Today, Blizzard just announced Diablo III. First Starcraft II now this. Apparently, Blizzard is also working on a hush, hush MMO as well. Their are job openings for a “Top Secret” MMO on their site. I have never been more excited to play PC games than now. Let’s see I have Wrath of the Lich King, Starcraft II, Spore, and now Diablo III to look forward too.

I know it’s becoming an age old question at this point, but is there life after World of Warcraft (WoW)? In my opinion, WoW took some of the best ideas from all other online games, perfected them and put them in one package. Unfortunately, there still lies a few issues that even WoW hasn’t solved. I’ve dabbled in online role playing games ever since the days of MUDs (Multi-User Dungeons, yeah, that ages me doesn’t it). My next few blog posts will be on this subject. I have such a long history I had to break it up in parts.

My first graphical online game was the first one of it’s kind, Neverwinter Nights on America Online. Back then, the thrill of being online at all was exhilarating enough, let alone playing a role playing game with other people. America Online soon got to expensive for my part time job wages and I had to abandon Neverwinter Nights for good. (more…)