So much for World of Starcraft. Whatever they do, it's going to have to have a serious PvP system to make me wander over. WoW may be it for the kid. It's going to take something compelling to get me to play another MMO.
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I have to disagree myself there. PvP is nearly impossible to do well in MMOs. You either make the equipment highly standardized and set (i.e. sniper kits and whatnot in first person shooters) or you get people who plow so much time into it that it just becomes silly and boring getting killed over and over by 14 yr olds on their third monster of the night.
I think that's true, and I thought that was part of the reason why Blizzard added vehicle combat to PvP (so vehicles would be the same regardless of how advanced your character is). However, with this new patch, apparently the strength of the vehicle will depend on how good your gear is. That seems like it would undermine the benefits of that standardization.
There's already a LOTR MMO ... I've been tempted to try it, but ultimately decided against it. There are only so many hours in a day, and other things I need to be doing.
I'd be interested in a good SF-themed MMO, should one come along. I hope that's what Blizzard is working on, despite the news that it's not based on Starcraft.
There is apparantly a MMO based on the Firefly Universe but I haven't heard anything about it in aThere is apparently a MMO based on the Firefly Universe but I haven't heard anything about it in a little while...that would be cool. little while...that would be cool.
Here's a piece no one cared about. Meh, whatever, probably the most enjoyable article I did during my stint at TIME. Premiered a month before I got laid-off. The nail in the coffin? Ya think?
Here's me going after Al. I didn't so much have a problem with him, as I had a problem with media acting like this dude was the go-to guy for everything black.
This was my first real story at time. I was writing for the Business section, a real change of direction for me. At any rate, it's about Wal-Mart's attempts to colonize the inner-city. As much as I enjoyed this piece, I mostly enjoyed going out to Chicago, which is a beautiful, beautiful city.
This a piece I did about the cops just outside our nation capitol, in Prince George's County, a few years back. I wanted to offer a counter to the dumb, conventional wisdom that if you paint your police force black, you could eradicate police brutality. In fact, Prince George's--one of the richest, blackest counties in the country--also had one of the most brutal police force's in the country.
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood 
I have to disagree myself there. PvP is nearly impossible to do well in MMOs. You either make the equipment highly standardized and set (i.e. sniper kits and whatnot in first person shooters) or you get people who plow so much time into it that it just becomes silly and boring getting killed over and over by 14 yr olds on their third monster of the night.
I think that's true, and I thought that was part of the reason why Blizzard added vehicle combat to PvP (so vehicles would be the same regardless of how advanced your character is). However, with this new patch, apparently the strength of the vehicle will depend on how good your gear is. That seems like it would undermine the benefits of that standardization.
Personally I'm waiting for Champions Online, but that's the superhero geek in me.
/fucking signed!
One game to rule them all
One game to find them
One game to rule them all
And in the darkness bind them
There's already a LOTR MMO ... I've been tempted to try it, but ultimately decided against it. There are only so many hours in a day, and other things I need to be doing.
I'd be interested in a good SF-themed MMO, should one come along. I hope that's what Blizzard is working on, despite the news that it's not based on Starcraft.
There is apparantly a MMO based on the Firefly Universe but I haven't heard anything about it in aThere is apparently a MMO based on the Firefly Universe but I haven't heard anything about it in a little while...that would be cool. little while...that would be cool.
gah double posted - bad spelling and corrected spelling...blah