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The area of the telegraphs does not correspond that well to the graphic. Either that or there is substantial placement inaccuracy built into their client-server-networking system. I've had to make sure that I am well outside the area subtended by the graphic in order to avoid the strikes...

This is why aggressive phasing is necessary for games at this point. Everything either seems to be either Murder at Disneyland with 10000 people all trying to kill the same rat, or wandering through the siberian tundra without so much as seeing another player for hours at a time.

I did not read it like that... I saw it as

Loki is a foe of both Thor and the Avengers, but he is pretty far down the totem pole in terms of universal badassery in the comics. I mean he is still an Asgardian and so being a god really isn't a slouch, but... I wouldn't be too terribly surprised if Marvel didn't just have a Loki movie...

Tom Hiddleston really has taken an absurd Marvel villain with a terrible costume and made him into a Big Bad. People who don't really follow comic books now think of Loki as like Magneto or Lex Luthor.

Well given that the lore has the Combine races having been hiding out on Kunark for several centuries and then escaping Exodus-style back to Antonica I would have to imagine there will be Iksar involved from the very start. Surely some of them are none too keen on Venril Sathir and decided to...

Everquest came out in the infancy of the internet as a real consumer entity. There were a couple of news sites with forums (like Noows...) but it was no where near the sort of environment that you have now where dedicated fansites datamine every single detail about a new patch as soon as it...

Tier system and unlocked abilities from additional classes (basically what was always intended with Rift...) is a very viable progression system. What they have done is simply make the 'max level' progression the main method of advancement rather than having 60 levels of whatever followed by...

Here is how I would go about class design were I in their shoes: Design a whole bunch of abilities that can function within the voxel dominated world you have invented and which fall in line with the overall basic concepts of EQ. Go crazy with concepts and implement anything you can possibly...

What defines "Everquest"? To me EQ is a massively multiplayer online role playing game that is set on the planet of Norrath. It features races such as Humans, Elves, Gnomes, Trolls, Ogres and Iksar. There is a history in which the Ring of Scale, Shissar, Combine Empire, Venril Sathir, etc...

Well let us consider the nature of combat in a more realistic world since that seems to be what they are aiming at here. It does make no sense for the big nasty monster to attack the guy in plate mail holding a shield first when they can easily go eat the healer or the cleric... so fix that...

I am very impressed by everything I saw. They learned that the old level-based themepark is just no longer interesting and their whole notion of having a more dynamic world with fully destructible everything is pretty darn amazing. As to what they have been working on? Well its this very...

It really needs the original melody to be incorporated into it, I know there are hints of it here and there but the original was a very strong tune and this is just kinda... flat.

Yeah casting of Catharine Tate for the xmas special was stunt casting of a big guest star for the holiday special in order to pump up the comedy elements. It would be the equivalent of casting Tina Fey in a special and then having her turn around and say that she was up for doing a season of...

That guy had very odd ears

Keynote: A prevailing tone or central theme, typically one set or introduced at the start of a conference.

This is a compelling argument for never going to a SOE Live event ever again

Well we know they didnt bother hiring a PR firm... or engage with any of the main PS4 press campaign.

The New Teen Titans had a recurring theme of parental issues: Robin : Parents dead, father-figure kind of a dick and won't actually adopt you Cyborg : Distant father who was always busy but nevertheless created the cybernetics keeping you alive and also gave you a T-shaped headquarters...

Talisman indeed and there was still remnants left in Everquest as of the 10th anniversary a few years ago. I haven't been back since then, there were a few of us who played World of Warcraft and then all of us who then went to Rift actually got sucked into FoH. www.talismanguild.orgseems to...

Wildstar certainly seems cool and I love the sense of humour that they are interjecting into the whole thing so I really cannot fault them for their efforts to date. That having been said Wildstar is not Everquest. Everquest, for me, has a gravitas to it that nothing can quite duplicate. I...

I'd pay for a beta. I have nothing to do and am eager to see what is up in the world of Norrath

I will say that the Chua are pretty much awesome. I'm fairly certain I'm going Dominion just to be a Chua... also the Aurin are a bit too over-the-top.

That is probably the single biggest theoretical roadblock to proper phasing that I can think of. In the example you list then I'm pretty sure the only truly viable way to handle it would be for you to simply vanish from Tad's perspective or simply for you to never appear to one or the other in...

It was Captain Atom. Dr Manhattan is based on Captain Atom in the same way that Rorschach was based on The Question and Nite Owl was based on Blue Beetle.

Well Seasons 1-4 take place in one calendar year. There is even a beat of an in-joke when they talk about how a year has gone by and that it seemed so much longer.

Hmmm the Erudite that is front and central in the original is now gone, as are any halflings and no sign of gnomes.

To premiere later this year with a one hour special on Disney XD and followed by the full series in, presumably, 2014. They seem to be taking their cue from Cartoon Network who always does this same trick with their action-oriented animated series of having a cold-open special to get the buzz...

Title: Star Wars Rebels Genre: Action & Adventure, Animation First aired: 2014-10-13 Creator: Simon Kinberg, Dave Filoni, Carrie Beck Cast: Freddie Prinze Jr., David Oyelowo, Taylor Gray, Vanessa Marshall, Tiya Sircar Overview: Set between the events of Star Wars: Episodes III and...

Visual distinctiveness in MMOs has taken a turn for the bizarre. From the original EQ where there were only a handful of different textures to now where every character walks around like they are in a Mardi Gras parade. Eventually all games go the wardrobe route whereby you can choose to...

Chris Kluwe must have been the BIG backer on Kickstarter as he figures prominently in the side story conversations. It isnt too surprising that combat difficulty is a bit off as that was the thing that had been the most highly variable in the last month of polish. Good news is that authors...

Make sure to talk to the ghost in the bar for background history of the game

How many weapons do you need? I'm pretty sure my characters in EQ/WoW/SWToR/etc have all used the same weapon type the entire run from 1-60+ with possibly some variation between 2h and a 1h with totem/shield.

The nerd ending at the end of the credits is very cool and leads into the next one... Also note at the end of the movie when Flash returns the timeline to "normal" that he and Batman are both now in their New 52 uniforms. The DC Animated Universe has been rebooted

This is making the rounds again even though it was recorded a year ago at the time of the initial shooting. Even though its funny he makes very good points.

Well each class has one role which they are lacking a soul for, which I always thought was quite intentional in order to give class flavor to certain combinations. This may be trying to fill the hole in each class: Healer for Warrior and Rogue, Support for Cleric and Tank for Mage.

Coming in September 2013

They have zero marketing budget, so they are asking people to spread the word:

The irony being that full blooded Africans are the only true humans. The rest of us, especially white people, have quite a lot of Neanderthal DNA due to cross-breeding. I can only imagine what sort of shitstorm that news would have created 100 years ago.