So, there's a new MMO out called Champions Online. It's a superhero MMO, and so of course everyone who plays or has ever been interested in City of Heroes is all a-buzz with talk and opinions about it. Well, this weekend there was a completely open beta for anyone who wanted to give it a try just before it went live, so Nick and I downloaded it ( ( Read more... )

Well, what an... interesting week I've had ( Read more... )

The fic series I've been casually writing for my main RP hero in City of has unexpectedly bloomed. This is mainly because I've finally come up with a workable antagonist for him who fits into the story without too much jigging about.

There is really only one problem with this:

It'll mean I'll be trying to concentrate on this and on NaNo at the ( Read more... )

Good news: the money Nick's mother sent Special Delivery on Monday finally arrived today ( Read more... )

After having played pretty much since launch (give or take the odd month when money was a problem), I finally achieved something big this morning, at 6am, to be exact.

I dinged 50.

( I even got a picture! )

i11 is starting to loom in the horizon, ever-so-slightly, in the City of world, and people are starting to speculate just what, exactly, is going to happen with it. So far we've had a wallpaper of an Ouroberos and a very bizarre in-game newspaper story that have really led to more questions than answers ( Read more... )

So, the second Rikti invasion is still going strong in City of... right now, with the Rikti coming along in their great big dropships every few hours and carpetbombing a whole load of zones.

Back in the i10 beta, a group of heroes working together actually managed to take down a bunch of the ships (and you can see the video of that here). After ( Read more... )

Thanks to the bloody i10 invasion in City of Heroes, I am now terribly behind on my pre-Blogathon preparations.

Ah well. It's not like I don't do my best work under pressure or anything... And at least I have the most important things already sorted - the food.

Gods-freaking-dammit Paragon City!

I have the Blogathon this weekend! The Rikti can't invade this week!

*urges game updater to go faster, faster*

I haven't posted for a while. I know, it's terrible ( Read more... )