I’ve recently been playing a game that’s outside my normal range of interests: The Sims 2. I played the original game for quite a while, although I found it to be quite a bit of fun, it was ultimately rather disappointing. Nothing ever really seemed to happen. It involved repeating the same actions over and over again, with no real end in sight. Sims 2 fixes this problem: you see, your Sims eventually die.

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Why Ultima Online is the best MMORPG

I recently was surfing the web and came across a new online RPG called Rubies of Eventide (Update – their new site.) I took a look over their website and thought it looked somewhat interesting. There is (or at least was, at the time) a free 10 day trial, so I figured I had nothing to lose. So, I downloaded, installed, and went to create my first character.

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