I am far from a linux “fanboi”, in fact until recently I didn’t really use linux all that much at all.. All of my games are played in WindowsXP simply because there really is no other option… or is there?

I have been using linux quite a lot at work, and really like where Ubuntu is going. Pretty much everything about it leads me to think that Microsoft should be worried. (Apple has nothing to fear, simply because they are a hardware company..)

Anyway, after having XP tell me for the umpteenth time that I had “unused icons on my desktop”.. (Yes I know.. I PUT THEM THERE..) I decided to install Ubuntu on my game machine and try to get WoW working. I figured I’d be in a long and protracted fight, an impossible up hill battle with a colossal fight at the end! I couldn’t have been more wrong — but I get ahead of myself.

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World of Warcraft, I hate you! Okay I don’t actually.. In fact, I think the game play is pretty good. The social aspect is pretty good, the combat is pretty good, raiding can be fun, and it’s a nice mindless game to play with your friends and loved ones.. In fact, just about everything is pretty good.

Except one major detail — the game looks like ass.
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So as some of you know I have been playing the hell out of Eve.. I am really enjoying the game and things are going nicely. I have created a baby combat alt on a second account that I use to PVP and generally misbehave and I’m enjoying it very much. And I mean I’ve been really bad.. heh I have done everything from gate camping to ore stealing, which is generally something I don’t think of very highly. But its actually quite a lot of fun..

My goal was not to grief or be a jerk, but rather to learn what can be done and the best way to go about it. That way when someone is doing it to me, I know. The irony of it so far is, I am enjoying it quite a lot. Probably more than I should to be honest. My main has very expensive ships and implants that I don’t want to risk, plus he is entirely skilled towards industry and production. When I created the new alt, I said that I would never fear risking him. If he dies.. so be it. No big deal.

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Well I have gotten myself into the Pirates of the Burning Sea (PotBS) beta and been playing that a bit. Let me preface everything I have to say by saying, I really want to love this game. I have always loved this genre, even before the Pirates of the Caribbean movies turned it into a fad. I played all the pirates games of old and really love the concept of the open sea. It really was the final frontier of its day.

Having said that, I think PotBS could be a good game, but right now it’s really really rough. I fear it’s gonna be yet another example of a game released before it was ready. Sony is at the helm so of course this is to be expected.

The download of the game installer was simple and went without a hitch, however the darn thing took over 24 hours to patch!! This was due to the patcher being completely broken and SOE blaming everyone but themselves.

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So I have been playing Eve Online again a bit and have been thinking about it and what it does “wrong”. I’m trying to focus on what should have been done so that new games like Infinity Earth don’t fall into the same trap. I just hope the new games will listen and take note.

First let me start by saying that I think Eve Online is a beautiful game and can be fun once you get DEEP into the game, and it’s certainly challenging. However a new players experience is terrible and doesn’t give any clues as to what is to come later, more over the PVE aspect of the game is down right bad which means new players are forced to deal with experienced players in a PVP realm often resulting in repeated trouncings with no end in sight.

Is it any wonder that many new players leave pretty quick? Think of what kind of power house this game would be if it’s new player experience was just a bit better..

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In this post I am going to briefly touch on work orders and the way to get upgrade recipes which are very important if you want to stay competitive in the market.

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