I want to once again talk about music, but this time set in tabletop games rather than video games. For a video game, it’s an integral part of the experience. For tabletop games, it’s strictly optional, but it can help to set the mood very nicely.
I’ve found that music tends to be most effective when [...]
I’m enjoying a nice run through the first room of Relics, the first major dungeon in Rappelz. I’ve just hit the point where I can solo it, and I’m earning insane amounts of job and experience points. It’s a great feeling.
Then, the bane of every cleric’s existence.
“Buf plz.”
Naturally, I’m out of mp. So I explain [...]
Now that I have my new computer, some friends of mine got me into playing Rappelz. Now that you’ve had a moment to digest that in light of my article on what’s wrong with MMORPGs, let me explain. Also, bear in mind this is my experience with the game up through 35th level or so.
For [...]
I have yet to find any mmorpg worth my time and money. Of course, given that this genre sucks up both in vast quantities, this doesn’t really surprise me. There are a few that have come close, but they all have some niggling problems I just can’t get over. Now, the problems I talk about [...]
