If you are like me into RPGs and esp. MMORPGs then you may want to check out these upcoming MMOs and apply for a (closed) beta spot if you haven’t already done so.
Age of Conan
By Crom this looks promising indeed, esp. for all PvP lovers out there. Blood and gore galore. Bring it on.
Update: Played at gc2007. Delayed until 2008 and that is a good thing. Still, what I saw so far was not too thrilling.
Tabula Rasa
Richard Garriot’s new project. A Sci-Fi MMO. Will it be more than a MMO-FPS? The setting is compelling.
Update: Release Oct. 19th 2007. It will be another MMO released way before it is ready. Failure will be the consequence.
Sword of the New World
Multi-Character control? Intriguing concept and snazzy costumes. Me like, esp. the hot panties. Need to check this out.
Update: Released. Awkward from A-Z. Forget about the costumes. This game sucks.
Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising
This just looks awesome. It looks so stunning that you cannot help but wonder if there will be anyone who actually has a PC able to run this in all its glory.
Update: Still looks good, keys are being mailed out these days in waves. Watch your inbox!
Fury
Built with the Unreal 3 engine, Fury unleashes the full havoc of pure online PvP across servers! If you are no fan of PvP then this might be a bit too rough for you.
Update: Played at gc2007. Sluggish controls, awkward UI, mediocre graphics and the PvP sucks. I can’t find anything good to say about Fury except for the Fury Pizza Boy commercial.
There’s of course also Warhammer Online but honestly, will it ever come out? I never was really and now definitely am no longer interested in that one. There are too many way more interesting titles coming up.
Good luck with the signups!
MMORPG’s take up too much of your life! LOL. I refuse to play them. I’ve seen friends get divorced over WOW! wtf. seriously, they have no control.
I’ll stick to Halo2 and sports titles. haha
Wrong. MMOs (or any other game or activity for that matter) take up as much time as you let them. People getting divorced because of MMOs would have gotten divorced anyhow at some point. Dysfunctional Social Behavior in a person is not caused by an MMO (or any other game). Think about it.
wrong you say? Thats your opinion. I’ve seen it first hand. MANY of them. Not just a couple. MANY. 12 hours a day. calling in sick to meet up to fight another clan. Skipping meals. There has even been a report of someone dying from staying on the games too long and not feeding themselves. Ridiculous.
Its just like a drug. Some people can get off anytime they wish, but for many they just can’t even though they know they should. Think about it that way. An addiction is an addiction.
And you blame the drug? Think again.
It’s always easier to blame something else than oneself. Sure there are people who are addicted to drugs and need help getting off of them, no doubt. Anything can be “druglike”, even the internet itself. How many hours do you spend on the internet daily? Don’t you think this time could be used better, more productively with people instead of a machine? What good is a “blog” anyhow? Does it matter in the grand scheme of things, does it comfort you when you feel down? Does it respond to you when you need answers? The internet in itself is a huge time sink. When I had no internet for 6 months I didn’t feel like I was missing anything. Sure I use it daily but I can as well easily do without it. If you cannot then you are addicted to it, too. Do you blame yourself or the internet for that?
See, I know what my priorities are. Im not on the internet all day like you think I am. Just a couple hours to get what I need done. My blog is my extra income so I have reason to be on it.
I also run several forums and get paid for my services as well. Did you know that?
I blame myself for getting paid for the work I do. :) I love making money and doing online is even better than in an office!
Some people have control and some do not. There are many who dont have control as a result of neurological problems. Its not their fault and you can’t blame them for it.
btw, I haven’t been online for the past few days and it took awhile to respond because I was away on my 2nd year anniversary with my wife! Far more important than the internet! hehe… ;)
Indeed far more important! Hope you had a wonderful anniversary.
I wasn’t referring to anyone in particular in my reply, more in general. I just don’t think the statement game “X” led to a divorce is valid, it’s just a pretext and the divorce probably would have happened anyhow maybe due to game “Y” or activity “Z” or whatnot. Whatever triggers this, there always is an underlying cause.
exactly correct ihad. games don’t cause divorses, much like they don’t cause people to kill people. nor can games be considered an addiction.
people who get divorced, or lose there jobs, while blaming it on a game, just don’t want to take the blame themselves for there own actions. hell, just like at work, i work at an airport. the cutoff time for checkin at my airport is 30 minutes prior to the flight taking off. yet someone comes in after that and gets extremely upset that we won’t check them in. its a regulation for one thing that we don’t check them in that late, i could get fired. but how is it my fault they are late and can’t check in? was i in there car stepping on the break? was i at there home telling them its ok to leave later? no, of course not. but hey, someone has to take the blame right? so why not blame someone other then yourself.
but back to games. if someone got divorced, “because of a game” is there a reason why that person who plays decided to play that game rather then spending time with there significant other? no, its not because its an addiction, its because they really just don’t love, or even like, there significant other. if they did, well they would still be together and having a good time with eachother. as for addiction? well when your addicted to a drug, and suddenly stop…you can die. you can not die if you quit playing games forever. the person that stayed up for like a week straight playing games who died, he wasn’t addicted, just stupid. he would have died staying up that long doing anything.
congratulations on your anniversary by the way, i hope you have many more to come and don’t become a statistic ;-)