The Wizard of Duke StreetA collection of essays, reviews and commentary on fantasy, science-fiction, gaming, and associated genres.WoW: Old Hillsbrad FTW- February 19, 2008 On Saturday last, Nina and I sat down and did 12 straight hours of World of Warcraft, playing through the entire attunement process for Karazhan. I didn't actually attune, since I've no interest in the raid, but the quests and storylines though Old Hillsbrad were so good that I'll be happy to do the instance again.Black Morass, admittedly, was a lot more work for me, as Wormson the Warlock, than I've been accustomed to - the most efficient way to keep the various portal-spawned mobs away from...http://dukestreet.org/archives/004604.html Honor Harrington MMO- February 13, 2008 Apparently - and despite my interest in both David Weber's Honor Harrington series, and MMOs, this managed to sneak past me until now - there's going to be an game called something like Honorverse: an Honor Harrington MMO.The website, unfortunately, does not fill me with hope. Of the logos at the bottom, Baen, Weber's publisher, is the only one I recognise. The site itself looks like it was built with care and attention, in 1998. And then there's the direction the game is taking - instead of...http://dukestreet.org/archives/004601.html |