Forum Watch (May 6 - May 13, 2008)

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Greetings WAR fans and welcome to the next installment of Forum Watch! Brought to you again by thegreenskin.com and you're Waaagghh flavored host, Cicadymn! Once again I missed a week between the updates and am trying once again to get back on track. As we near the open beta more ...

Warhammer Online: Cell Phone Backgrounds!

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Have an iPhone? Blackberry? MP3 player? Ultra-nerdy, high-tech calculator? If you answered "Yes" to any of the aforementioned devices, you might want to check out Tales of War's Iwar! gallery of sweet mobile backgrounds. They're all top notch and optimized for the iPhone. Here are some Greenskin examples: Here's hoping Bleak ...

Warhammer Geek: New Parody - Witch Elf Woman

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

To the tune of Pinball Wizard by The Who (Elton John)! http://www.warhammergeek.com/?page_id=20 A parody of Pinball Wizard by The Who (although we used the Elton John Version). We round off the Destruction Trifecta with the release of this homage the Queen of Dagger wielding carnage, The Witch Elf. This parody was sung ...

Webcomic #7 - There’s Nothing to Fear…

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

It's been a while since I drew one of these, and man am I ever rusty! It took over 5 hours... That's probably because I added a bit more flair with the burn and dodge tools for once! How do you like my rendition of the Chaos chosen? They kind of ...

Did I call it or what??? EA buys Rupture!

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Okay, I didn't call it specifically, but a few hours ago I wrote about the need for MMORPGs to extend their gaming experience beyond the client. I wrote about porting game content, especially character and guild information, to create MMORPG-based social networks. Well, I doubt EA read my ramblings, but ...

MMORPG Extension

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

It's all fine and good to play your MMORPG of choice at home on a PC or Mac (if you're a sadist), but what about when you're on the metro, in some Internet cafe, or at work waiting for your drafts to be approved? How can today's developers extend your ...

There’s a new WAR podcast on the block!

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

You really must listen to Warhammer Geek's first podcast about Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning! They bring a wealth of podcasting experience to our favorite MMORPG, having previously been involved with Everquest online radio. It has a little bit of everything, starting off with game news, community updates, personal biographies, a ...

Forum Watch (April 22 - April 29, 2008)

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

It's that time again WAR fans! Here we have the next installment of Forum Watch! Brought to you by thegreenskin.com and you're host with the most, Cicadymn! Any who, sorry for the lateness of this post, I'm sure I'm not the only one who has been swamped with homework, papers, ...

Standoff, yon zerg! (part two)

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Two potentially harmful gaming practices were discussed last week: Keen pondered the impacts of zergs in Age of Conan, while The Heartless Gamer was annoyed by reports of ranged standoffs in Warhammer Online. These aren't features implemented by developers—they're a result of natural human behaviour. They aren't very desirable ...

The Orbs of Warhammer Online

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Can't wait for release? Want to play a WAR-inspired Flash game? Ch ch check it out! You can play as a Bright Wizard, Warrior Priest, Zealot, or Squig Herder and the objective is to use AP, Morale, and Tactics abilities with a bejewelled-esque game board to kill your opponent. I've won ...