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The Final Times – First Impressions of FFXIV Open Beta

The open beta is upon us. The game that has been talked about on forum posts Adenauerum since the close of beta 3 is here. Anyone, as long as they can sign up at the right time, can get in to the fabled Final Fantasy XIV open beta. I was able to score an entry. My adventures in Eozrea have been interesting. ...
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Grimtide RPG Journal #1

Allods Warden Class Roleplaying Journal Issue #1 Day 1:  Today our homeworld came under attack and we were forced to evacuate to a new location.   I played babysitter to the civies and bodyguard to our casters who held open a portal so we could escape.  I had to kill everything from rats to an escaped...
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The Final Times – Introduction

Welcome to “The Final Times,” the new weekly Final Fantasy Online column for MDH. I plan to talk about all things FF Online related, concentrating on both FFXI and FFXIV. My initial article was going to be about my reactions to the FFXIV beta, if I had been lucky enough to get into the open...
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LaserTag Adventure

We here at MDH support all types of gaming and LaserTag is no exception.  I have no defense, I’m a full grown man that loves video games, anime, cartoons, roleplaying, board games and lasertag.  My kids love it and my wife tolerates it  A friend of mine got me into playing LaserTag back in 2001...
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Budget Gaming: Low End Systems

I bought a low end netbook last weekend, the Asus EEE pc model 1005hag, and loving it.  What has been so fun is seeing what actually will run on it.  Netbooks are low end and low power laptops which aren’t designed for gaming in mind.  They have a low power graphics chip (mine has an Intel 945...
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