Have you heard about Global Agenda? If you’ve been reading this site then I’ve mentioned it a few times. Well I’m coming clean today; I fucking love this game. I’ve been playing it for a steady two weeks now and I haven’t slowed down which says a lot since my attention spam for most games is less than two weeks.

Now what is Global Agenda really? Is it an MMOG? Some people may say, “maybe”. People that say Guild Wars is an MMOG will say, “definitely”, and people who play EVE will probably say, “Not really”. The game is a combination of Halo and Team Fortress Two with a bunch of Guild Wars thrown in.

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There’s some new stuff on the way for Aion. It’s just not a magazine offer this time! WoO!1 There’s some other stuff in Korean or whatever; you can watch that here; but that’s not the stuff I’m talking about.

This is…

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Greetings and good tidings.  Before we jump into the issue at hand let me introduce myself.  I am Raven, a 38 year old father, teacher, and gamer.  I have been involved in gaming since my first TRS-80 and Commodore Vic 20.  I will be covering issues for the casual gamer, the person who has about two hours a day to devote to our favorite pastime.  My observations will, for the most part, be opinion generated to spark discussion.  Like the onyx bird that Poe wrote about, let me fly right into our topic of the moment.  Holiday Events, time sink or valid adventuring tool?

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On F13.net Curt Schilling recently posted in a forum thread that fans should stay tuned; that some information with substance should be released before the end of the month.

Look for something that actually matters, information wise, soon, REAL soon. Like before the end of the month soon.

Looks like they might announce something at this year’s GDC perhaps? Nothing substantial has been released about this game other than a few concept drawings.

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Not so much MMOG news but for you lore-heads out there you might be excited about this one.

We’re proud to announce Ghosts of Ascalon, the first original Guild Wars novel! Written by acclaimed fantasy authors Matt Forbeck and Jeff Grubb, Ghosts of Ascalon sets the stage for the release of the highly anticipated Guild Wars 2 MMO.

Find out more about the book here.

If you like to follow the awesome viral advertising and conspiracy games Ragnar Tornquist and the other folks at Funcom are doing for their game here is the latest update. A Monsters of Maine blog has been discovered. It follows the investigations and other things that related to the last viral video released some time ago. If you can’t remember, check out Kingsmouth.

Also Tornquist tweeted recently that they will be showing off their game at GDC!

RagnarTornquist I can’t believe how much juicy stuff we’ll be
revealing – and showing – at GDC. Part of me wants to hold back, but hey, you wanted it! #TSW

Stay tuned.