zondag 30 september 2007

So unreal.

Played a bit of a beta (under NDA so can't talk about it), so there isn't much to say/post..
Been a lot of fun and the game looks awesome, i am gonna be pre-ordering the game.

Other than that i've been listening to a bunch of podcasts, really need to catch up on them as i am starting to run behind :)

I also played a bit of the Unreal Tournament 2004 demo and decided to order the Unreal Anthology.

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zaterdag 29 september 2007

Two Worlds

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Been playing the Two Worlds demo, have to say this game looks awesome.

It's a battle..

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Finally managed to get Battlefield 2 working again, reinstalling the last patch seemed to have done the trick.
So been playing that for a little while :)

In a galaxy far, far away..

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Been playing good old Star Wars Battlefront II, having loads of fun.

vrijdag 28 september 2007

Clive Barker's Jericho

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Played the demo of Clive Barker's Jericho, looks like a fun game, might check it out.

donderdag 27 september 2007

Up in Renton Keep

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Played a bit of Vanguard, didn't do any questing, been mostly exploring, couldn't see much because of fog but i ended up in Renton Keep.

woensdag 26 september 2007

The fight continues

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Still working on my campaign in World in Conflict, great game, i am absolutely loving it :)
The graphics are really great, fun how you can really zoom in and actually see your troops fighting.

zondag 23 september 2007

Game Designer

I didn't really game much today as i spend most of my time working on my home study course (i am taking a course called "Game Designer").
I won't be getting a degree or a diploma or anything with it but i thought it would be a lot of fun learning more about what it takes to design a game and to (try) make games myself.

Basicly most of the material used in this course comes from two books:
1. Fundamentals of Game Design by Ernest adams and Andrew Rollings
2. The Game Maker's Apprentice: Game development for beginners by Mark Overmars (link)

The second book has a sofware tool called "Game Maker", used to create games.

The course also comes with lots of cool, classic DOS games like Cannon Fodder, James Pond, MDK and Frogger.

So far it's lots of fun, still have about four months of study to go.

zaterdag 22 september 2007

More EverQuest

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Besides listening to a bunch of podcasts i played a bit of EverQuest.
Did a few more quests with Samandu in the mines of Gloomingdeep, died for the first time and reached level 6 now :)

Can't wait to get out of the starting area though, i have 13 expansions to explore :)

vrijdag 21 september 2007

World in Conflict

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Recieved my copy of World in Conflict today, awesome looking game.
So far lots of fun playing the single player campaign.

donderdag 20 september 2007

EverQuest

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Finally got my copy of the EverQuest anniversary edition (was playing the trial), so decided to roll a new character: Samandu.
Starting out at the Mines of Gloomingdeep, reached level 5 with Samandu, a Drakkin necromancer.

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dinsdag 18 september 2007

maandag 17 september 2007

zaterdag 15 september 2007

Baldur's Gate

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Eventhough the small screen resolution (640x480) hurts my eyes, it was still fun playing :)

Jade Empire

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Finally got around to playing a bit more of Jade Empire.

Podcast extravaganza

Just a "little" list of podcasts i am currently listening to (and recommend to you).

Another Here
CAGcast
Comutiny
Diggnation
EQual Perspectives
The Force-Cast
Game/On
GDC Radio
GFW Radio
Guildcast
The Keen and Graev Podcast
MOG
Oh My God Real Life Podcast
The Online Gamer's Anthology
RingCast
Short Attention Gamer
Shut Up. We're Talking
SOE Official Podcast
Star Wars Galaxies with Yivvits and Mrbubble
Tiki Bar TV
The Global Geek Podcast
Virginworlds
Voyages of Vanguard
W00t Radio: The Jesters Court
The Wife-Aggro.com Podcast

Also a couple of cool audiobook podcasts:
DragonHearth
Forever Fifteen
Nina Kimberly The Merciless
Taken Liberty

Here's a few i am still subscribed to, that are no longer updating:
ConanCast
Falcon Twin Podcast (podcast companion for the Falcon Twin webcomic)
Podcasting For Dummies
the Pwnage Brothers
starwars.com Podcast Special
Wildly Divergent

All of these podcasts can be found in iTunes.

dinsdag 11 september 2007

Bioshock, not so shocking.

Just finished playing the demo for Bioshock and..... it doesn't convince me.
After all i've been hearing and seeing, i thought this would be an awesome game, well it's nice.
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But after finishing this demo, i am still not sure if i'm gonna buy it.
It looks great, story great and all but it doesn't really feel like being worth all the fuzz and hype surrounding this game.

Hmm maybe that's it, it's all hype.

Anyway, i doubt this game will be added to my collection anytime soon.

maandag 10 september 2007

zondag 9 september 2007

Jack in..

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Didn't do much gaming today, but i did start up the Matrix Online, to have the game updated and logged in for a few secs.

zaterdag 8 september 2007

The Gimme NOW!! generation..

Ok, so after the wipe everyone had to start all over again in the Tabula Rasa beta, no problem.

So on my way to the first logo, i see there's 3 people allready there so i wait in line for my turn.
These logos are on some sort of timer, so when someone is allready using it you can't and have to wait a little for it to "reset".

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So i patiently wait in line until it is my turn, low and behold, when it was my turn, even before i could activate the logo, some asshole comes walking up and activates it and walks of, leaving me to wait again, i cursed.
Just to make sure this wouldn't happen again, i kept pushing the "use" key, hopefully to prevent someone from "stealing" it again, needles to say, two more assholes managed to just walk up and steal it right in front of me.

I guess no one feels the need anymore to be nice to other people and just wait for your turn and let someone who got there before you go first (jerks).

It's the same in many other mmo's, kill stealing seems to be rather normal these days (and i've seen loads of that in Tabula Rasa the last few days).

I remember (in some other game), waiting for a spawn for over half an hour, when it finally spawned i engaged in combat only to see someone else pop up out of nowhere and get the kill on the mob.

....and still people think it's wierd that i'd rather solo (in an mmo).

vrijdag 7 september 2007

donderdag 6 september 2007

RL being a bitch

Well i finaly got "well" enough to have a little playsession.
Been recovering from an infection in my right lung (pneumonia), quite painfull and difficult breathing.

But just a few hours ago i felt fit enough to turn on my computer and have a little go, i probably shouldn't be staying up to long though, so i'm gonna be heading of to bed pretty soon.

On a positive note, i've had no desire whatsoever for a cigarette in the last (almost) 4 days (hmm okay, sarcasm off)

EDIT: o, yeah, since NDA has been lifted i can actually say that i played a little bit of Tabula Rasa (been in that beta since July 3rd)
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Just a little screenie from early august.

Tabula Rasa: Lord’s Walkthrough 1/3



Part 2/3: link
Part 3/3: link

maandag 3 september 2007

zondag 2 september 2007

Back for more

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Now that i finally got my station access subscription running i can play EQ2 again :)
Been leveling and questing with my main, Endellion a necromancer, and worked her up to level 20.

zaterdag 1 september 2007

He who comes first..

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Guess this is a nice bonus of the server merge, got a message that i am the first to finish this quest, cool :)

I see people...!!

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Logged in to Vanguard today, after the server merges happened yesterday and i am finally seeing people walking around.
Also finally got my station access working (with a little help from customer service) so i'll probably be playing Vanguard a bit more.

Mostly did some diplomacy missions with my latest character, Cynheiddon, around Tursh.