http://www.ruinedmylife.com MMORPGs, Music, Rants, and tons of Commentary! Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:11:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Let me begin this by saying, Insurgency, you're one of my favorite FPS games I've played in the couple of years, but why do you fail me? You were released, and promptly patched to fix critical problems, now it's nearing two months later and you have yet to release ... http://www.ruinedmylife.com/2007/09/04/insurgency-please-fix-the-bugs-before-adding-new-ones/ On October 10, 2001 a game that in my opinion set the standard for all Player vs. Player combat in MMORPG was released, titled Dark Age of Camelot. Mythic Entertainment, once a small independent developer known for their various online games, took a huge risk in developing such a ... http://www.ruinedmylife.com/2007/08/29/dark-age-of-camelot-the-rise-and-fall-of-mmorpg-pvp-combat/ Dave Karraker, a spokesman for SCEA, claims that the Wii does not belong in the same category as the Playstation 3 instead insisting that it's merely an "Impulse Buy". "Wii could be considered an impulse buy more than anything else,” Karraker said. “The frenzy we saw at the holidays has subsided ... http://www.ruinedmylife.com/2007/01/31/sony-wii-could-be-considered-an-impulse-buy-more-than-anything-else/ I'm not a fan of WoW at all, but to deny it the success it has had would be silly. The Burning Crusade, WoW's first expansion pack came out last week, sold more then 1.2 million copies in the US alone in it's first twenty-four hours. Day-one sales totals on ... http://www.ruinedmylife.com/2007/01/23/wow-the-burning-crusade-shatters-sales-records/ In London at a World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade launch event Itzik Ben Bassat, Vice President of Business Development International for Blizzard, hinted at a possible sequel for Starcraft. "I'm a StarCraft player myself and I hope it's not a decade, and we launched StarCraft in 1998, before I'm standing ... http://www.ruinedmylife.com/2007/01/16/starcraft-2-by-2008/ MMORPG.com recently held an interview with Erik Mogensen, licensing manager of Games Workshop, regarding the working relationship between Games Workshop and EA Mythic. MMORPG.com: When last we spoke Mythic was still operating as an independent company. How has the addition of Electronic Arts impacted the relationship between Mythic and Games Workshop? Erik ... http://www.ruinedmylife.com/2007/01/16/mmorpgcom-interview-with-erik-mogensen-regarding-warhammer-online/ Gabe Newell, founder of Valve, made it all to apparent of exactly what he thinks of the Playstation 3. In an interview with Game Informer Newell made it quiet obvious what he thinks of the Playstation 3. "The PS3 is a total disaster on so many levels, I think It's ... http://www.ruinedmylife.com/2007/01/15/gabe-newell-of-half-life-fame-ps3-is-a-total-disaster/ If you've followed this site you've probably noticed a TON of posts and categories have been removed, and that would be accurate.  I've decided to change the focus of my blog as well as my writing subjects from anything in general, to be more directed towards Gaming and Tech of ... http://www.ruinedmylife.com/2007/01/15/new-direction-for-ruined-my-life/ Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past six months or so, then you’ve probably heard of a little game called Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (or WAR). WAR will be Mythic Entertainment’s second release of a MMORPG following their successful and very well produced Dark Age of ... http://www.ruinedmylife.com/2007/01/13/warhammer-online-age-of-reckoning-reckoned-before-release/ After playing various games with friends over Hamachi, I've decided to start a Ruined My Life Hamachi Network. As of now the network mostly consists of personal friends, however I'd love to expand it to have a large number of users to play various games, share files, and what ... http://www.ruinedmylife.com/2006/10/02/ruined-my-life-hamachi-network/