Month: May 2019

The Lost Jungle, 1934

On: By: Romeyn

Animal trainer Clyde Beatty heads a rescue party in search of his girl, Ruth, and her father who get lost looking for an uncharted island. His dirigible crashes into the jungles of the island. When he locates Ruth, he learns that her father has disappeared. The ensuing search is hindered by greedy gold hunters and wild animals. – Herman Seifer (IMDB)

Champions vs. City of Heroes

On: By: Romeyn

A comparison of Champions (CO) (2009-current) vs. City of Heroes/City of Villains (CoX) (2004-2012, current).

 

A little background information, I was a late player getting into MMOs in general, starting with CoX, and played it til the end. Once it shut down I took a break, but then was drawn back in to play Champions Online and eventually became a life time subscriber. Late last month a group called SCORE (Secret Cabal of Reverse Engineers) opened up their private server, which apparently had been running for the last 6 years or so (no hard feelings, good for them!). Once I heard I fired up CoX using the information provided and started playing again. I played with a silly grin on my face for hours, but I wanted to make sure it wasn’t nostalgia speaking when I said that I believed CoH was better than CO, even though they are basically the same engine originally designed by Cryptic Studios.

I’ll just do a side by side comparison and let you be the judge. Continue reading “Champions vs. City of Heroes” →

Just an FYI

On: By: Romeyn

You may have noticed a slowdown in the number of posts being published lately. There is a good reason, and don’t worry, I’m not abandoning this project.

As you may know this is a support site for the pulp-action rpg Fists & .45s! and for the last several month now I have been working on a few side projects related to that endeavor including a spicy spaghetti western version of Fists & .45s! and two novels.

As you can imagine, those take up a bit of time, considering I also have a full time job. So please be patient, I’m not going anywhere. There are close to 1000 posts on this site already, and my “to do” folder has at least 1000 more.

Thank you for your support!