SUWT podcast live tweeted

Woot..

Just finished recording the new SUWT...my first LIVE performance..woohoo..

Anyways, that should be available Monday. 

I did a live Tweet off as we recorded to play around with that a bit...was great fun. Check my Twitter logs to see how we rolled. 

Some really good topics, including the Eurogamer/Darkfall/Tasos standoff and also the infamous Avatar discussion on Raph's website about the "Bunny Ears" in WoW.

Ok..off for now..later all!

Week ending round up

Quite a week and quite a weekend planned.

I have been busy...

First off, I have started working on Social Networking for the Non-profit I work for. I have set them up on Facebook and Twitter, and then I am responsible for filling these with content.

Tough work...especially when you are usually a static website which discusses what you do, so it has been quite a trip constantly having chatter for Twitter and adding goodies to FB.

So, far I have grown our FB page to twice the size of a standard group we had on there (we now have a "Page"), and Twitter is almost up to 200 followers.

Next up, I got featured on SUWT, and it has made me start looking at my blog again. I have noted a drop in bloggers discussing their games, and I guess we need all of us we can get, so I have been trying to make sure and stay focused on my game, and put out some info once in a while. Thanks guys for making me look twice at my ramblings.

They have offered me a day to run my mouth on their show also..dread those moments eh? Now, should I tell them I went to school when I was about 20 to be a radio announcer? Lasted about 1 month...haha.

Back to gaming..I hit level 69 today in Age of Conan. This means one more level, and then I can move a copy to Testlive and check out the new zone...Tarantia Commons.

You can check out a HD Video in DX10 here.

Tarantia on Youtube

At this point, I think it is time to look at how AoC has been doing since the release of the Trial (almost a month ago). Also a contest had been taking place on Xfire, which has helped build up audience participation.

The game had hit some high points on Xfire, getting as high as #17 or #18. The contest ended on April 16th though, and as of Saturday the 18th, they have dropped down to #27.

Now this is not too bad, as the retention after the contest is considerably higher than it had been (roughly averaging between #40 to #50 on Xfire).

My only question at this point is if the game can survive the long haul. Especially with Patch 1.05 which will be the make or break of the game.

Many titles kind of fell to the wayside since last year, and this years offerings are not that accesible (Sci-Fi and Superhero games will be pretty niche, and Free Realms will be good, just very young adult and kid oriented). To keep some variety in Fantasy, I can only hope AoC survives. I really have not felt like going back to Global Cooldowns and slow mo combat. Also, I am unsure if I want Elves in my Fantasy anymore as well (lol).

Anyways, I need to get a few more quests done so I can hopefully get on to TL by next week.

Later today I am heading out for Japanese steakhouse to celebrate a good week for work, and what not...so...YUM!

As always, I appreciate those who look here once in a while. Guess I should feel lucky I lasted through a major blog blowup and downtime between games.

Has been fun.

Anyways, Cheers all...chat soon.

The twitterverse is crashing..

The loads are EXTREME...

The number of users is EXTREME...

Twitter is being driven into the ground ....HARD!

Even applications using the Twitterverse is bombing out.

It is proving difficult to even Tweet every once in a while.

I have started working on gathering followers in Twitter (and doing some Facebook action) for the non-profit I work for. But, talk about a time waster. The constant "Capacity" fail whales, the options not working (I can click on follow up to 3 times, and still not have it work..).

This thing has exploded.

What is my ROI on this?

I was almost worried that my old skills were gone, and I was just going to be an information "push" jockey..but I had an issue with one of our sites which was done in Drupal, which called for some quick PHP troubleshooting...and I got her fixed.

As for my personal tweets and blogging, it really has taken a nosedive...and I really want to blog...just that work has taken up my time quite a bit.

And it is worth it.

Having a job, especially during these economic times is a blessing.

And just in time, Easter arrives. I am not sure of everyone beliefs, but no matter what they are, prayer, meditation, the joy of spring (finally), the world seeming to settle down after elections and economic turmoil...there is a lot to think about on this next leg of our journey of 2009.

I just hope you and yours are happy...as I am ecstatic about how life is right now.

Now, I finally will have a small bit of time off, and will be playing my butt off in AoC, and I also am thinking of going back to Devil May Cry 4 (which I never finished, thanks to other games catching my attention)...

Lets all have a great weekend, shall we?