Two Blondes and a Borg Walk Into A Bar…

While having some fun viewing different STO fans’ pictures of their characters and bridge crews on this thread (thanks, Syp!), I came across an interesting bridge crew picture and commented on it to my better half. “Hey, this crew is pretty diverse,” I said, when he looked over my shoulder. “They have a couple of aliens, [...]

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Have you ever tried…. NOT being a mutant?

I am bowing out of the Social Responsibility in Game Development conversation before I become too disappointed in the human condition and this becomes a political blog. But first, a comment I left on how all deviations from the idea of the default human are equal: Why, it was only within my parents’ own lifetime [...]

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What, did we cure that too?

Darren of Common Sense Gamer has a thought-provoking post about the issue of representation in gaming, and rather unlike myself, I actually bothered to comment.  I have several other thoughts about the subject, though, so I am posting the overflow here. Darren, and others in his comments, seem to wonder how much representation is enough, for [...]

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Ground Creep

I’m about to unleash a highly controversial and unpopular opinion about Star Trek Online in this blog entry. I’ve debated whether I’m quite ready to put my sanity on the table for questioning, but my feelings are too strong on this matter. I simply can’t contain it any longer. I really, really like ground missions. [...]

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First STO Milestone Achieved

We have finally reached that first of desirable goals in Star Trek Online – “Create a Klingon Character.” How exciting! I did not opt to create an actual Klingon warrior for my KDF-side character, since I already recruited a Klingon as my Science Officer: Instead, I have decided to go with a lovely Orion girl [...]

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Incredible and Inaccessible

This morning, Massively put up a preview detailing the planned end-game of Allods Online (already playable in Russia), where the focus will be on player-controlled ship vs. ship combat in the Astral between allods. I had previously done some reading up on this aspect of the game and this newest article further confirms that Allods [...]

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Beta Tester’s Choice

After the server apocalypse that prevented us from being able to play all evening Wednesday, my better half and I managed to get a nice few hours’ worth of STO open beta fix last night, and I’m here to report our kudos and criticisms for the experience. First: Cryptic has finally made a Lifetime Sub [...]

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MUDs and MMOs: Divergent Starting Points?

I have found it very interesting reading reviews of Star Trek Online being posted across the blogosphere (Syp from Bio Break has compiled a cross-section here). Since the NDA has dropped, I have started seeing more positive reviews – the theory being that those most disappointed with a game in beta are most likely to [...]

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Star Trek Online: The Musing

First of all, I would like to thank everyone’s favorite nuns with rulers, the fine ladies over at No Prisoners, No Mercy, without whose Star Trek Online closed beta key contest my better half and I would not have been able to play over last weekend. Thanks, Fran and Julie! Our closed beta adventure was [...]

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