The comprehensive list of the taglines used on this site from September 2005 through August 2006, in reverse chronological order, including artist credits and album art:

08/18/06 – 08/31/06 — I wanna be sedated. (“I Wanna Be Sedated” by the Ramones.)

08/11/06 – 08/17/06 — Saw different faces in different places. (“Love Train” and when I sing along, of course I change the song to “Loot Train”, by Wolfmother)

08/04/06 – 08/10/06 — Can’t escape this cell. (“Animal I Have Become” by Three Days Grace)

07/28/06 – 08/03/06 — A lot of oysters, no pearls. (“A Long December” by Counting Crows)

07/14/06 – 07/27/06 — I am my own worst enemy. (“My Own Worst Enemy” by Lit)

06/16/06 – 07/13/06 — Back long time ago when grass was green. (“When We Was Fab” by George Harrison)

06/09/06 – 06/15/06 — Been there, drank there, slaved there. (“Empty Glass” by Pete Townshend)

06/02/06 – 06/08/06 — Short on long term goals. (“Misunderstood” by Wilco)

05/26/06 – 06/01/06 — Gonna drive all night, get some speed. (“Goin’ Out West” by Tom Waits)

05/19/06 – 05/25/06 — Leaving out the whistles and bells. (“Birdhouse in Your Soul” by They Might Be Giants)

05/12/06 – 05/18/06 — Tales of brave Ulysses. (“Tales of Brave Ulysses” by Cream)

05/05/06 – 05/11/06 — Take a little trip with me. (“Low Rider” by War)

04/28/06 – 05/04/06 — Is this the prize I’ve waited for. (“Run” by Collective Soul)

04/21/06 – 04/27/06 — Be it dead or alive. (“Long Live Rock” by The Who)

04/07/06 – 04/20/06 — Open to falling from grace. (“6 Underground” by Sneaker Pimps)

03/31/06 – 04/06/06 — You spend all your time in a little cubicle. (“Cubicle” by Rinocerose)

03/24/06 – 03/30/06 — Locked in heated battle. (“Race for the Prize” by The Flaming Lips)

03/17/06 – 03/23/06 — We all wanna change the world. (“Revolution One” by The Beatles)

03/10/06 – 03/16/06 — Cuz they don’t know whack. (“Feel Good Inc.” by Gorillaz)

03/03/06 – 03/09/06 — This is the age of video violence. (“Video Violence” by Lou Reed)

02/24/06 – 03/02/06 — Hanging around this town just a little too long. (“Memphis in the Meantime” by John Hiatt)

02/17/06 – 02/23/06 — Got to get in to get out. (“The Carpet Crawlers” by Genesis)

02/10/06 – 02/16/06 — Every single one’s got a story to tell. (“Seven Nation Army” by The White Stripes)

02/03/06 – 02/09/06 — Into the eyes of the jackal I say ka-boom. (“X.Y.U.” by Smashing Pumpkins)

01/27/06 – 02/02/06 — Got three passports, a couple of visas, don’t even know my real name. (“Life during Wartime” by Talking Heads)

01/20/96 – 01/26/06 — Exchanged a walk-on part in the war for a lead role in a cage. (“Wish You Were Here” by Pink Floyd)

01/13/06 – 01/19/06 — What else should I write, I don’t have the right. (“All Apologies” by Nirvana)

01/06/06 – 01/12/06 — I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad. (“Mad World” by Gary Jules)

12/30/05 – 01/05/06 — The shuffling madness (“Locomotive Breath” by Jethro Tull)

12/23/05 – 12/29/05 — Another year over and a new one just begun. (“Happy Xmas” by John Lennon)

12/16/05 – 12/22/05 — I have seen things that you will never see. (“Try Not to Breathe” by REM)

12/09/05 – 12/15/05 — Heads or tails and fairytales. (“Are We the Waiting” by Green Day)

12/02/05 – 12/08/05 — Buying stocks on the day of the crash. (“Do the Evolution” by Pearl Jam)

11/28/05 – 12/01/05 — No joker, no jack, no king. Bleh. (“Leaving Las Vegas” by Sheryl Crow)

11/18/05 – 11/27/05 — No longer afraid of the dark or midday shadows. (“Fitter Happier” by Radiohead)

11/11/05 – 11/17/05 — Everybody’s talking. No one says a word. (“Nobody Told Me” by John Lennon)

11/4/05 – 11/10/05 — Been singing the blues ever since the world began. (“Maggie McGill” by The Doors)

10/28/05 – 11/3/05 — I wasn’t born so much as I fell out. (“Lost in the Supermarket” by The Clash)

10/21/05 – 10/27/05 — Hung himself with a guitar string. (“Loser” by Beck)

10/14/05 – 10/20/05 — Costumes, silly games, treetops, shouting out rude names. (“Games without Frontiers” by Peter Gabriel)

****

10/7/05 – 10/13/05 — Fought the Law. Law won. (“I Fought the Law” by Sonny Curtis, covered by many)

6/04 through 9/05 — My so-called online life. (by me. Some internet chick later STOLE this, but whatever.)

I begin my story, at the beginning of the story.  (You have a few minutes, right?)
 
Ten years ago, I started playing online games … I think there were maybe three available that I was capable of.  By that, I mean games that weren’t role-playing, move around a  chessboard-type map and solve winky dinky puzzles for some lame ass reward.
 
One thing I hate is winky dinky puzzles.  I also hate lame ass rewards, hence the name.
 
Since I was an AOL subscriber back then (possibly I was subscriber number 24, that’s how long ago this was), I tried out the AOL online games, one of which was Rolemaster:  Magestorm.  For you noobs, Magestorm (MS) was a team-based PVP similar to a Capture the Flag-game.  I played MS almost daily until March 1999, which, as even noobs know, is when EverQuest (EQ) went live.
 
EQ was part of my regular gaming diet for the greater part of the next 4 or so years, with some brief layovers in Asheron’s Call, Anarchy Online, Shadowbane, Dark Ages of Camelot, Asheron’s Call 2, and miscellaneous others whose names escape me now.
 
Cue Star Wars Galaxies (SWG) in July 2003.  For almost a year, I played over there.  And just like all the other games that went before it, I enjoyed my time, I sometimes didn’t.  It was fun in a not-EQ way and it was not fun in a not-EQ way … same old story you’ve probably heard and experienced before.

I gave City of Heroes a whirl for a few weeks but never went very far with it. Who was I kidding? I was just killing time until I could sneak my way into The Next Big Thing’s beta.

November 2004, I entered World of Warcraft about 6 hours after live, and that is where you would find me as of this writing. There’s been some lessons learned; there’s been some lessons missed. And, I’m not just taking about myself.

April 2005, I took a Warcraft vacation in Guild Wars’ Ascalon. Two groundbreaking concepts that I fell in virtual love with: instant travel for all and no monthly subscription fee. If this is the future, sign me up!

I still play and chat with gaming friends I met in MS, EQ, DAoC, et al.  (as opposed to real friends, you can’t ask gaming friends to be designated drivers or to help you move cumbersome furniture.)  I’ve done some writing on gaming over the years and I’ve read even more.  I’ve witnessed all the scams, hustles and backstabbing of online society.   I’ve ranted, I’ve cajoled, I’ve pharmed, I’ve grinded and I’ve looted.  Phat lewt, even.
 
I document it all here — a chronicle of my regular gaming diet.
  
Online gaming AFTER the beta … it’s a helluva drug!