Blog entries from AirmidCecht

Gamers who throw their fist at honest discussion on how violent video games impact society remind me of the NRA throwing their fist at anyone who wants to discuss guns and violence. As soon as discussion impacts their area, MC Hammer starts playing in the background. Gimme a break o_O It is a shared responsibility to take a long hard look at every angle of these mass shootings we see,...

Well it seems like just yesterday I was talking about the best laid plans changing and rebuilding doesn't it? ;) After speaking with our CEO, George, I will be focusing more with the TGN part of TGN Stratics starting today. I will always be a part of the Stratics community as a player on the forums and in game. Like I said, it is the backdrop of my UO gaming for the past 10yrs now. Stratics...

If you are familiar with this Scots poem you'll know I'm not addressing Sherry the Mouse. At least, not directly. The poem is about a farmer who uproots the home of a lil ol mouse who spent so much time making her home in a pile of hay he turned over. The famous line of this poem reads: "The best-laid schemes o' mice an 'men Gang aft agley," The best laid plans often go wrong. I lovingly...

So this is very cool. Once again, the UO community shows how you do it! After some UO players got to talking, Deckard created a letter of recommendation site for us all to post some nice comments for JP. Imagine a potential employer going to his linkedin page and finding a site dedicated to letting the community he impacted most speak for him. The goal is to 1. let anyone potentially hiring...

Since some do not have my FB posts: I'm posting as Karina, not Airmid, not Stratics Community Coordinator. Grimm is leaving us and not by his choice but as always he has put the UO community first and himself on the line to do what he has always done, treat the UO community with dignity, honesty and loyalty. I have considered JP and his wife Matt as friends for a long time now. The...

IT WAS the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going...

Yes. That's all. Have a great weekend! (Seriously if I see one more 'blog' complaining about misogyny in gaming I might quit my gender)

So Deckard and I had some very nice chats recently. I take that back, chat seems to indicate small lil anecdotal notes to each other. So Deckard and I had some very nice discussions recently. One of our topics goes around and around with the need to entice new players with the Enhanced Client while keeping old school players content with their classic ways. It seems as if everyone is...

Yesterday was a good day to just say fook it and do whatever I want. Slept in late. Really late and for once insomnia wasn't an issue so I got to sleep EARLY then got to sleep in LATE. That was a gift. Then you go about your day and you hit up the nail salon, eat a heart healthy meal and follow it with a not so healthy snack. Yummmmy gift! I gifted myself a gaming keyboard and to balance...

Can Open World MMORPGs Be Successful Today? Ultima Online started as an RPG should, without hard set rules, a little bit of wild west and strong need for community. EVE Online has built its massive success on it in space and there are others from 'back in the day' that found the success of open world gaming a challenge but a rewarding one. It seems today it is harder to release a true MMORPG....

Life is hard anymore. The economy pretty much sucks where any company lay off is another reminder that, yeah, life is hard. Things should be easier. In life. In game. I mean we work hard "out there," why should we have to work hard for our MMO prizes? Should things be as easy as a Cracker Jack box prize? Open. Munch. OOOOh a decoder ring! In this FTP age of gaming, it seems more can be bought...

Something Borrowed, Something Blue (otherwise titled: I like to include my random thoughts in parentheses) This fall marks the 15th Anniversary of Ultima Online. (yesss we KNOW, gawd) Anniversaries are marked as special occasions and sometimes the bride feels neglected after all the years of putting up with no one taking out the trash or filling the ice trays. It comes with all the little...

Running inside my UO home to grab a few supplies, I stopped as I always do and hopped off my horse. The thought hit me, why do I do this? No one is around to see me do this, it's not like I'm really home right? Like I wouldn't really mosey inside my home on a horse would I? I barely wipe my feet at the door when I come home! Almost 10 yrs ago my brother tapped my shoulder and said, you are...

Thanks to Cailleach for totally capturing my mood today with this picture I stole from her :) [ATTACH]

A few weeks ago I posted some thoughts on Out of the Gate MMOs where the super ego goal with gaming giants seem to be, get as many sales as fast as you can before you wring the title dry and take a paring knife to the team that created that title. What role do we play in that mindset as gamers? We seem to have evolved into an ADD gamer society where SQUIRREL! we're always looking to see what's...