Spark may be the way to go for keeping current on your favorite game info.
Here's what TenTonHammer had to say today:
The Google Reader is riding off into the sunset this summer. For gamers, at least, there's an alternative.
Last week Google announced that the Google Reader would be sunsetting,
leaving users without a convenient tool for aggregating their favorite
content feeds. In the wake of the Reader's impending demise, lovers of
collective content have been forced to do one of two things: fight to save it, or find an alternative.
For gamers, at least, it seems Spark is the Google Reader alternative. Thousands have flocked to Spark as a source for timely and relevant gaming news.
"This is my go-to source for gaming news now," says Spark user Mike
Perry. "I used to spend a lot of time browsing the web for information
on the games I was following, and I ususally missed stuff. Spark does a
better job than I ever did of keeping me up to date."
Unlike Google Reader, Spark offers a collection of hand-picked feeds
specifically related to gaming and geek culture, with new feeds added
regularly. Learn more at the Spark website. You can also vote for your favorite feeds to become part of Spark.
I've tried it and the format is interesting and can be customized to deliver specific gaming news or everything. So if you want to just follow Blizzard or NCSoft or the current gaming comics you can.
There are limitations currently as you can't add blogs you may follow that have not been included yet, but Spark is still in beta.
But there is hope. TenTonHammer is running a poll for other news feeds to add - vote here You can write in your own personal favorites too.
So while Spark isn't perfect, it may be the interim answer for keeping up on gaming news.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Monday, March 18, 2013
World of Warcraft recruiting
It's been a bit of a dilemma taking over team lead of our WoW team, as at times it feels like it's on a respiratory and just needs the plug pulled! The team members that are playing seem fine with how things are, but it is an MMO and I'd like to see more people ingame.
Besides, I still enjoy WoW, and if you overlook trade/general chat, it has ALOT to offer! So, I'm going to see if I can breathe a bit of life into the team by trying to recruit. As I hate being deceived/lied to, I don't want to misrepresent our team, so put together a very non-recruiting, recruiting thread.
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Here's what I put on the WA forum and on the main guild recruiting thread (it's long!):
Greetings Accordians.
Sassi here from HFC (Hammerfist Clan). We're kind of recruiting, in a round-about-way.
As, I'd rather be upfront about what our guild is and what we're looking for than misleading, this may be a tad long. For one we're not looking for guild hopper types, but adult gamers that play WoW and would like to help form our WoW team into a wonderful gaming experience, but are also not the "50DKP-" types either.
Screenshots - The Last Train to Cairo
Completed the Last Train to Cairo over the weekend, and yes FunCom did a superb job on Issue #6!
There were a few bugs and we didn't know what to do with our "whip" and need to go back in to get that corrected (Unfair.co has a walkthru if needed), but all in all a fun quest chain.
They've tied in the quest chain beautifully with what is going on in Egypt while adding more "possible" future things for TSW to explore.
The side quests (dailies) aren't difficult, but if you're less than Q10, go in a group!
There were a few bugs and we didn't know what to do with our "whip" and need to go back in to get that corrected (Unfair.co has a walkthru if needed), but all in all a fun quest chain.
They've tied in the quest chain beautifully with what is going on in Egypt while adding more "possible" future things for TSW to explore.
The side quests (dailies) aren't difficult, but if you're less than Q10, go in a group!
Thursday, March 14, 2013
The Secret World sale Amazon
Amazon has TSW on sale for $19.99 AND is including 1200 bonus points of in game store currency.
$19.99 Game + In Game Currency
Customers who order The Secret World will receive 1200 bonus points ($10 of value in the in game store) to celebrate the release of Issue #6: Last train to Cairo. Get immediate access to The Secret World environment. Play all you want, subscription is no longer required! Receive 1200 Bonus Points (worth $10) and use them in the online store, for example to buy Issue #6: Last train to Cairo. More information about Issue#6: Last train to Cairo can be found here: http://www.thesecretworld.com/news/issue_6_cover_and_preview. Amazon reserves the right to change or terminate this promotion at any time. Limit one per customer.
Customers who order The Secret World will receive 1200 bonus points ($10 of value in the in game store) to celebrate the release of Issue #6: Last train to Cairo. Get immediate access to The Secret World environment. Play all you want, subscription is no longer required! Receive 1200 Bonus Points (worth $10) and use them in the online store, for example to buy Issue #6: Last train to Cairo. More information about Issue#6: Last train to Cairo can be found here: http://www.thesecretworld.com/news/issue_6_cover_and_preview. Amazon reserves the right to change or terminate this promotion at any time. Limit one per customer.
The Secret World Issue #6 launch
TSW's Issue #6 launched today for GrandMaster level and monthly Subscribers (March 14th) and will go live for F2P gamers on Saturday, March 16th.
It contains a fun quest chain in the Scorched Desert culminating with the "Last Train to Cairo" (Indian Jones here we come!), and getting the new auxiliary weapon the Whip.
The quest chain starts with Nassir (900,310).
Access must be purchased from the ingame store (960 for GrandMaster, 1040 Subs and 1200 for F2P players). The quest is marked with the Funcom "F" is called "The Mean Streets". Unfair.co has a walk thru for the quest chains if you get stuck.
There are more changes in Issue #6 to PvP and a Raid type Lair.
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Complete Patch Notes:
It contains a fun quest chain in the Scorched Desert culminating with the "Last Train to Cairo" (Indian Jones here we come!), and getting the new auxiliary weapon the Whip.
The quest chain starts with Nassir (900,310).
Access must be purchased from the ingame store (960 for GrandMaster, 1040 Subs and 1200 for F2P players). The quest is marked with the Funcom "F" is called "The Mean Streets". Unfair.co has a walk thru for the quest chains if you get stuck.
There are more changes in Issue #6 to PvP and a Raid type Lair.
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Complete Patch Notes:
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Back in WoW
I've been playing more WoW (World of Warcraft) as of late after taking over Team Lead for the Hammerfist Clan guild.
HFC is a casual multi-gaming guild that only started in WoW July of 2012, so yeah, we're a late start to the MMO of MMOs!
The guild is pretty slow paced and primarily a place for the Clan members to hangout and play when they need their WoW fix, as we all do from time to time. We haven't really determined what the goal of the guild is - end game, pvp, leveling - and with the plethora of new games out there to spend our time/money on it's been a slow process figuring this out.
But I'm enjoying being back in WoW regardless. Over the past few months I've moved a number of toons over, deleted/rerolled a few others, so I have quite a selection in the guild now from level 85 (Sassrani) down to resently re-rolled Ziboo level 16.
There is one more to go, as the Night Elf druid is likely to go to toon heaven and reroll as either an Undead Hunter, Mage or Warrior or an Orc.
Sithi and Frothe (my original Alliance) can't be turned to Horde so will stay as they are.
Friday, February 22, 2013
Last Train to Cairo - TSW Issue #6
The Secret World Issue #6 should be ready to play the beginning of March. It's bringing some changes to TSW along with the new mission in Egypt.
The darkness in Egypt is ancient and its malevolent tendrils work tirelessly to spread their influence across the world. Issue #6; The Last Train to Cairo, will call upon you to contain this dire threat once again.
In this update you will play through a new, deep and revealing story within Egypt. Travel back in time to unearth powerful artifacts which can help you in the future, and see how the wondrous locations of The Scorched Desert looked in ages past.
Enjoy the Issue #6 cover here, and read more details about the upcoming content below.
As exciting as the new Issue quest will be, I think I'm equally excited by the new Auxiliary Weapon - the whip! It sounds very Indiana Jones and fun. DPS, buff or cc - sounds interesting!
A new 10 man raid can be started from items dropped in Lairs. Set in the South Pacific this is a new adversary.
Veterans will be getting rewarded with Issue #6 as well with new points rewards to purchase useable items. Recruiting will also give points in this system.
PvP is getting a ranking system. Rank up and receive new tokens to buy new PvP gear (uniforms).
What I didn't read was the hoped for changes to the Cabal Management. It's still dreadful (I had hoped for some creative person to write an addon that worked for it!).
The darkness in Egypt is ancient and its malevolent tendrils work tirelessly to spread their influence across the world. Issue #6; The Last Train to Cairo, will call upon you to contain this dire threat once again.
In this update you will play through a new, deep and revealing story within Egypt. Travel back in time to unearth powerful artifacts which can help you in the future, and see how the wondrous locations of The Scorched Desert looked in ages past.
Enjoy the Issue #6 cover here, and read more details about the upcoming content below.
As exciting as the new Issue quest will be, I think I'm equally excited by the new Auxiliary Weapon - the whip! It sounds very Indiana Jones and fun. DPS, buff or cc - sounds interesting!
A new 10 man raid can be started from items dropped in Lairs. Set in the South Pacific this is a new adversary.
Veterans will be getting rewarded with Issue #6 as well with new points rewards to purchase useable items. Recruiting will also give points in this system.
PvP is getting a ranking system. Rank up and receive new tokens to buy new PvP gear (uniforms).
What I didn't read was the hoped for changes to the Cabal Management. It's still dreadful (I had hoped for some creative person to write an addon that worked for it!).
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Great news for The Secret World Veterans!
TSW announced today on their forum changes to the Shop and how Veterans points will be distributed.
I am back from my recent trip to Montreal with some exciting news regarding the shop and the Veteran System. More information regarding the restructuring process at Funcom will be in my next Game Director Letter, which should be out some time this week. But this is the less formal place for me to talk a little bit about some upcoming shop changes and the Veteran System.
Shop Changes
Later today, we will be rolling out account-wide unlocks for pets in the store. We will expand this system to clothing as we move forward, but consider this the first step towards that. I would like people to report any bugs with the system.
You will be able to pay 25% more on top of the base cost of any pet to unlock it for all characters on an account. If you have purchased the pet on any other character before, you will only be charged the cost difference at the time of purchase (25% of the sale price) to unlock it across accounts.
Once the pet has been unlocked it can be claimed from the Delivered Items screen.
Shop Changes and the Veteran System
Hi guys,I am back from my recent trip to Montreal with some exciting news regarding the shop and the Veteran System. More information regarding the restructuring process at Funcom will be in my next Game Director Letter, which should be out some time this week. But this is the less formal place for me to talk a little bit about some upcoming shop changes and the Veteran System.
Shop Changes
Later today, we will be rolling out account-wide unlocks for pets in the store. We will expand this system to clothing as we move forward, but consider this the first step towards that. I would like people to report any bugs with the system.
You will be able to pay 25% more on top of the base cost of any pet to unlock it for all characters on an account. If you have purchased the pet on any other character before, you will only be charged the cost difference at the time of purchase (25% of the sale price) to unlock it across accounts.
Once the pet has been unlocked it can be claimed from the Delivered Items screen.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Dragon's Prophet
Dragon's Prophet a new MMO from Runewaker Entertainment (makers of Runes of Magic), but will be published by Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) here in North America. Runewaker has began it's European testing with friends and family, while SOE is taking sign ups for the North America closed beta on the Dragon's Prophet NA website.
Here's the video from SOE announcing Dragon's Prophet last Fall.
Here's the video from SOE announcing Dragon's Prophet last Fall.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
ArcheAge
ArcheAge is one of the those games I've been loosely following and now XL Games has updated their English website with a bunch of new information.
ArcheAge English site.
Here are a few other fan sites for this upcoming MMO, that releases this week in Korea.
US/Europe release date is still pending.
ArcheAge English site.
Here are a few other fan sites for this upcoming MMO, that releases this week in Korea.
- argheage-online.com
- archeagesource.com
- archeage-northamerica.com
- archeageworld.com
- ArcheAge.com
- ArcheAge.com/en
- ArcheAge-Portal.net
- ArcheAgeSource.com
US/Europe release date is still pending.
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