Free Cryptic Store Points

If you’re a current subscriber don’t forget to grab your 240 free cryptic store points. Not bad – and it means anyone can now play as the Klingon or Ferengi characters they released through the store. Still unsure as to why they released these so soon after launch – since it inevitably led to people [...]

The Engines Cannae’ Take It!

Character Basics « The Engines Cannae’ Take It!. Great STO guide for people like me – who don’t put nearly enough thought into the mechanics behind what they’re playing. I’m sure my character is not as tough as he could be – guides like this help a lot!

Part Time Gamers at Virginworlds

Happy our stuff is finally going out through a gaming site. And Virginworlds is great – been a listener to a ton of their shows for ages.

Vexation Audio » Part Time Gamers Show Four

Part Time Gamers Show Four. Mat has been to the shop to buy more rubbish games he’ll never play while Rik has got him playing Star Trek Online by virtue of the Hailing Frequency competition (Rik won the prize of a Deluxe Edition, gave it to Mat, and watched him totally ignore all the bonus [...]

EQual Perspectives is back on Virginworlds

I really enjoy Troy’s podcasts. He’s so laid back and his voice sooths me! Visit his blogpost about the latest episode below: EQual Perspectives is back on Virginworlds « Emerald Tablet. Here’s the quick link to Equal Perspectives on Virginworlds: Equal Perspectives

Runescape for Mac, PC and Linux at MMORPG.COM

While the big hitters like World of Warcraft and LOTRO continue to make the headlines when it comes to MMOs – let’s not forget the many hidden gems out there. Runescape is one such. Runescape Website I had a dabble a while back and with my new bits on gaming in this blog I think [...]

Why Is STO Rubbish?

It isn’t – but instead of waffling on I’ll refer you to Julie Whitefeather of the No Prisoners, No Mercy podcast: Have A Cookie

Star Trek Online – Another Persistent World

MMOs are games that exist even when you don’t play them. This is the big distinction between MMOs and single players games. The world “persists” despite you or I logging on – and I think it’s the thing that makes them so incredibly popular as a genre. That behemoth of an MMO World Of Warcraft [...]

Star Trek Online – For The Uninitiated

Great article in the LA Times re: STO. I’m going to write my impressions soon! Star Trek Online’s prime directive: have fun – latimes.com. So far, the game looks promising. My character is lieutenant Joseph Marquand! A bog standard boring human. But all the captains in Star Trek are human – you couldn’t have an [...]

Star Trek Online – Steam – You Suck

My day off work has been spent attempting to get Star Trek Online to flipping work via Steam! 10gig download. Then clicked launch. It deleted the download and started again. 10 gig. After this second download – the launcher started to crash – so investigating the cause of this currently. Obviously, none of this is [...]