Farewell 2012

Is it just me or did 2012 fly by?  I guess that's what happens as you get older.  New Years night will likely consist of going to bed around the same time as normal in the Werit household.  Staying up until 12 is quite the challenge for...

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Far Cry 3 Impressions

One of the gifts I received for Christmas was Far Cry 3.  I had never played either of the first two, but it doesn't seem to be any kind of essential story aspects I am missing.  Basically, it seems like far Cry 3 is a GTA type game, but in...

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A New Addition

I am happy to announce a new addition to the Werit family, a new gaming system!  My old system, which I had since before WAR and my first daughter was starting to show its age.  It was a good machine, but it was time to make a move.  It...

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Merry Christmas

I'd like to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the staff (me) at Werit's Blog!  I hope Santa was good to you all, as he was to me.  I guess it is actually a White Christmas here, as it snowed last night.  But it...

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Age of Wushu Deluxe Edition Giveaway

Age of Wushu, a new Martial Arts based MMO is currently conducting an open beta test. Anyone can participate (with some limitations), just head over to their site and download the client.  The great things is it leverages Yahoo, Facebook and...

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Age of Wushu Tips

Age of Wushu is a different sort of game.  This post will serve as a living lists of tips and tricks as I soprt out what I am doing in this world.   Feel free to add more tips in the comments. 1)  Confusing controls?  Escape ->...

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One Year of SWTOR

Has it been a year already?  Star Wars: The Old Republic turned one yesterday.  It feels like it just launched to me.  It has been a year of highs and lows for the game.  You can check out a neat infographic of the years events over...

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Save Some Space

One of the problems of the Sites with Benefits was that it took up a good amount of valuable page real estate.  The widget isn't the smallest thing in the world, so solving this problem was a priority.  I'm happy to say SwB now supports the...

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WAR Combines the Tiers

Yesterday, the WAR team changed up the scenario lineup, as they do every so often.  This time they made a  special change.  The Play as Monster scenario, Grovod Caverns, was added to all three tiers.  This alone isn't something special,...

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Rise of the Hutt Cartel

Today, BioWare officially announced their first expansion pack:  Rise of the Hutt Cartel!  It will include a brand new planet, Makeb, full of cinematic story content and five more levels for players to gain.  And what are new levels without...

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The World Is Yours

I must say I was very pleased and surprised when Funcom announced that the Secret World was going to be dropping it's subscription.  It has always bothered me that they had both a subscription and a a full fledged cash shop.  Usually games...

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WeritCast: First!

Over the weekend I decided to try something new.  I play a lot of different games, which I don't really get a chance to talk about on the blog.  So, I figured I'd take some video than add some commentary.  The result is WeritCast, a short...

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One Shot, One Kill

With SWTOR's latest patch came a new Cartel Store Pack, the Blockade Runner.  In it, among other things, were new custom weapon models. While I didn't get any in the packs I bought, one immediately caught my eye: the Tac-HUD Heavy Sniper...

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Screenie

As I mentioned yesterday, I am working on my Stellar Fortune project is some of my spare time.  It's a space based trading game for browsers which uses both Unity and HTML.  Unity is used to show off ship and planet models while HTML is used...

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Scenario Feedback

WAR developer Kevin, not to be confused with Keaven, has taken to the forum looking for some feedback about the scenario rotation and weekend warfronts.  He asked the community the following three questions. 1. Currently Weekend Warfronts run...

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Crowd Funding as a Game Mechanic

Some of you may read my posts about Stellar Fortune before.  For those that haven't, it is basically my ever evolving game project where I try new ideas.  I've been working on it a bit over the past few weeks.  In its simplest form it...

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Ancient Hypergate

Yesterday, SWTOR introduced their latest warzone (scenario): the Ancient Hypergate.  It draws inspiration from Warhammer Online's Khaine's Embrace, but it a bit different.  There are two capture points and big explosions, but Hypergate adds...

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Unique Weapons

There is an interesting thread over on the WAR forums called 'Rare and Unique.'  The basic idea behind this thread is to have weapons, which only one player can have at a time.  On death (or a certain amount of deaths) they lose their prized...

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Test Your Might

A couple of my guildies on Badlands put together a RvR video of them duoing.  You can hardly go wrong with some of the Mortal Kombat soundtrack.  I did find the video lacking in the Dwarf Engineer department.  I'll have to get that re...

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How To Run a Contest or Giveaway

Ever have something that you wanted to giveaway using your webpage?  Sites with Benefits offers a quick, easy, and free way to host giveaways/contests/raffles on your website.  With 14 missions, there are plenty of ways you can interact and...

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Meatbag or Bust

Yesterday, I officially started on the quest to get my very own HK-51 Assassin Droid in SWTOR.  Don't worry, there won't be any spoilers here.  The HK-51 quest chain starts in the newly released Section X area, which can be found...

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Age of Wushu PvP Q&A

A couple of weeks ago, I saw some chatter and a Massively live stream about an upcoming game called Age of Wushu.  A number of things about this MMO interested me:  the Ming Dynasty setting, the attention to realism (not anime) and the focus...

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Mobbed Mobs

With the launch of WAR's 1.4.8 patch, players were able to convert their 20+ RvR currencies down to a single one: the War Crest.  As you can see below, the money changers (shouldn't they have been in Sigmar's Temple?)  are being kept quite...

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Khaine's Hypergate

One of SWTOR's big features for the upcoming 1.6 patch is a new warzone called Ancient Hypergate.  It's a bit of a departure from the other warzones, as player kills will grant points.  The basic idea behind the warzone is as follows: combination...

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1.4.8 Goes Live, War Crest Conversion

Warhammer Online's 1.4.8 patch goes live today!  The major feature of this patch is the introduction of a single RvR currency, the War Crest.  All vendors have been converted to used this new currency, so all of your old crests and insignia's will...

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Limit Theory

Ah Kickstarter, where would the space sim genre be without you?  Limit Theory is a new project which holds a lot of promise.  It relies heavily on procedural generated content in order to provide an endless universe to explore.  Along...

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FireFall Closed Beta Key Raffle

It turns out I have a few FireFall Closed beta key invites stored up. These are invites for the closed beta, not the stress tests.  How can you get your hands on one?  Just complete some of the Sites with Benefits Missions and buy a ticket....

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New WAR Vendor

When 1.4.8 launches (Monday!) a new vendor will have taken up shop near the RvR Equipment vendors. His title is Novelty Vendor, but what he sells is anything but.  WAR 1.4.8 introduces a new single RvR currency, the War Crest.  It can be spent...

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Sites with Benefits Open Beta

I'm happy to announce that one of my projects, Sites with Benefits, is ready for Open Beta.  I've been using it on this blog for a while now and run several contests.  It has worked out nicely.  To help you get started with SwB, I made...

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It's about time

As we near SWTOR's first anniversary, I have finally hit the level cap of 50!  I take things pretty slow, and SWTOR was no exception.  With the focus on Legacy and Alts, it just made it even harder to dedicate myself to one character. It soon...

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Hint #3

It's time for the 3rd and final hint for the Easter Egg Mission of the WAR Game Time Giveaway.  Hopefully this will lead you to the spot where you can take a screenshot.  Just upload it to any place you like, then submit the URL.  Once...

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SWTOR 1.6 Data Dump

It's that time again!  yesterday, BioWare pushed the 1.6 patch to the PTS.  I was pretty shocked to see it there, as 1.5 just launched.  I'm not complaining though, but this is how a guy gets spoiled :)  The big ticket items...

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In-Game Potion Giveaway

Podd IC, of Global MMO, is holding a contest for Warhammer Online.  The winner gets a load of potions (see full list here) worth about 5,000 gold.  All you have to do to enter is register for his website.  It should be noted that this...

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1.4.8 Detailed

Warhammer Online's 1.4.8 patch is nearing completion, so lead designer Keaven Freeman hit the forums with a detailed post about the upcoming patch.  1.4.8 is mostly about consolidating all of the RvR currencies into a single one, the War Crest. We...

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Growing with the Players

So I was doing some thinking today, where all my ideas happen, in the bathroom.  I have a lot of game code from various projects laying around.  Some of it Unity, some of it web based.  Most of the web based code has led to working projects...

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WAR Game Time Giveaway Update

We are entering the final week of the WAR Game Time Giveaway.  Up for grabs is a 60-Day WAR Time Card, Booster Pet codes and Specialized Training codes.  The last one gives each character on your account a free XP level.  Since this is...

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Hint #2

The Easter Egg hunt for the WAR Game Time Giveaway continues!  Your mission is to witness this special event and snap a screenshot.  Then, using the Sites with Benefits widget on the right, you submit the URL of the image.  It'll get you...

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F2P and 1.5 Have Arrived

Today, SWTOR goes free to play (and 1.5 arrives).  It will be interesting to see how many people jump back into the game and what will happen to the servers.  I plan on keeping my subscription, so hopefully their priority queue stuff works...

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SWTOR Data Dump: Store

With SWTOR going F2P tomorrow I figured I'd look through the latest store items.  Some of this has been seen in previous data dumps, but there are some interesting additions which give a glimpse into SWTOR's plans. Some interesting things... More...

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