Developers Aren’t Lemmings
Lemmings. These adorable little green topped yellow guys can do anything that you want them to do. Tell them to stop and redirect traffic, and they’ll put on a hat that grabs the attention of the other lemmings, put out their arms, and shake their heads telling the other lemmings to turn around and not continue going that direction.
Sometimes it seems as though gamers feel that the people developing the games can do the same thing - as though each person who is a “developer” is so multi-faceted that they can do anything and everything, and tend to do so and not look at other areas until “one area” has been worked on and completed.
It is very frustrating to read forums or hop into IRC and see the misconception from people who ordinarily, I would find to be highly intelligent people. In this “area”, it seems that the ball is falling short of the intelligence hoop.
Lotro celebrates 1 year!
Turbine continues the first anniversary celebration of the award-winning The Lord of the Rings Online with a “Welcome Back Weekend”. Starting Thursday, May 8th until Monday, May 12th Turbine invites all former North American subscribers back to Middle-earth to play for free.
Former subscribers can play their old characters, check out the LOTRO Anniversary celebration events, explore new areas, and tackle new quests. To take part in the Welcome Back Weekend, players can simply log into their LOTRO account from May 8-12, 2008.
Some of the updates & enhancements to The Lord of the Rings Online since launch include:
- New Region - Explore the icy reaches of Forochel
- New Quests - Over 100 new quests
- Hobby System - Feel like going fishing?
- Enhanced Monsterplay - New monster class: the Orc Defiler
- Looking For Fellowship Enhancements - Mustering Horns and UI improvements
- More customization options - cosmetic clothing, traveling clothes, and barbershops!
- New PvMP dungeon - The Delving of Frór
- Return to Angmar - completely overhauled to enhance playability and fun
More information can be found at www.lotro.com/welcomeback.
Rerun Wednesday
What is that thing you guys do on Wednesdays? The music isn’t playing, and its like real shows but… what the heck is this?
Well I’m glad you asked! Every Wednesday, we play 20-minute snippet recordings of previously aired shows, so if you ever wanted to check out what else Online Gaming Radio has to offer, but don’t want to go through the process of downloading an entire show, then tune in and check it out.
If the 20-minute snippets get you interested and you wanted to download the full versions of the shows, head over to our podcast page!
New Attitude - A Gripe Runs Through It
A gripe runs through it –
By Julie Whitefeather
First, my apologies for the lateness of my column this week - All I can say is “mia culpa”. When real life didn’t intervene this week I engaged in escapism to escape from when it DID intervene. This week I discuss why people quit mmos, and why some remain loyal even through a rough opening for a game.
Read on…
More “Book 13″ shots added to our LotRO Gallery!
We have 7 new screenshots of the new Lord of the Rings Online free content update, “Book 13: Doom of the Last-king”, which was released April 24th. You can find them in our LotRO gallery. I personally like the shot of the armored wooly mammoth rider, that thing rocks.
If you already play the game and didn’t know, the LotRO Allakhazam site has a huge database for in-game items and quests. Check it out, you may just find something listed that you missed while playing.
The Jethal Silverwing Show
10pm - 12am Eastern (7pm - 9pm Pacific)
This week we chat it up with “Brasse” from http://www.thebrasse.com - we get to know the Woman behind the Beard.. her site, her leatherwork and her online comic… wait… a Dwarf Woman on my show?? The Drunken Dwarf is Sure to make an appearance!!
Jethal and Elquinjena discuss (Norrathian) world events. We rant and rave about the pros and cons of the direction of the EverQuest Universe. The latest news from the world of Professional Wrestling (Hey, someone’s gotta cover this stuff). Drunken Dwarf and Cheesit get into trouble (as usual)… and there’s Always the posibility of a LIVE PERFORMANCE by Jethal!
Unscripted, unrehearsed and completely out of our FREAKING minds!
How to find Jethal’s Parody Collection:
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Have you missed any of my previous shows???
You can download and listen to any of them from our archive at http://www.onlinegamingradio.com/po…sts-norrath2day
Podcast of Reckoning Debuts
Join Orlock & Svoald (or Monte & Akira as you may know them) TODAY at 4pm Pacific time as they launch their brand new podcast series focusing on Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning.
On this episode:
- The Latest News - All the latest news
- Best of the Web - Orlock & Svoald point out some of the best articles in the Warhammer Community
- The Great Debate - The main topic of the evening “Who are we & What are we doing here?”
- Community Interview - We interview Leggy and Wrenn, the guys from warhammerconflict.com
The podcast will be available for download from both Online Gaming Radio & Warhammer Geek later this evening.
So tune in and catch the next BIG show being presented by OGR and remember…
WAR is Coming!
The Mog House - An FFXI Gamble
Yesterday, The Mog House was a shortened show with Exodus and guest host Leonai_art while Pikko kicks a flu to the curb, but a lot of you missed the show!
If you’re one of those who actually did miss the show, its already available for download. Head over to our podcast page to download it and other shows brought to you exclusively from Online Gaming Radio.
No Rock and Roleplay
Due to some personal life events there will be no Rock and Roleplay this week. Tune in next week for more exciting topics and talk from Kira and Drue.
Ravecast Friday, May 2nd: Kinda like last week, only different!
Ravecast tonight everybody! Leonai_art and Luxx will continue their topic from last week, talking about all those games they played and dropped. What are the common factors? Why do gamers move on? Also… what’s in my pocket?
Oh wait it’s a Laffy Taffy! I love this stuff, check this out: “What did the noodles say to the butter?”
Give up? They said, “Don’t try and butter me up.” Wait… what the crap? Who writes these freaking things?
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