So a few days ago in one of my late night fits of craziness I decided to buy a domain name and create an EVE website, enter: Skill Training Complete

The idea is that people ask questions about EVE and people answer those questions, and the next time someone has the same question, the answer is a quick google away.

There is also a “score” called reputation. I’m giving away a free month of EVE subscription (PLEX) to the people with the top two reputation scores on March 21st. Also other to-be-decided prizes for 3rd, 4th and 5th (and maybe more).

A tip if you don’t think you know enough about EVE to answer questions and win the PLEX: You can also get rep by asking questions, and the more questions you ask the more questions there are for other people to answer, everyone wins!

The site uses StackExchange. Which is a spin-off of the very popular programming site Stack Overflow.

In case it seems like I’m trying to advertise here; it’s true, I do want to get my money’s worth on the domain and the promise of a PLEX, but by “worth” I just mean I want to create a site that people will find useful and when I have an EVE question I can post it and get a great answer.

Edit: Noob Piratebait is now asking questions on Skill Training Complete. Take the opportunity to answer some easy questions and get that free month of EVE.

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I previously blogged about the Studio Cypher ARG. They’ve made some large site update with some ‘training’ tutorials and lots more juicy back story to be found if you read everything.
The major news though is that the company running the game has decided to go with a ‘pay to play’ model. Most likely around $10 a month. It’s more of a two tiered approach as the basic game will be available for free, the $10 is for ‘premium content’ whatever that means.

I will probably pay to play, atleast for a month. Though if possible I’ll probably share whatever clues the premium content generates with the free players, so I’m not sure what benefit there is for them to pay.

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I bought Oblivion when it first came out about a month ago. I played it for about 6 hours that night and haven’t touched it once since. Though I have been playing other games.
I’m not quite sure why, it really is a great game. I’ve got some ideas though.

To play Oblivion I feel the need to turn off all other stimuli. I can’t listen to other music, watch tv, browse the web, or work while playing Oblivion.  With the other games I’ve been playing recently, I don’t feel this need, I can do one or more other things at the same time, so I have difficulty setting aside time to only play Oblivion.

Where I stopped playing after those 6 hours was dying immediately after starting a part of the main quest. Immediate death at the beginning of a long battle sequence doesn’t bode well for my chances of making it through without many tries. So whenever I think of going back to playing I remember that this battle is ahead of me. I could just do some other side quests but I’ve heard tales that if you level up too much before playing the main quests it makes it that much harder so I’m reluctant to go that route.

I tend to get bored very quickly with most games, I think the longest I’ve ever played something is World of Warcraft and Dark Age of Camelot, both for a month or two (reaching low 20 levels in each). I also very rarely finish single player games. Now I don’t think this is my problem with Oblivion (atleast not yet). I’m not bored with the story or gameplay yet.

I guess at some point I’ll get a craving for Oblivion and get back into it. I just feel kinda bad that I have such a great game and I haven’t been playing.

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Games include Leisure Suit Larry, Kings Quest, Full Throttle, Sam & Max and more!

I recently played through ‘The Dig’ which was really fun, hopefully I can get a few of these running in DosBox or ScummVM.

I know this is not very legal, but my response is, once I can pay a few bucks and download a version that works on a modern OS without any hacks then we will talk.

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What is the truth behind The Philadelphia Experiment? Why did Hachita, NM speak backwards last june? Who are the Erasers and what truths do the Cyphers hold? This looks like a cool new ARG which is about to launch, join the discussion: http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=14458

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GameSpot has compiled a great list of the top 10 Final Fantasy games, has all your favorites, along with the ones you forgot you loved, or never heard of but would have loved or really disliked but should have loved if you’re going to be a Square fan boy/girl.

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Since I probably won’t get around to writing a full review myself I thought I’d link to a good one and just say that I love this game! I’ve played about 6 hours so far, haven’t played in the last few days but I know I’ll go back to it, pacing myself and playing other stuff at the same time.

Hrm, no real good summary paragraphs in this review to quote here so just go read the review.

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