Archive for May, 2008
Hello Wednesday my old friend
Posted by Rockjaw in Day Today, MMO-related on May 28th, 2008
Before I even get to the office, I’m on the phone to our costume designer. Busy executive type, me.
What really strikes me is that I can’t walk up the (pathetically small) incline to our office, and talk on the phone at the same time, without feeling a bit out of breath. Fitting that I’ve got my gym kit with me.
First thing after I get my breath back: Spaff’s nearly finished on our Secret Little Video Project, and wants me to do a dialogue polish on what he’s written. Between the two of us we add about 20% more gags. That’s science, Bobby! Read the rest of this entry »
UK Games Expo bargains and freebies!
Posted by Rockjaw in MMO-related, Pimpin' on May 28th, 2008
Feast your eyes on the newly-cheapened (in prices!) list of game bargains you’ll be able to pick up this weekend at the Games Expo:
That’s right, we accept credit cards. In case you were wondering what’s been reduced – Guild Wars: Eye of the North is now £15, Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa is £15 (or £40 for the very limited number of Collector’s Editions we have left) and the Guild Wars Nightfall Collector’s Edition is now just £20.
Not pictured: City of Heroes and Guild Wars t-shirts, all sizes, now £15! Guild Wars Hoodies, now £30! Plus reductions across other Guild Wars merchandising!!
What’s that you say? You’re flat broke? You just want free stuff? Well then, how about this: Read the rest of this entry »
Massively talk to Jess LeBow
Posted by Rockjaw in Links of Others, Press on May 28th, 2008
Jess LeWho? LeBow. Jess used to work at ArenaNet (on Guild Wars Prophecies/Factions) then jumped ship (pun alert!) to go work on Pirates of the Burning Sea. Now he’s mutinied and returned to the good ship NCsoft, where he’s ended up as Lead Quest Designer at Carbine Studios.
Ah, but working on what…?
If you don’t know who Carbine are right now, you might want to get acquainted. That’s all I’m saying.
Jess doesn’t have a lot to spill about his new project in this interview with Massively (except for one tiny comment right near the end which most people will probably miss…) but he’s still got a great history; he worked for Wizards of the Coast as their fiction editor when he started in the biz.
UK Games Expo, this weekend
Posted by Rockjaw in Events, MMO-related on May 28th, 2008
G’morning. Slept like crap; you? Came home last night with that sticky, ready to burst feeling in the air – and we had a mother of a thunderstorm overnight, that woke us up several times. It’s nice to fall asleep with rain on the window. Not so great to get woken up by thunder which sounds like the building’s collapsing.
Anyway, so this weekend. We’re off to the UK Games Expo as you know. I know a few of you reading this are going to come down, which is lovely. I will again attempt to do some updates from there, but the likelihood is I won’t be able to sit and blog very much – at least I hope not to be able to. If I can, it means we’re not busy, which I won’t be happy about. If you want to keep tabs on me you’ll be better off with my Facebook status updates.
In the interests of transparency, or sharing, or some sorta thing, I thought I’d let you know our general plans for the weekend too. Really only of interest to those of you attending, I guess. Unless you know an awesome curry house in Edgbaston. Read the rest of this entry »
Eurogamer re-reviews CoH
Posted by Rockjaw in Links of Others, Press on May 27th, 2008
Which is nice of them. In 2004 it scored 9/10; in 2008 it scores 7. Hmmm. Here’s a sample:
I still love it. I still have more fun in that City than I ever have in World of Warcraft, or elsewhere. It’s just so instant, so immediately satisfying. A new power isn’t just a slightly better chopping action, but the ability to fly. Or to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Or to call up purple tentacles from another dimension to bind the enemy to the spot. How can you not love that? It’s cartoon, it’s comic, it’s the gaming form of those brightly coloured words that burst from Batman’s TV fighting. But it’s also a world that, I suspect, has had its day.
Not bloody yet it hasn’t.
You said what?