Muckbeast

Outsider raised a great point in the Games Are Not Bad! post.
“I don’t think we are going to be seeing the anti-video game crusade for very much longer(though there’ll always be a few loonies). Many adults in the 30-40 year old age range either played video games earlier in life, or [...]

I love articles like this: the ones that give you something to think and talk about. I wish we had more of them (though the guides and walkthroughs are obviously valuable to our readers on bright Hub).
Silencing the Critics Who Say Video Games Are Bad
Obviously, the crowd of folks likely to read this blog are [...]

A year and a half ago I blogged about Sleazy Marketing in the MMO Industry, and of course Evony was a major part of that post.
Today I learned about this really amusing parody “television commercial” for Evony. It is worth a watch:

When I linked my last blog post on Facebook, one of my friends (*waves to Carly McNamara*) reminded me that there was indeed a Norse-themed MMO in development a few years ago. As soon as I read that, I instantly remembered Mythica (largely because of the trademark infringement lawsuit between Microsoft, developers of Mythica, and [...]

From what I have seen, this Thor movie looks amazing.

and the newest:

Why is it that we still don’t have a Norse themed MMO, or any serious amount of Norse type stuff in an MMO. The last time we had anything like this was the Midgard realm in DAoC (which is pure awesomeness).

This is a really great list!
My favorite of the bunch:

Angel
The first few seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer were sublime. A lot of that had to do with the endlessly frustrating eternal soul connection between Buffy, who killed vampires, and Angel, who was one. But by the end of Season 3, there was little ground [...]

Now that most of the “video games cause violence” people have been debunked and discredited, I guess the anti-video game freaks had to crank things up a notch.
Playing the rape card: “Media psychiatrist” ratchets up anti-videogame rhetoric
Pundits and legislators have been attacking the gaming industry for decades now, pinning the blame for tragic events like [...]

This is the $64,000 question in the big time MMO industry. Can SWTOR compete with WoW, and if so, by doing what?
Star Wars vs. Azeroth: Blizzard and Bioware talk competition
What do you think? Can SWTOR compete? If so, how? And more interestingly, what is your prediction?

Is anyone here playing DCUO or have you heard anything about it?
Here is the Bright Hub Review of DCUO. That review is a mixed reaction. I’d love to hear from other people who may have played it.