Cluster umm hrmm!

Yes that is right Square is releasing a new mmo in the states for free. Ign link here.

The game is called Concerto Gate. It uses a new terrain ….. Blah blah blah. Just read the link. Personally I am not all that excited or even care. So why in earth did I blog about it?

Easy it is Square and I saw MMO and as people that read here and in my personal life know I think FF11 is the greatest MMO ever. Even though I don’t play it anymore. (Just don’t have that kinda time to dedicate to the grind)

I think I just got excited due to the fact that I do know there is a new mmo coming from Square/Enix. Something that I just can’t wait for, and I figured this Concerto Gate was it. Imagine my surprise when I saw the first screen shot and went. WTF is this?

When the true next MMO from SE releases I will be the first on the SE MMO bandwagon to play this game. I will be on the SE MMO faster then Kevin, who’s server seems to be down a lot, will be on the Warhammer MMO.

Anyways enough of my SE banana riding.

Before I close out I want to mention a couple of things.

My blog buddy Brack wrote a wicked article about Tabla Rasa. Please read it. You can find him on the side bar.

Also I need to ask Jaye and Troy from Voyages of Vanguard to stop doing there podcast NOW. I am always aching for a new episode. It is slowly becoming one of the few podcasts I can actually stomach the whole way through. Your both awesome you make me want to play again.

While I am on the subject is anyone getting sick of the professional podcasts? I am really starting to get sick of these hype machines. I crave the crappy skype connections.  You listen to something to like MN, Hotspot or G4tv. Most of the time they seem to be on NPR or CBC (For us Canadians). They sound setup and fake, and of course sometimes they are.

Yet you have the other end of the scale in GFW. A professional podcast excellent audio quality yet they seem real and passionate about what they are talking about. This is just my opinion and if these podcasters come across this don’t freak out and scream.

OH and Jeff, Shawn and Ryan if you were just doing Legendary Thread I would ask you to stop STOP right now. Thank god you have GFW to save your asses. Oh question for you three. You are going to start talking about WoW at some point right? Hmm? Anyday now you are going chat about WoW related stuff on a WoW podcast?

We need more strong podcasts like the whole Virginworlds line up, MOG, and 1-up yours. Actually scratch that we don’t need anymore because I can’t keep now as is. Everything is just fine.

That is enough ranting for today.

Hailin /poof

A couple of things and a pimp

Wow what a weekend I have had. Actually it really wasn’t that exciting till I got Halo3.

Yes I am now a hypocrite. I told everyone I knew I wasn’t buying it and poof I did. Well actually I traded in some games for it since why spend money when I don’t have to. Part of being a gaming tramp is to be a cheap skate. So that is what I did.

Now as far as Halo3 goes I LOVE it. For now. I am not to sure on the multi-player. I haven’t had enough time with it to say yeh or neh. (Like yay or nay just more chilled.)

Most of the complaints coming from the podcasting community have been about the cheesy cinematic dialog. I have to agree. BUT, here it is folks, I think the dialog is fun and enjoyable. I makes me want to see what will happen next and is highly enjoyable. It’s campy fun and there is nothing wrong with that. With all the serious shooters hitting the shelves Halo3’s storyline is a breath of fresh air and so cheesy I can’t stop playing it.

Right now I am going through it on 4 player campaign. Bungie did some amazing coding to get this to work. I am extremely impressed with the quality. We get the odd slow down or person crashing. For the most part it is smooth. We have discovered only one major bug with the frame rate totally crashing. Other then that high five to Bungie. I can see only one other game offering this much fun and that is Orange Box from Valve which I believe releases next week.

On the MMO front I have let EQ2 die. As I have said in previous posts I have grown frustrated and bored with it. I do want to thank Brackish over at Brackish Waters for stepping up and say hey dude come play with us. While I am grateful I am on the line about it. I have been reading his site for a time now and watching him get hooked on SOE’s baby. The enthusiasm he has for the game is not at the same level for me. He is reading lore (Which I never did), paying attention to quests (Which I just hyper clicked through), Brack is diving into the game head first and giving a damn. I think my interest has waned so much I just don’t give a damn about Norath anymore. I gave it the old college try and I failed miserably at it. Warhammer anyone.

On a side note about Brackish, catch him on the new Shut up We’re Talking along with host Darren and Keen and Graev. Every episode has been great this one is just as awesome.

Hailin signing out, and getting pwned by a 12 year old near you soon.