Sitting here, safe from the snowpocalypse, I feel obligated to inform you: today is NYU’s first snow day in more than a decade. With classes canceled and my office closed early, I have a little bit of extra free time…
Yesterday, Azeroth’s most epic adventurers gained access to the final phase of Icecrown Citadel, Northrend’s nastiest raid, and earned the right to battle the Lich King himself for the first time. Believe it or not, a guild of dedicated WoW…
My roommate’s recent exploits as a Death Knight in the frozen nightmare that is Northrend have inspired me to, once again, check out the ten day free trial for fantasy life-sucker World of Warcraft. As a level 10 Priest with…
Blame my Facebook news feed for this post: I was browsing my home page the other day when I saw someone had asked the question: “Why are there no good sci-fi MMOs?” While I wouldn’t be so quick to condemn…
“It’s Me Or the Orc.” It sounds like a new reality show on TLC, right? Participants must choose between their spouses and the ubiquitous fantasy marauders in a showdown of love and mayhem? Equal parts marital drama and glorious bloodshed? …
You guys, faithful Geekology readers that you are, probably remember that earlier this week, we talked about single player games as an art form. Single player games, unlike MMOs and other online endeavors, can offer the player a complete narrative…
This was my first year of keeping up with The Guild week-to-week, so T. (a recent convert) and I were excited to watch the third season finale yesterday morning. The prior two episodes building up to this had seen The…
When a person turns five, there’s usually a cute little celebration with graham crackers, apple juice, and maybe a pinata. And what gamer doesn’t love something you can hit repeatedly to make treasure come out? But when a game turns…
I’ve never owned a microphone good enough to keep up on Teamspeak or Ventrilo, so I don’t know much about the obscenity-riddled world of in-game voice. I can understand, of course, how a program like Vent or Skype would be…
