I changed the theme, maybe I am fickle like that.

Anywho, life is busy and work is busy.  Other than continuing my goal of completing one Industry Certification exam per week (for LOMA and AHIP… “industry jargon” if you will), I spend time following different games.  I am currently following several games:

1. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
2. Age of Conan
3. “Copernicus” (the 38 Studios project)

Not much is known about #3, but I can still peruse Blackguard’s blog and site to get a general idea of the opinions of someone who works for the game, same with Moorguard, and frankly, I find myself agreeing with a lot they have to say.  This makes me happy.  As far as #1 and #2 go, #1 is beginning to disappoint me more and more as I see some of the behavior of Mythic devs on the Warhammer Alliance forum.  I’m not going to go through the trouble of linking, but it’s one thing for a CM like Tseric or Naethera on the WoW forums to out someone as ‘trolling’ than  it is to go on a fansite and declare someone a troll just because they may not agree with your decisions, or feel some sort of animosity towards your company for your last product.

Guess what Mr. Jacobs?  Not everyone loved Dark Age of Camelot like you seemed to think they did.  I’m almost… almost tempted to lump you in with Brad McQuaid, but that would be unfair to you right now.  Your game isn’t out right now, all you have are potential customers waiting to spend $50 or more dollars on your product.  Put a smile on that face and put some spin on a negative post or don’t respond at all.

As for Age of Conan — I think they have some novel ideas, but it’s going to become a “try before you buy” experience with me, sadly.

And here I was hoping for some excitement this year.  I guess I should almost start WoW over again (damn, guess I shouldn’t have sold my account.)