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X3: Reunion: the first day

X3: Reunion: Argon Prime
I’ve been intrigued by the X series of games for some time but never got around to trying any of them out before I got the latest game in the series, X3: Reunion, on Tuesday.

The idea of a sandbox game that lets you play the role of a hotshot pirate-hunter, a starfleet commander, a trader or a manufacturing mogul is very appealing.

I was put off by reports of bugs and the exceptionally paranoid copy protection scheme used for X3. I doubt I would have bought the game if it wasn’t on Steam.

Continued…

Posted in Games, X3.


Ad astra

X3: Reunion: Start

Buckle up, kids. We’re heading to space to make millions of credits, meet exotic new races and of course, blow stuff up.

Posted in Games, X3.


Guild Wars links

On GW:EN’s shortcomings.
Spoilers galore so steer clear if you haven’t completed the game.

Seven Wonders of Guild Wars.

Xfire stats. [via]
“World of Warcraft logged over 440,000 hours of gameplay on average per day. … The second most popular MMO was Guild Wars, logging 59,199 average hours per day …”

Posted in Guild Wars, Web.


Elsewhere on the web

Micromanauts.
Photoshopped Microman toys in Micronauts’ packaging style.

Azereal’s Microblog.
A Microman blog.

ToyFare’s top 100 toys.
This would be more accurately described as ToyFare’s top 100 action figures of the past decade. I will agree heartily with the number one choice but there are so many omissions.

Shinki Monogatari.
A short Busou Shinki photo-comic.

Posted in Web.


The end of GW:EN

Guild Wars: Eye of the North: The End

The Ultimate Bad Guy has been felled, the endgame green has been acquired, the fireworks have been set off.

Posted in Games, Guild Wars.