PC
Star Trek Online
Mass Effect 2
Torchlight
Dragon Age: Origins
NDS
Sands of Destruction
Hero’s Saga: Laevatein Tactics
Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes
26
Jan
Currently Playing
Last night, I finally decided on taking up Cryptic’s offer of a lifetime subscription for Star Trek Online. This afternoon, trying to find out more information on Liberated Borg and their place in Star Trek lore, I turned to Google only to find many forum posts arguing against the lifetime subscription opportunity offered by Cryptic. Some citing it as a cash grab, among other things. Some people went on to cite the shelf life and the failure rate of MMOs (failure according to some as not bringing in as many subscribers as World of Warcraft) as a reason not to purchase a lifetime subscription. One person even called Lord of the Rings Online a failure. I think not, LotRO has been around for over two years now and has just released it’s second expansion pack. Turbine also offered Founder’s Pricing for those that pre-ordered the game and offered a lifetime subscription to the game for $199.00. You can now purchase a lifetime subscription for $299.00.
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games, MMO, PC, star trek, subscriptions
26
Jan
Mass Effect 2 (PC)
So, I went and picked up Mass Effect 2 on my way home from work. So far I am very impressed. Everything seems so much smoother than Mass Effect 1, everything from the user interface to the combat itself. The graphics and animations are absolutely gorgeous and has come a very long way in the two years since ME1.
I’ve completed the first two missions and can’t wait to play some more. At least I will have a couple more days to play this before I will have to start splitting play time between this and Star Trek Online.
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games, mass effect, PC
10
Jan
Star Trek Online (PC)
I got in the Star Trek Online Closed Beta through FilePlanet. Since Open Beta begins on Tuesday anyways, here goes.
I managed to get in about 12 hours of gameplay over the weekend, after missing the first key distribution day and time loss due to patching.
I launched Torchlight and thought I would try out the Destroyer class for a bit. I will say that swinging around a large pick axe in one hand and a large hammer in the other is rather satisfying as well. However, I quickly got sick of having random barrels explode in my face when attempting to break them, so I went and equipped a gun in my secondary weapon set. I found myself shooting at barrels as well as enemies. While this made sense strategically, it just didn’t feel right using a ranged weapon with a melee class. Swarmed with enemies, I was able to put my dual-wielding and area of effect attacks to good use. I defeated Brink again and returned to town via the first waypoint.
I hopped on to my Vanquisher and found out I had stopped just before a boss fight, the Overseer. I defeated the Overseer and received the ‘A Lich to Scratch’ achievement. The second waypoint was activated, so I decided to call it a night.
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games, PC, torchlight
04
Jan
Torchlight (PC)
I picked this up off of Steam for $4.99! I started as the Vanquisher class wielding a bow and quickly found myself equipped with dual pistols. It’s great mindless fun, especially for only $4.99! I found myself playing much longer than planned, planning to stop when finished clearing the level, only to find myself clearing the next and the next.
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games, PC, torchlight
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