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Jack Thompson is a cold-blooded zombie killer…

Wednesday, October 19th, 2005
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I was reading this article on Game Girl Advance when it hit me…”Hey, I saw Jack Thompson in Urban Dead! I think he was claiming that NecroTech was inspired by violent video games!”
Sure enough, Jack Thompson is bunked down in the same mall as I am, spouting his anti-video game philosphies and occasionally wandering out [...]

Looking for Fun in All the Wrong Places…Chap 7: The Great Ocean

Tuesday, April 12th, 2005
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The last installment (for now!) of Jetgirl’s search for fun and enjoyment in the MMORPG genre.
Yo! Ho! Ho! Puzzle Pirates may not seem like it fits with the other games I have talked about so far. It is not in fully rendered glorious 3D. It did not take $20 million to make and it [...]

Looking for Fun in All the Wrong Places…Chap 6: A Galaxy Far, Far Away

Wednesday, November 24th, 2004
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A Galaxy Far, Far Away…
I had been waiting with great anticipation for this game. The last game I had paid for was UO, but I was ready to shell out the cash for this one. I am, of course, a terrible Star Wars fan. I was also excited about the large-sounding range [...]

Looking for Fun in all the Wrong Places….Chap. 5: Aerynth

Wednesday, October 6th, 2004
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I firmly believe that Shadowbane was created by a group of people who spent much of the 80’s (or earlier) playing hour upon hour of PVP MUDs. In fact, reading the web-site before the game went into beta, it seemed the designers were a disparate group of PVPers with a couple folks thrown in [...]

Looking for Fun in all the Wrong Places..Chapter 4: Dereth Revisited

Wednesday, September 29th, 2004
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As the new wave started appearing, I applied for every new Beta as they became available. This strategy only gained me entrance to two worlds, and one of them I had visited before.
But now things on Dereth were different. Asheron’s Call 2 takes place after “The Devastation” had occurred and changed [...]