Category Archives: Playing Around (w/ new games)

Tabula Rasa Live

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Tabula Rasa went live today in North America and Europe. (Hmm, you’d think they’d have a more intuitive domain name for that. Ohh, QJ.net owns the domain tabularasa dot com. Weird.) Anyways.

Do you like shooting aliens? I sure do. $50 for the box and $15 a month to play. Nerd bait included with the $70 limited edition:

* Exclusive Boo Bot Pet
* Exclusive dye recipes to customize your armor with unique colors
* Signature LOGOS character emote
* Welcome letter from General British
* Authentic AFS Military Challenge Coin
* Set of Tabula Rasa Dog Tags (Don’t wear those to school, kids. I’m only thinking of your safety. – Uncle Foton)
* Exclusive Black Ops Poster
* AFS Field Guide
* 7 Double-sided maps
* Making of Tabula Rasa DVD

Here’s the press release for the game launch.

I hadn’t followed TR very closely. I suppose because it’s been SIX YEARS in development — mentally, I gave up on it. Joke’s on me though, cuz here it is.

BONUS: MMOG Nation has a spiffy write-up re: TR-beta with some good commentary from other beta players. Seems like the $15 monthly is a major sticking point.

The Call on Lord of the Rings Online

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I prefer journalizing, rather than reviewing, but so many have asked for my buy/no-buy call on Lord of the Rings Online (and LIVE date is next Tuesday, April 24th), I feel obligated to make a call.

The call: Buy.

Thanks! Have a good weekend!

If you’re the type who wants DETAILS, there’s more after the jump.

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New Worlds of Wonder

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In my e-mailbox today, (my real life email, not my AFK Gamer mailbox — Foton doesn’t shill for anyone except Foton.):

City of Villains — Preorders available from selected retailers (EB Games, Game Stop, CompUSA and Best Buy). Includes: beta access, two-day head-start before it ships to the public (you know you want that, you gaming whore!), an exclusive in-game item (any chance that won’t suck?), some limited edition poster, 14-day free trial of City of Heroes for you and one of your imaginary friends, and a CD-ROM with art and shit.

I checked the Game Stop link (Hail, click through!), preorder is 50 bucks with an ETA of October 31, 2005.

So, we have that going for us. Which is nice.

Also, the somewhat anticipated Dungeons & Dragons Online sent out alpha invites recently, with promises of additional invites in the (near?) future. (Found on Betawatcher. FFS, I don’t start camping a game website until closed beta approaches.)

Turbine SAYS the DDO ETA is the second half of 2005, which, to me, means … they need to get that bitch out in time for Christmas.

Meh. I don’t even know if I’ll bother with either.

(You don’t believe that shit, do you? You KNOW I’ll try them both like the gaming whore I am.)