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For those of you who don't what OnLive is, well google it you lazy bum.

So somewhere in the all the E3 news, I ran into a link to a sign up for an OnLive promotional deal where you would get a whole year free (free as in you don't pay the monthly fee, not free as in they give you the games too) so they could test the system. Like most people, I'm feeling pretty dubious about paying a monthly fee to get the privilege to buy games I'll lose if I ever stop paying, ...

So I finished downloading the xpac and logged in. When I log into my Assassin, I am greeted with the Alternate Advancement system. I have the option of spending points into about 30-40 different perks that are made available to my class. I also have the ability at level 80 to aquire these perks by selecting one and waiting 36 hours to learn it. Or by questing and gaining points to spend.

There are three colors of perks, Blue, Yellow, and Red. My perk bar allows me to make two of these ...

...are funny, and maybe a little sad. People come in and feed on little tidbits of information that are tossed to them by the CM, or a dev that thinks he can handle a forum full of rabid fanbois, or force fed bullshit by some strange looking PR guy that makes an ass out of himself every time he opens his mouth because he has never really played the game, but has an MBA and that's how he landed the job (not going to point and fingers or state any names /cougherlingellingsen)

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In case some of you didn't know. I have recently resubscribed to my very first MMO, Everquest 2.

If you need a general run down of the game have a look here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EverQuest_II

An overview of the game's sheer size:

-9 Expansion/Adventure Packs
-6500 quests including Sentinel's Fate in 2010.
-24 Classes
-19 races with unique abilities for each race.

One thing this game does that ...

When did our MMOs stop being intelligent?

I have a confession to make. Until recently I had never played any of the games in the Half Life series. I finally beat Half Life 2 for the first time this last weekend and all i can say is damn. HL2 is a fantastic game, and I am glad that I took the time to play it through. I immediately bought the Orange Box on Steam for EP1 and EP2 because it is like a good movie; I don't want it to end.

On that note, I have this massive ...