All things must change to something new, to something strange. -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow It’s been a little over three years since my guild, the Legion of the White Rose, founded a chapter in Everquest II. Those of us in Beta were spending more and more time in the Shattered Lands and less and less time [...]
Archive for August, 2007
We’re changing names. That’s right. After months and months of grueling negotiations with several massive corporate conglomerates, we’ve finally wrested control of www.clockworkgamer.com from…well, no one. Based on discussions with the various contributors coming on board, we’ve agreed that virtually no one (well, almost no one) wanted to write for a site called The Kendricke [...]
R.A. Salvatore Speaks On Game Design
Posted: August 30, 2007 by Kendricke in 38 Studios, General Game ConceptsOver at GameDailyBiz, R.A. Salvatore has written an article on his thoughts regarding game design, writing, and the evolution of the industry: I knew my job as a novelist, as I said before. I invite you the reader to adventure along with my characters on some epic quest. In a video game such as the [...]
As reported on The Archive of Ik: While patching test today with the new Game Update information, a friend and I ran across an interesting little MP3 File being saved to our test directory. Download the Shard of Fear MP3! This might mean good news to those of you looking forward to the upcoming new [...]
For those who have missed it, it looks like Update 38 is finally making it’s way to the Test Servers: Dual Wield Weapon Changes Bristlebane’s back Trivial Loot Code no longer applies to quest items Bloodlines Chronicles spell tweaks Some Fighter group buffs have become raid buffs Sort Quest Journal by Quest Level
What’s In A Name?
Posted: August 29, 2007 by Kendricke in 38 Studios, Areae, Everquest 2, General Game Concepts, SOE, The Gaming IndustryIn real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be. -Hubert H. Humphrey According to the ancient Celts, Names hold power. Often times, Celtic parents would give two names [...]
The Legends of Norrath beta has been going on for two weeks now, and I’ve played several matches so far (against more than just Kendricke, too – though last night’s game certainly was fun, even losing). I’m getting the rules set in my mind and starting to identify strategies for certain situations. All in all, [...]
They say a picture’s worth a thousand words. Well, after getting beat down by Zobek twice, I only cared about one word… …Victory
Monthly Subscriptions are soooo 2005
Posted: August 28, 2007 by Kendricke in 38 Studios, SOE, The Gaming IndustryInteresting article in the LA Times today, with a few little gems. The basic idea behind the article is the relatively sudden interest from big name studios into ”casual games”, those little games that we play from time to time online that require little to no installation, are quite popular for quick 20 minute play sessions, and [...]
Sometimes Bad Things Happen to Good People
Posted: August 27, 2007 by Kendricke in Everquest 2, Guilds, Out of CharacterWe ran Deathtoll with far fewer raiders than we’re used to last night. To top it off, we had issues with our voicechat server which we use for officer discussion during raids. So, needless to say, we got off to a rocky start for one of our most rocksteady weekly raid nights. Once we did [...]
