About That Whole Statesman Thing…

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city of heroes, erase the hate, gaming news, master x master, MMO, mmo news, MOBA, mxm, ncsoft, news, pax east, statesman, stupid ideas

So I’ve been sitting on the news that broke yesterday about the next character arriving in MOBA/ARPG hybrid Master X Master: Statesman from City of Heroes. When it first was provided to me, I was pretty well dumbstruck. As a matter of fact, I’ve been dumbstruck about it for the ten-odd days I had to keep quiet on the matter.

But now that the embargo on the news is lifted, I can talk about my feelings about the matter. And those feelings can essentially be boiled down to a weird jambalaya of confusion paired with the desire to still see MXM succeed while also feeling guilty about having both emotions.

Sometimes, surprises ain’t fun.

The Sunday Bundle – February 12 2017

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crowdfunding, crowfall, e3, final fantasy xiv, game news, gaming news, MMO, mmo news, mmorpg, news, overwatch, the sunday bundle, week in review

It’s a snowy day here where I live. Not the oppressive sort of snow, but the idyllic kind that you see on myriad Christmas cards, where the flakes have been steadily and gently falling. It’s a good day to be dressed down with a mug of freshly brewed chai and just be generally pleased with the simplicity of things.

Why the mise en scène? Because I wanted a reason to use the phrase “mise en scène”. Let’s recap the news!

Man, I am so funny. I should do an open mic night next.

The Sunday Bundle – Jan 29 2017

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ark: survival evolved, camelot unchained, final fantasy xiv, game news, gaming news, MMO, mmo gaming, mmo news, mmorpg, news, revelation online, sandbox, the sunday bundle, wildstar

As the news editor for MMOGames, I see a bunch of stories crawl across my feeds, and there are a few of these I have thoughts on or that strike my fancy enough that I’d like to expand upon them. That’s what this segment is all about; The Sunday Bundle.

This week’s world news has been…difficult, to say the least. If you’ve been following current events and my personal Twitter, I apologize for not exactly using the latter to help folks escape from the former. It’s my fervent hope that this week’s edition of the Sunday Bundle will offer a bit of a breather from the maelstrom outside.

Let’s talk videogames, shall we?

The Sunday Bundle – Jan 22 2017

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game news, gaming news, MMO, mmo gaming, mmorpg, news, the sunday bundle, week in review

As the news editor for MMOGames, I see a bunch of stories crawl across my feeds, and there are a few of these I have thoughts on or that strike my fancy enough that I’d like to expand upon them. That’s what this segment is all about; The Sunday Bundle.

Another week done and dusted, and overall I’ve got to say that this news cycle has been pretty quiet overall. Which is to be expected, I suppose, what with no cons or other things going on. Still, there were a few pieces of news that crossed my path that I wanted to expand on. So, shall we?

Let’s get this over with, I’ve got important things to do.

The Sunday Bundle – Jan 15 2017

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game news, gaming news, MMO, mmo gaming, mmorpg, news, the sunday bundle, week in review

As the news editor for MMOGames, I see a bunch of stories crawl across my feeds, and there are a few of these I have thoughts on or that strike my fancy enough that I’d like to expand upon them. That’s what this segment is all about; The Sunday Bundle, a weekly feature I’d like to try out for my blog.

I do want to mention that I’m not trying to drive business to those I work for or otherwise self-promote. I’m just taking a few moments to go over some favorite stories from the week. To that point, I’m not going to be directly linking to the stories in question.

I appreciate everyone’s thoughts on this idea, so please let me know if this is even remotely interesting.

“Didn’t read it. Don’t care. Hate it.”

Floating in a Tin Can: Second Stage Rocket

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ascent, comments, drama llama, elite dangerous, internet spaceship, news, sandbox, space mmo, star citizen

…look, I know the title sucks, but it’s a sequel to one of my posts shuddup.

Specifically, this is a sequel to my musings about internet spaceships in general and Star Citizen in specific.  I was sort of hoping to ignore the elephant in the room, but I have to face facts.  The entire thing going down with the game, its devs and its detractors has gotten to me.  Against my own better judgment and event my own advice to others to ignore haters…its there, like a bunch of mosquito bites.

“Chris Roberts is a con artist!” *sluuuurp*