TERA – First Impressions

Published February 22, 2012 | Castorcato

Fun.

A word seldom used in your average play session of World of Warcraft, recently anyway, and by recently I mean for a good year now.

TERA is what defines fun. I’ve had some amazing moments in my two weekends playing the beta version of the game and so I’m here to tell you all about it, maybe you’ll sign up for the beta yourself, give it a shot. It can’t hurt. Check it out after the break.

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Importance of Choice in Video Games

Published February 21, 2012 | markco

Diablo Amazon

Do you know the difference between an arcade game and PC game? There is supposed to be a difference, but now a days the line has been blurred significantly by all the “action” games coming out. An arcade game is supposed to be linear; lacking in choice other than to slaughter everything in your path or beat up on a buddy one on one. However, many PC game franchises are creating games with the classification of “RPG” that are really just arcade games with flashier numbers.

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Addon Guide for PvE

Published February 20, 2012 | Ariadne

Addons are one of those things that many say is crucial in PvE to perform well. I kind of agree. PvE is more focused on doing max DPS and killing bosses. It’s almost impossible to do max DPS without addons because the standard Blizzard UI doesn’t provide you with the information you need.

People use addons for a lot of different things and there are different opinions of what addons should and should not do. I do not think addons should play the game for you. I absolutely believe that addons such as Ovale should not be used. They are basically telling you what spell you should use at any given time. That is pushing it too far in my opinion.

I will go through good addons one can use in PvE. Do note that this is intended for all classes so I am going to try to stay away from mentioning very class specific addons. I will also give you some tips on where I believe you should position your addons.

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