Whilst reading The Ancient Gaming Noob today, I came across what might possibly be the most perfect parody of an exit survey I’ve seen.
“What’s an exit survey,” I hear you say. “Addict,” I say in response.
At some point, everyone has dropped an MMO subscription like Paris Hilton during an “STD Free Holiday,” so I’m sure [...]
As anyone familiar with MMORPGs that’s within reach of a browser knows, patch 3.2 dropped today for World of Warcraft, featuring a new instance, a new battleground, and 100% less Arthas-fingers.
I realize that not everyone tends to notice things like this, but I’ve got a bit of an art background, and I’ve always admired the [...]
Well, it’s not so much a “corpse” as it is a body of work, but I couldn’t resist the wordplay.
After yet another recent spate of “Hey! Here’s a marketing idea…let’s spell out ‘cheap wow accounts‘ in gnome corpses for advertising!”, I got interested in spite of myself. As a copywriter, I have to admire the [...]
It’s amazing how much effect an MMO can have on you, and sometimes in the smallest (and occasionally silliest) ways.
Back at the end of January, I posted about a new addition coming to the Inhibihousehold…Mrs. Hib was expecting our second child! (Insert the usual happiness/giddiness/lack of attention to the blog that one would expect from [...]
Hello everyone, Twink Martindale here…welcome to Name That MMO!
We’ve got an exciting challenge today, so let’s get right to it!
Figure out today’s MMystery MMO from the following clues. These clues are either features in today’s MMO, or have been announced as future features of the game:
Player housing
An obscene number of professions
In-game player groups, or “guilds”
Varied [...]
By 
Hib in
LOTRO, features, machinima on
March 25th, 2009
Thanks to Massively, I learned that MSNBC recently conducted an interview with Lord of the Rings Online’s live producer Aaron Campbell. Before I say anything else, take a look for yourself:
Okay. First of all, it’s nice to see some mainstream media coverage of MMO’s done in a slightly more knowledgeable manner. Admittedly, it’s a “noob [...]
By Hib in
DC Comics, SOE, features, mmorpg on
February 10th, 2009
“Aquaman Wednesdays”?
Really, Jens?
REALLY?!?
Let’s be honest here, if superheroes were automobiles, Arthur Curry would be a Pinto, post-rear end collision…not something you want to spend valuable promotional time with MTV on to help promote DC Universe Online.
Yes, yes…I know:
“Aquaman is a badass,” he insisted with a straight face. “And he’s really, really powerful. People don’t [...]
By Hib in
features on
January 29th, 2009
As a lifetime warlock in WoW, I am proud to announce a new addition to our household guild:
I’ve seen no evidence of demons yet, but since it’s kept Curse of Weakness on Mrs. Hib for the last nine weeks, I can only assume it’s a warlock as well.
On the bright side, I got out of [...]
By Hib in
Darkfall, features, marketing on
January 14th, 2009
Back on December 5, 2008 (those were the days), a press release was issued announcing the EU release date for the much-maligned-as-vaporware MMORPG Darkfall Online. That date? January 22, 2009…one week away.
However, information has been more than a little sparse since then…practically non-exsistant. I’ll be writing another post at a later date to discuss the [...]
By Hib in
features, machinima, mmorpg on
December 29th, 2008
I rarely just post a video here at the Lag, but this one deserves it. WowInsider is revisiting this first-time effort (which is incredibly hard to believe) from Percula, a laid-off game animator with one heck of a talent. I love machinima in all its forms, but this one takes the cake.
I’ve seen some criticisms [...]
