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A day in the life of Midwest-Suburbia…

My life is fairly routine and boring, so the most I could come up with for my initial rant was to bitch about my neighbors and where life has rooted me for the time being…

Being a native of the east coast and somewhat outgoing as a teen, I find the fact of living in the burbs outside of St. Louis surprising at times. Don’t get me wrong, it’s nice to have a new house to call your own but it’s ‘where’ you call home that you have to be concerned about.

I grew up in rural Maryland, so I’m familiar with all the hicks, rednecks, hee-haws and refugees (a West Virginian who managed to find their way across the Potomac) anyone could imagine. But in Missouri (Mizzoraah to the natives), they’ve redefined the term ‘redneck.’ The southerner’s have they’re own thing, but I guess we’re just too close to Arkansas (i.e. West Memphis Three). Even though I live in a middle to upper-class neighborhood, I find myself surrounded by 4X4’s and Union members. A weekend trip to Wal-Mart is definitely better than the circus.

to be continued…

I want a giraffe.
They have those cool knobs on their head.
I like to think they’re antenna.
They use the antenna to keep in contact with the home world.

Idly eating leaves as they patiently await the invasion.

Beginners: To screw yourself, believe everything you read. After all, if someone promises you can…

“Beta-test new monsters , dungeons , and more before the update. Attend special DEV chats to discuss new ideas. Receive valuable discounts at the Game Shop, and more.”

…for nothing, and all you have to do is hand “Turbine” your Microsoft Zone ID and password, that’s a pretty clear-cut way to screw yourself.

Advanced: Run such a site. Then not only can Turbine have grounds to pursue legal action, but so can Microsoft and the FBI. Computer crime’s real, kids, and restitution’s a bitch. Way to go, you’ve screwed yourself real good.

Note: The above site works in Internet Explorer but not Netscape. Somehow I think browser compatibility is going to be the least of their concerns.

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It’s 1985. The game is Questron. The machine is a Commodore 64. It’s an FRPG, it’s pretty entertaining, and it introduced me to the concept which I believe will be the key to making a long-term successful MRPG: the sub-game. In fact, it may be what saves the genre. Read more »

Asheron’s Call has a major upgrade in today. So major, in fact, that if Turbine were Verant or Origin, they’d put it in a new box, call it an expansion, and charge you $25 a pop for it. GameCenter’s article about it is worth looking at - be sure to check out the pictures.

A comparison is in order. To make things blindingly obvious, negatives are in red, positives in blue.

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