Chris
Chris is a freelance game writer, music teacher, geek, and father of four. Having played MMOs since Ultima Online, he's got a pretty good grasp on how to wipe a party without even trying.
Posts by Chris
Defiance Reporter Episode 13 – Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Jun 15th
It’s a case of celebrity fever in Defiance, with an astronaut from 2013 found aboard an Arkfall. Chris and Ben discuss the implications of this episode on the world of Defiance, and the plague fever hitting the game.
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Guild Wars Reporter Episode 64 –
Jun 10th
This week’s show has Chris and Celeste talking about the Southsun Coast content, the wealth of news that has recently released and the future of the game.
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Guild Wars Reporter Episode 62: OMG…it’s Scott McGough
May 19th
This week, Chris and Celeste have a cozy fireside chat with Scott McGough. We talk all about Scott’s path to Arenanet, and the design of the story elements in Guild Wars 2. It’s a great interview, grab a cup of coffee and stay awhile!
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Runescape 3 Global Reveal – Game Mechanics interview with Dean Olive
May 13th
Harry Hol was invited to the Runescape 3 Global Reveal press event, and took a few minutes to chat with Dean Olive, Content Development Manager. They talked about a few different things, most notably some of the game mechanics that will be prevelent in the game.
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Runescape 3 Global Reveal – Mark Oglevie Interview
May 13th
Harry Hol was invited to the Runescape 3 global reveal, and managed to snag some time with Mark Oglevie, Design Director. They talked about the game and what it has to offer in the current MMO landscape.
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MMO Reporter Episode 122 – Foundry? What Foundry?
May 3rd
Chris, Layanor and Harry discuss their gameplay habits for the past week, some Neverwinter Launch…ummm…Open Beta news, and the Helm’s Deep announcement for LOTRO.
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Neverwinter First Impressions
Apr 28th
Neverwinter is the spiritual successor of Neverwinter Nights, a fan favourite in the computer RPG genre. As an action MMO, it attempts to take the series in a different direction, and ramps of the action and the story to make an epic journey for players to embark upon. Lets take a couple of minutes to look at the first 20 levels, and my experience in game after about 12 hours of game time.
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MMO Reporter Episode 119 – Mr. Augustine goes to GDC
Apr 15th
On this special episode of MMO Reporter, Chris talks to Josh of WoW Pet Battle Crew and The Happy Heartstone fame (oh yeah, he’s a dev for SOE as well) about his recent trip to GDC. Lots of inside information from the development side of things, and an interesting discussion about different aspects of MMOs and games in general.
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MMO Reporter Episode 118 – No secrets shared here!
Apr 8th
Chris and Harry, fully recovered from their excursion to Boston for PAX East, discuss their highlight from the convention. We talk highlights, weird moments, and pick our MMO of Show.
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Defiance Reporter Episode 003 – Launch Time!
Apr 7th
Chris and Ben talk about the latest news as Defiance launches in game form and nears it’s TV Premiere!
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