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The Ewok Celebration Song – Celebrate the Love!

Arkenor — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:05:47 +0000

It appears that the Ewoks have been roped in to be the mascots of what passes for Valentine’s Day celebrations over in Star Wars Galaxies. Is it a rule over there that every festival has to be tied to a furry humanoid? Folks are still trying to lose the pounds they gained during the Wookie [...]

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Jack Steel and the Starblade – Episode 9 – Resistance!

Arkenor — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:36:39 +0000

Episode 9 – Resistance Badly damaged in their first encounter with the Qaxorian fleet, the Starblade has crash landed on the surface of Titan. But will the moon’s mysterious inhabitants prove to be friendly or just another threat? If you happen to like our little show, do please share it with anyone else you think might be [...]

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Star Trek Online : Ramming Speed

Arkenor — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:20:22 +0000

Just a quick post to illustrate why the skill, “Ramming Speed”, a skill all classes get at level 23, is seriously out of whack in Star Trek Online. The damage ramming speed does depends upon the speed you are going. Combining a few skills together, you get the result below. The Crystalline Entity fleet action, found [...]

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Upcoming Stat changes in Everquest 2

Arkenor — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:45:10 +0000

There is apparently a lot more to EQ2’s GU55 and Sentinel’s Fate expansion than I expected that is going to affect those of us not at max level. I’m particularly excited about the Butcherblock Mountains and Kaladim revamps. I hope there’s lots of lovely new quests waiting there for me. Tier 6 Kaladim has been retiered, [...]

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Ongoing Star Trek Online thoughts, and ST.0.20100202a.3 patch notes.

Arkenor — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:22:07 +0000

I’ve just started getting past the point I got to in the Open Beta. Since last I wrote, STO has become a great deal more stable, and less buggy. Just in time, I might add! This time around, instead of going for a Science Vessel, which are the most heavily shielded, and of middling manoeuvrability, I [...]

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Star Trek Online ST.0.20100202a.2 patch notes, 4th February 2010

Arkenor — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:09:30 +0000

A good bug-squashing attempt, most notable for the research changes. Until now, I don’t think anyone ever managed to get past the first researcher. Also, the code left over from Champions Online that was allowing people to choose colours for their weapons has been removed. No more being blown up by fuscia coloured disrupter beam wielding [...]

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Cloak of Pie!!!

Arkenor — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:43:22 +0000

I like pie. Pie is good. So is cake. Also pud. We’ve all received this marvellous cloak (and 250 station cash) today for reaching the silver mark in the ConnecDing promotion. Just a few more thousand Facebook Everquest 2 fans, and we should get the gold reward, which involves a furniture item that allows pillow fights [...]

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Pirates of the Burning Sea – The Sea gets Smaller.

Arkenor — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:50:59 +0000

Just received this in my email, and it makes me rather sad. PotBS appears to be in dire straits. Ahoy, Pirates of the Burning Sea Captains! Population density has been the topic of much debate in the community over the last few months. What we’re hearing is that Pirates is an awesome game that you really [...]

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In which I am outraged at Cryptic’s greed in making us pay extra for Klingons and Ferengi.

Arkenor — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:25:11 +0000

A lot of folks have been wondering where the playable Klingons and Ferengi were for the Federation side. Well, they’ve just turned up, in time for launch day. They’re so super-duper awesome that they’re not included in the price of your game. You have to pay extra. Putting an existing Klingon or Ferengi model in a [...]

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Everquest 2 – Halas Player Housing revealed?

Arkenor — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:14:37 +0000

Brenlo just twittered this without comment. I *think* it must be the player housing for the upcoming city of New Halas in Everquest 2. Not sure why else he’d want to show us an empty room! I particularly like the window! Also, if there’s an outdoors through the window, there’s potential for using the teleporter trick [...]

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The Star Trek Online TV Commercial

Arkenor — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:19:22 +0000

It’s quite an event in it’s own right for an MMO other than World of Warcraft to be advertised on TV. Because the embedded player is extremely poorly behaved, and will attempt to redirect your browser to IGN after it is done, I’ll put it after the fold. Hopefully it’ll turn up on youtube eventually and [...]

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Jack Steel and the Starblade – Episode 8 – Unequal Odds!!!

Arkenor — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:21:15 +0000

Episode 8 – Unequal Odds Deep in the outer reaches of the solar system, Jack Steel has taken the fight to the Qaxorian enemy, only to discover that the Starblade’s weapons are useless against the alien shielding. Now, surrounded by enemy vessels, Jack and his friends face a tough fight to escape. If you happen to [...]

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