out for yourself. The really good thing about this is the specs are low, and the pricepoint is very attractive — FREE. I worry about how they will get their money, but that is their problem. Anyway, follow the link below to check it out!

Battlefield Heroes!

There was a time when I would definitely call myself an avid gamer. I’d still like to call myself that. But, lately every game I play seems to fall short of that proverbial mark — whatever that mark is. Perhaps the problem is I am not aware of the mark I am trying to hit.

I just LOVE Massively Multiplayer Online games. I’ve loved them since the days when we mudded on terminal screens at the University…

I’ve played a lot of MMOs since those days: EQ2, Planetside, Dark Age of Camelot, Eve, Tabula Rasa, Guild Wars, Second Life, and now Age of Conan… Some of these did well to capture my attention, some did very poorly. However, lately, it’s as if no games are capturing my attention at all! Not sure what that is about. I mean, the latest MMO I’m playing is Conan… Yeah, CONAN! I should be all over that like white on rice, but somehow I’m not…

The reigning theory is that the heat is rolling in and we all feel a bit lethargic. Gotta love the oppresive summers here. Well, I have thirty days on Conan and we’ll see how it goes. I might just stick to Angband… ;)