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…)

There will be no new Xbox Live Arcade game this week (probably due to the GTA IV release). Lost Cities was released last week. So if you haven’t already, perhaps you can give Lost Cities a shot this week. It is a 2-player card game I’m finding quite addictive. The premise is that you are an archeologist set to begin expeditions to lost cities. It costs money for each expedition so the idea is to come out in the end with a nice profit higher than the opponent.