What’s Brewing, The Secret World: a game I want to play but probably never will

The latest MMO endeavor by Funcom (Age of Conan), The Secret World is one of the newest mmorpgs to enter the market with a fresh, modern spin on the genre. Full of guns, chainsaws, urban legends, secret societies, and conspiracies, TSW is a game I’m reluctant to pass up (if only to see an mmo title play out in this gritty, modern world); unfortunately, I can’t justify paying for another monthly subscription…

Brewdings: Blizzard Beta Keys!

So a while back I “reported”–in quotes because you can argue whether it actually was a report–on Blizzard’s announcement about World of Warcraft’s new expansion Mists of Pandaria as well as their new annual pass.  I concluded with a promise to follow up with more news and insight–something I admittedly failed to do.

The Brews: Blizzard hits WoW community at Blizzcon with new expansion, “Mists of Pandaria,” and Annual Pass package

I haven’t blogged here in a while (college can do that to you) but I’m trying to get back in the swing of things here and figured there was no better way than covering the news for the new WoW expansion.

I’ve played WoW since launch, though off and on, usually getting back on around the launch of the newest expansion.  I know with this newest announcement about the Mists of Pandaria other players like me, who usually come back for the latest expansion may not be doing so this time, but I will still be hopping on Blizzard’s latest ride in the WoW universe.  Here’s why: