NPC Comic

Boardom is the regular blog feature in which Mary geeks out on table top games. Carcassonne was one of my own “gateway” games that got me into Euro board games and it remains one of my favorites. It’s an easy-to-learn tile laying game named after a medieval French town. You lay down one randomly drawn [...]

On Thursday I asked if you bought the in-game non-combat pets from the Blizzard store. 885 votes later, we have this: So 49% aren’t interested in buying the pets. (The first answer plus the third answer.) At least 30% bought some or all of the pets/mounts, and let’s make it 33% since a lot of [...]

Given the topic of recent comics, I figured this poll was in order. Have at it! And feel free to share you thoughts on the matter of micro-transactions in MMOs in the comments, whether or not you’re a WoW player. The poll will close Monday evening and I’ll do a post about the results and [...]

Unless you’re living under a rock, you probably heard that the Electronic Entertainment Expo took place in Los Angeles last week. Briefly, the highlights: Kinect: The Xbox motion sensor formerly known as Project Natal finally got an official name. It releases November 4, 2010, retails at $149.99, and doesn’t require players to hold any controller. [...]