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Madden 10: Sortable Potential!

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:17:42 -0700

So we've started a Madden 360 Online Franchise. I do believe I've found a handy bug.

Every player has a Potential rating, A-F. After you've drafted, leftovers go to Free Agents and their Potential rating is listed as ?? because you have to sign them to 'discover their potential.'

But that column is sortable. And it'll sort by potential. If you want a high-upside free agent, go to town. See how it goes. So far for me, I've tested it out and every time I sort it and pick a high guy, I get an A or B potential, and the low guys are D's.

Anyone else want to check it out?

SoE is shutting down The Matrix. So I suppose they're accomplishing what Neo couldn't. The post on the official forums says:

In May 2004, I embarked upon a journey. I decided to take the red pill in a big way—I became the online community lead for The Matrix Online. Later that year, many of you joined me as you jacked in for the first time. It was a brand new world—a vision of online games that didn’t involve elves, spaceships, or dragons. We became part of the Matrix storyline; living our own adventures in the world painted by the movies.

Drunken Reviews: Runescape

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:24:30 -0700

Is this thing on? *tap tap* Zen got drunk and reviewed Runescape for us...so yeah. Enjoy.

For probably the 4th time now, I recommend Runescape to any old school UO players. I can't stress this enough. It's essentially UO+++ for free.... (Even the non-members free game is infinitely better than UO) but when you pay your $5.99 a month, (Yes $5.99), I assure you, you won't be bored for a long, LONG time. I'm about to close out my second month in this game and the amount of content, (And game mechanics) I haven't taken part in yet is still WAY more than any MMOG I've played previously. Every other MMOG since UO? I rarely MADE it to two months, but even if I did, the shine had flat out come off of it. This game takes Ultima Online and turn it from an idea to a thesis.

Warhammer: Even When I'm Drunk It's Lame

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:41:14 -0700

"I would post this on the front page, but I'm too drunk to rememeber my login."

Warhammer Online.

I went to Target a few weeks ago and bought a presale box for a dollar and some deodorant. Drove home. Entered a bunch of codes, created some accounts. EA just loves to make simple things complicated. Whatever. Few weeks go by, and get invited to a preview weekend thingy. So I fired up bittorrent, downloaded the client and waited. Friday came. Whee! Fired it up.

OK, Disclaimer time. Few things about me. First, I have zero patience. This happens when you are a 38 year old grandfather with another on the way that works a full time job. Yea, not exactly EA Mythic’s (is this their name now?) target market. Too bad. Second, I’m a PvP kinda guy. Shadowbane Beta and all that. Phear my street cred. Whatever. Also, I’m not a writer. My rl job is to tell people where they are screwing up on projects. This doesn’t require writing skillz. Finally, I’m drinking. Jim Beam on the rocks, Good stuff.

Upgrading the Boards

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:56:17 -0700

Finally moving from phpBB2 to phpBB3. Hold your horses, please...

1:54AM EDT: Holy crap, the posts exploded and it's 2005 again. I'm redoing the DB and it'll take overnight. I'll finish up in the morning.

Hades-LotD's Age of Conan Report

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:26:49 -0700

In keeping with the policy of "Whatever you post on the forums we'll frontpage if we think it's good," Hades of LotD gives a state-of-the-suck on Age of Conan. Take it away, Hades!

LotD is closing in on a full Tier 3 city, and we've held a battle keep since the first day they became available. I have a level 80 Tempest of Set, and a level 60 Necromancer at the present time. Overall I think AOC is a decent game, but I do think its going to take a big subscriber retention hit if it doesn't get some things fixed by the end of the 3 month mark.

From The Grave: DOFUS has a Sequel

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:37:31 -0700

Those with a long memory might remember me glancing at a game called DOFUS a few years ago. Small French developer, game very much like R.O.S.E., which occupied us for a significant span of time, yadda yadda.

Well, apparently DOFUS did so well that they've created a sequel, called Wakfu and they emailed me to let me know they're in closed beta for it.

Yeah, Wakfu. I know.

Daily Thread for 5/20/08 Corsair and HDTV, the rest fell out of the attention span.

Wed, 21 May 2008 13:08:32 -0700

The full moon shines at our Daily Thread!

Corsair Memory attains Godhood, Launches SkyNet.: They clocked the crap out of it.
Microsoft picks up where the FCC was told to STFU: Microsoft unilaterally chooses to enable the now Illegal broadcast flag.
Samsung Makes 1080p TV owners' heads explode.: 3840 x 2160 pixel resolution and a 120 Hz refresh rate on an 82 inch LCD
Will The GI Bill get a much needed revamp?: Will the US pony up and help the veterans who are returning from Iraq and Afghanistan?

How are Steam and your Mom Alike?

Wed, 21 May 2008 12:42:45 -0700

Hmmm?

Daily Thread for 5/19/08 Boobs, Hype, and the Pirates that Spawn Them

Tue, 20 May 2008 09:07:49 -0700

Its time to get insight from the masses (even if they mass less than other masses…) in the Daily Thread!

Age of Conan: first stab: Rumor has it that it doesn't suck and that its better now than it was during Beta.
Hyped Up:: Fallout 3 continues to draw big hype but is the constant ramping up of expectations just setting gamers up for disappointment? (This is in regards to all games, not just Fallout 3)
The Pirate Bay Sails to the Top: The Pirate Bay has just entered the web's top 100 website metric, is now hanging out with 'legit' sites.
Donnie Darko Directors Cut: Nothing Incredibly new, but the missing bits are edited in.

All New! All Different! More Posting! The Daily Thread: May 16, 2008

Sat, 17 May 2008 12:14:31 -0700

Allow me to introduce a new feature here at The Corporation, The Daily Thread.

How does The Daily Thread work?
I am glad you asked! We take three or four headlines from the very recent news, and give our forum members the opportunity to generate a discussion for the remainder of the day. The most insightful comments and contributions(or whatever else strikes the fancy of the staff,) will wind up here for all of our loyal readers to read. (I am looking at you, yes all ten of you. For the love of god John put your pants on before coming here!) We do take requests, thought we may or may not honor them after hazing the shit out of them.

Yesterday's Topics were:

BluRay fails to take off in the marketplace.
Windows on the XO PC
Guitar Hero IV: Kicking a dead Keith Richards?

How are Force Unleashed and Darth Vader alike?

Fri, 16 May 2008 14:53:21 -0700

They lack important parts.
The rumor mill on the intarwebs is grinding with the possibility that the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of Force Unleashed will NOT have online multiplayer. Why? Because the Wii, DS and PSP versions do.
Wait, what?

According to PSextreme Adam Khan of LucasArts had this to say:

To be specific, there's no multiplayer in the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions, because there is on the Wii, PSP, and DS. As far as specific reasons are concerned, we don't really like to get into the reasons why we don't do things because I don't think there's really a satisfactory answer that people would really be happy with. So, there isn't multiplayer and that's kind of how it is...

EA: Killing PC Gaming Singlehandedly via DRM (and they hate America too!) Updated!

Thu, 15 May 2008 04:50:11 -0700

I love gaming on the PC. So much so that it took me several years to buy a current generation console.

I like my XBox360 (Suck it, Sony) well enough, but honestly, some games are just better on PC.

EA has singlehandedly been trying to crush the life out of PC gaming since at least 1997. How do I know? Consider this statement from EA subsidiary Bioware's technical producer Derek French: (From Shacknews...)

BioWare technical producer Derek French has said that the PC versions of both Mass Effect and Spore will make use of copy protection that will require online validation every ten days to continue working.

"After the first activation, SecuROM requires that [Mass Effect PC] re-check with the server within ten days (in case the CD Key has become public/warez'd and gets banned)," said French in a post on the BioWare forums.

If customers do not come online after ten days, the game will cease to function. "After 10 days a re-check is required before the game can run," added French.

The check is run when users activate the game's executable file, with the first re-check coming within "5 days remaining in the 10 day window."

According to French, Maxis' Spore will also make use of the same scheme: "[Electronic Arts] is ready for us and getting ready for Spore, which will use the same system."

French also noted that the online requirement will be clearly labeled on the games' packaging.

Hey kids, More Fallout 3 Screenies!

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:01:54 -0700

Despite the threat of this frontpage looking like falloutfanbois.com, here's some more goodness with zombies, wolves, miniguns and a birthday party in the Vault.

No, really.

Hey, Anyone Want a Job on Fallout Online?

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:34:42 -0800

Via J, it seems Interplay is actively looking for a technical director, to wit:

Interplay Entertainment is looking for a qualified, motivated Technical Director to join our team working on a next generation MMORPG. We are looking for a team player who can accurately anticipate the project’s needs; someone who can constructively contribute to the quality of the game as a whole and share in its vision; someone who is an accomplished manager, serving the needs of all of the Lead Programmers.

Why would I think it's Fallout Online?

Wouldn’t Hurt to Have:
• Previous MMORPG experience.
• Familiarity with the Fallout universe.

REJOICE! THE VAULT NEEDS YOU!