professional science fiction and dark fantasy writer
I don't play Dungeons & Dragons anymore. Not because I don't like the game, but I don't think I will ever find a group as good as my old one. When I was living in Mississippi I got in touch with a group of guys and over the years we built up our group. Every …
Continue reading "The Mithril Buddies – My Life in a D&D Gaming Group"
I suppose we kind of saw this coming but it was shocking news nonetheless. I view it this way. No gaming company goes f2p because they want to. If subscriptions are healthy and show a positive climb, then it escapes me why a company would decide to go f2p. It seems to me Bioware made …
Opening Day for baseball! Plus I am sitting in the chair and editing/writing on the new novel. Yay! Also, my new computer (laptop) is due to arrive tomorrow so with any luck I will be able to post here more often. 🙂
Star Wars: The Old Republic has sold two million physical copies in four weeks, outselling all other MMOs and expansions. What amazes me is these are only physical copies. Which means people going down to Target or Best Buy or whatever and picking up the game. This is how I bought my game. It's how …
Continue reading "SWTOR is fastest selling game in MMO history…and it’s only Week 4"
I am enjoying Star Wars: The Old Republic quite a lot. I have been looking for an MMO since I quit Eve Online a while back, and bailed on World of Warcraft after the disastrous Cataclysm expansion. I think I have found my MMO at last. I am a casual gamer. Period. I can't and …
Continue reading "SWTOR: Casual fun with glowbats in the classic mythos of Star Wars"
I have had the opportunity over the past couple of days to squeeze in some play on Star Wars: The Old Republic. There's a lot I have to say about this game, some good some bad. For the most part it is good. It is very story-oriented, which is what you expect from Bioware. As …
My new Haxan story is out in the newly published February 2012 issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. This is breaking news since I got the contributor copies a week or so ago. I think the magazine itself is out on the stands, however. If you pick up the magazine I hope you like the …
Continue reading "New Story in EQMM, Theater 13 Radio and Health Update"
Another class I was thinking of playing when SWOTR comes out is the Imperial Agent. This class kind of interests me because it doesn't depend on the glowstick for combat. Like all the other classes Imperial Agent bifurcates into two progression channels, the Operative and the Sniper. I was thinking I might like to play …
Continue reading "SWOTR: Imperial Agent Snipes Her Way to Success"
As many of you know I am looking for a new game to play. I quit WOW a while back and stopped playing Eve Online when they took away ship spinning. *Mark has sad face* I've dabbled in a few other MMO's like Age of Conan and Lord of the Rings Online, and while the …
Continue reading "SWTOR: Consular Sage Kicks Butt in Spiffy Science Fiction Baroque Style"
Last night I played a little bit of LOTRO. I haven't played any computer games for months and months. I have had no time. I've spent so much of my energy lately into writing (and all the facets that go into that) I have had no time for anything else. It's hurt me, I think. …
Continue reading "Huh. So this is what relaxation is like? I like it."
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