Do You Care About Your MMO’s Lore?

January 18, 2010
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No matter what MMO you play, there’s a backstory.  If you’re in Fallen Earth, there’s a reason it’s post apocalyptic and a story that the game tells you—generally through quests—to let you know how it got that way.  EverQuest has its own mythology, as does Ultima Online—though, God knows what they’ve done with it [...]

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A Different Kind of Roleplay in World of Warcraft

January 13, 2010
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I fell in love with World of Warcraft five years ago.  It was immediate infatuation.  I stepped into Azeroth and immediately knew that I had found my new MMO home. I loved the world, I loved the characters, and I loved that I could play the game according to my schedule—whether that was 30 [...]

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Review: The “Old Man’s War” Series by John Scalzi

January 11, 2010
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When I got my Kindle, the first book I went for was John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War.  I had been told two things about it: that it was a counterpoint to Robert Heinlein’s Starship Troopers and that it was awesome.  What I was not told, however, was that Old Man’s War was the first [...]

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Review: Amazon Kindle 2

January 8, 2010
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When I heard about the Amazon.com’s first generation Kindle, I scoffed.  I thought that ebooks would be a fad because the machines were clunky, there was no standard format for files, and the most sought-after books were simply not available.
And on top of that, I like holding books.  I love being able to go [...]

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Looking for New Authors to Read

January 6, 2010

My personal library is made up almost entirely of eclectic yet mainstream pop fiction.  You’ll find sections dedicated to Stephen King, Dean Koontz, J.K. Rowling, Michael Crichton, George R.R. Martin, Jim Butcher, and Orson Scott Card.  I have the whole A Series of Unfortunate Events on my top shelf beside hardcovers of all four [...]

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How I Shortlisted John Scalzi as a New Favorite Author

January 4, 2010
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My lovely wife bought me a Kindle for Christmas.  It has rarely left my side since I opened the box.  Within the first six days of owning this most beloved Kindle, I finished three full books: Old Man’s War and The Ghost Brigades and The Last Colony by John Scalzi.  I have just begun [...]

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