He was drinking and playing the game around 10 p.m., getting a bit too loud in the process. Since mom was trying to sleep, as were the five young children in the home, she asked him to quiet down.

Never interrupt World of Warcraft: James Swan rammed his head through a wall and choked his mom until she blacked out

​Swan refused this small courtesy. So mom asked him again.

But as Swan saw it, it’s impolite to interrupt someone during a riveting session of World of Warcraft. So he grabbed mom by the hair and threw her on the bed. When his little brother tried to intervene, he did the same to him.

Mom bolted to the kitchen to call 911. Swan took a moment from the game to engage in hot pursuit, ripping the phone from the wall. Then, just to put a theatrical point on his displeasure, he smashed his own head through the kitchen wall.

He then threw his mother on the floor and began choking her, saying he was going to kill her. Grandpa heard the commotion and arrived from his room. Mom was blacking out, but grandpa couldn’t get him to stop. Swan also announced that he planned to kill grandpa too.

So grandpa went to his room and got a gun. He and Swan wrestled over the revolver, sending a bullet glancing off Swan’s head and through the living room window.

Swan, apparently only wounded by the shot, was taken to a hospital, where he refused treatment and was arrested.

Sources

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Requiem: Alive is a massively multiplayer online game for mature audiences that will immerse you into a dark world of bloodshed devastated by generations of scientific and magical abuse. You’ll need to fight against the grotesque monsters that stalk the cursed land, and band together with your allies to survive against the stronger, bloodthirsty creatures that only prowl at night. Use a wide selection of weapons and the mysterious powers of Beast Possession to strike down your enemies and destroy evil. Requiem Online offers a refreshingly new approach to the MMOPRG genre with its grim, dark atmosphere and tense, blood splattering action.

So what’s so special about Requiem? Let’s take a look of their game features:

• Face your Worst Nightmares

Even the most experienced players will cringe when darkness falls in the world of Requiem. The bloodthirsty Nightmare Monsters that appear at night will ravage the strongest parties if they are not adequately prepared for battle.

• Weapon Enhancements

Players can upgrade, customize, or create new items to suit their combat styles and battle prowess with several different item enhancement systems.

• Beast Possession System

Unleash the incredible power of the beast within by transforming into an enormous, ferocious creature. Level-up your Possession Beasts to equip your monstrous transformations with a variety of deadly skills and abilities to maximize your destructive potential.

• Epic Player-Versus-Player (PvP) Battles

Battle your foes on an enormous scale on an 8-vs-8, 16-vs-16, 32-vs-32, or colossal 96-vs-96 battlefield. The victors will be rewarded with special items that are key to obtaining the rarest weapons and armor!

• DNA System

Boost your character strengths and minimize their weaknesses by reorganizing their DNA as you see fit. Having full control over their evolution leads to a wide variety of character builds that share the same class and race.

• Group Zones

Jump over obstacles, collect key items, and complete other challenges to pass through locked areas as you venture in a group to discover what terror lies before you. These areas are designed especially for groups of players to experience an intense series of battles with great rewards.

Gala-Net has announced their Open Beta for Allods Online in the North American market.  The Open Beta Test will go live on February 16th and will allow players access to the entire game.

Square Enix is truly excited to announce that FINAL FANTASY XIII will be released on March 9, 2010. The much anticipated FINAL FANTASY XIII is the first FINAL FANTASY title developed specifically for high-definition consoles, and also marks the beginning of a brand new chapter in the franchise, FABULA NOVA CRYSTALLIS FINAL FANTASY XIII.

Dealt a fate that marks them a threat to Cocoon—humankind’s floating haven in the sky—Lightning, Snow and the others must find the strength within themselves to break free of their curse and fight for what they believe in. An immersive story of destiny, decisions and faith is about to unravel.

http://na.square-enix.com/newsletter/ff13_091113/

Adventure begins anew in the vast realm of Eorzea!

VISIT THEIR OFFICIAL WEBSITE!

The battle and job systems will be different than the one previously used in Final Fantasy XI, which utilized experience points, and that the character races and monsters will resemble those found in Final Fantasy XI to allow players to create avatars similar to ones created inFinal Fantasy XI. Group play has been de-emphasized, and now solo and group play have been balanced. Weapon use will alter “character development”. Square Enix is looking for a way to allow users to transfer their game names to the new MMO. The developers say that, in addition to Final Fantasy XI, they have been influenced in the games creation by World of Warcraft, Age of Conan and Warhammer Online, but most of all by player feedback. Chocobos will also return, but in a very different role from Final Fantasy XI where they were steeds.

Dear Maplers,

The upcoming patch 0.72 includes:

EPISODE 2 (PART 1)

Episode 2 Launch Events
A series of surprises await you as MapleSEA Episode 2 unfolds on the 20th May 2009. Check out what we have in store for you:

• MapleSEA Episode 2 login page now sports a new look!
• 2x EXP events running from the 22nd May to 28th June 2009 on every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Checkwww.MapleSEA.com for more details.
• Sales event running for a month from 20th May till 19th June 2009. Each week, all items under a specific tab will be sold at a discounted price of 20%. Stay tuned to our updates to make sure you don’t miss out any of the good deals!

Dual Language Game Client

• Chinese language is now available in MapleSEA in the newly launched Gemini world.

Gemini World

• A brand new world starting with 15 new channels is launched in MapleSEA. The Gemini world provides more room for adventures in Chinese language! In celebration of the launch of Gemini world, 2x EXP events will be held 24 hours from 20th to 31st May 2009. An even better news is, it will become a 4x EXP event when it is overlapped with the 2x EXP event for MapleSEA Episode 2 launch!

Knights of Cygnus (Preview)

• Preview the Knight of Cygnus in-game trailer and quests before the actual launch coming real SOON!

Family System

• With this new system, you can guide the young adventurers around Maple World. Invite them to join your family as a Junior so that you, an Senior, can share your hard-earned knowledge with them. Skilled and well-trained Juniors will increase your reputation and bring you various Privileges of the Famous Adventures, which include EXP and Drop Rate boosts! Seek out Leader Al at Lith Harbor for more information.

Timeless Temple & Pink Bean

• Let Corba transform you into a dragon so that you may cut through vicious winds to reach the Temple of Time, a mysterious temple in the sky. However, beware! It is whispered that within the temple dwells the strongest monster in Maple World, one that has yet to be defeated. Enter at your own risk…

Elin Forest & PQ

• Elin Forest is the last place in Maple World where prehistoric monsters roam, accessible only by the Time Control Room in Helios tower. Yet, a Black Magician is trying to poison the forest! It is now up to you to stop him. (Hint: You will need at least a party of four!)

Maker Skill

• Now all Maplers above level 45 will get a new skill! Simply visit Moren in Magatia town to learn the Item Maker skill after completing a quest. This skill enables Maplers to create equipment and is leveled up by completing quests instead of the regular SP. Stimulators can be used with the Maker skill to create better items, but there is always a 10% chance of failure.

Mu Lung Training Center

• Only by surviving the Kung Fu Panda Master’s challenge, will you earn the title of a master! Prove yourself by taking up the challenge from Mu Gong, the Kung Fu master from Mu Lung Training Center and achieve different colored martial belts to signify your grade. You can reach the training center at any one of these locations: Mu Lung, Ellinia, Kerningand Orbis town.

Free Pet Snail Roonie

• Get the free pet, Snail Roonie when you complete a quest at level 15! This pet comes with free accessories that not only help you loot monster drops, but also recover your HP and MP. Just remember to free 6 slots in your inventory (1 Pet slot)for the pet and its accessories (5 Equip slots) and your pet will take care of the rest! Unfortunately, nothing lives forever and the same goes for Snail Roonie. So use Pet Roonie wisely.

Monster Book

• Getting panicky from the information overload in Maple World? Now, there’s the Monster Book encyclopedia containing information of mob drops, monster location and various stats to help you. The best news is you will be granted a buff for each card collected (capped at the first 5 cards).

Title System

• Daleer, the Priest of Honour, is here in Lith Harbor to reward medals for various achievements in Maple World! Once a medal is awarded to you, you will receive a title under your character’s name. Titles like The Legendary Hunter and Donation King are renewed every month.

Horned Tail

• Dragon Stone can be acquired repetitively by completing the quest for “What Horned Tail left…”.
• It can be used only once per each Horned Tail necklace.
• When the members are remaining in the previous map, you cannot proceed on to the next map.
• During the stage 1 and 2 in the Horned Tail cave, you cannot proceed to the next map without attacking the monster.

Mini Dungeon

• Mini Dungeons’ time limit is extended to 2 hours.
• Channel Transfer and Cash Shop entry are available from Mini Dungeons.
• Monster riding is available in Mini Dungeons.
• No more running into other users in the Mini Dungeons.
• Mini Dungeons locations are now added in the World Map.

New EXP Table

• With the new EXP table implemented, you can now level up more easily with about 70% to 80% of the effort you used to put it.

4th Anniversary Event

• Maple Anniversary Drops!: Monsters all over Maple World will be dropping 1st and 2nd anniversary Maple weapons, Maple Hats, and Maple Shields. Monsters will also be dropping Maple Leaves and Sunshines for all the exciting 4th anniversary quests and events, so be sure to grab those drops to exchange them for special items!

• Upgrade Your Weapons!: Go to the Maple Admin NPC to exchange your old 1st and 2nd anniversary weapons and 1,500 to 2,000 Maple Leaves for a 4th anniversary weapon, Maple Hat, Maple Shield, or Maple Earrings!

• 4th Anniversary Scrolls: If you have 1,500 Maple Leaves, you’ll be able to acquire a scroll from any Maple AdminNPC that’s exclusive to the 4th anniversary weapons!

Here is a list of the scrolls you can get:

• Tiank Monster Card – Take the chance to exchange Maple Leaves with Tiank to get rare monster cards for your Monster Book collection. Go speak to Tiank from the Lith Harbor.
• 4th Anniversary Level-up Event – Receive Maple Leaves every time you level up! All you have to do is click on the light bulb icon that appears above your head after leveling up, and you will receive Maple Leaves from the Maple Administrator automatically.
• 4 Candles
• 4th Anniversary Celebration Cake
• Maple Leaf in between the lips…
• Making Maple Syrup
• Cassandra’s New Information
• The material of the Mysterious Fabric
• Francois’ Latest Work
• MapleSEA Speed Quiz – Cassandra has prepared a special quiz for you to find out how well you know MapleStory. Answer the names of the NPCs and monsters correctly and be rewarded with EXP and Maple Leaves.
• Disappeared Mysterious Fabric
• Mending the Maple Cape
• Alcaster’s Advice

Party Quest

• Party Quest category is added in the quest window. It is available when you reaches 5 levels lower than the actual level required for PQ.
• Moon Rabbit PQ is revised. Bring the remaining Rice Cakes to NPC Tory in the Short Cut map. Once Tory has accepted an enough amount of Rice Cakes, he will reward you with a Rice Cake Hat.
• New reward additions are included in the Ludibrium and Orbis Party Quest.

Map

• The Forest of Patience map can only be entered once per day.
• The Deep Forest of Patience map can only be entered once per day.
• You can search for the Treasure Chest in Subway Area once per day.
• The Delivery System is not available in Zakum’s Altar, Horned Tail Cave and Pink Bean map.

Skill

1. Common Skill for all classes edited
   1. Warrior Awakening skill can be leveled up to level 5.
   2. Maple Warrior master level increased to level 30.
2. Warrior job skills revised
   1. Warrior skill “Power Strike” initial damage has been increased to 165%. Damage after mastering remains the same.
   2. Warrior skill “Slash Blast” initial damage has been increased to 72%. Damage after mastering remains the same.
   3. Spearman skill “Hyper Body” effective period increased to 300 seconds.
   4. Fighter skill “Rage”, upon mastering, increases attack by 12.
   5. Page skill “Threaten” applies to boss mobs. Effective period increased up to 120.
   6. White Knight skills “Blizzard Charge” and “Ice Charge” damage increased to 110% upon mastering.
   7. Paladin skill “Blast” attack range increased
   8. Paladin skill “Sanctuary” cooling time decreased to 20 seconds.
   9. Hero skill “Enrage” cooling time decreased to 6 minutes.
   10. Dark Knight skill “Berserk” HP use limit changed to 50% upon mastering.
3. Mage job skills revised
   1. Mage (Fire/Poison) and Mage (Ice/Lightning) Skill “Elemental Amplification” attack increased to 140%
   2. 4th job magician skill “Big Bang” charge time decreased to 1 second.
   3. Ice/Lightning Arch Mage Skill “Chain Lightning” extra damage increased.
4. Bowman job skills revised
   1. Hunter, Crossbow Man short distance attack range decreased.
   2. Hunter, Crossbow Man short distance attack damage increased.
   3. Ranger, Sniper skill “Strafe” initial damage increased to 71%. Damage after mastering remains the same.
   4. Bowmaster skill “Concentration” effective period increased to 240 seconds.
   5. Marksman skill “Piercing Arrow” charge time decreased to 1 second.
   6. Marksman skill “Snipe” cooling time decreased to 5 seconds based on mastered skill.
   7. Hunter skill “Arrow Bomb” damage until initial mob attack increased.
5. Thief job skills revised
   1. Chief Bandit skill “Band of Thieves” attack range increased.
   2. Chief Bandit skill “Assaulter” moving range increased.
   3. Chief Bandit skill “Pickpocket” calculations revised.
   4. Night Lord skill “Ninja Ambush” range increased.
   5. Shadower skill “Boomerang Stab”; delay after using this skill decreased.
6. Pirate job skills revised
   1. Outlaw skill “Flamethrower” and “Ice Splitter” attack range increased.
   2. Viper skill “Dragon Strike”; delay after using this skill decreased.
   3. Viper skill “Barrage”; delay after using this skill decreased.
   4. Viper skill “Energy Blast”; delay after using this skill decreased.
   5. Captain skill “Rapid Fire” damage increased to 170% based on master level.
   6. Captain skill “Battleship”; when battleship is disabled, waiting time is changed to 90 seconds for all to ride again.
   7. While using Viper skill “Transformation”, can use all skills except for “Oak Barrel,” “Double Fire,” “Demolition” and “Snatch”.
   8. While using Viper skill “Super Transformation,” can use all skills except “Oak Barrel” and “Double Fire”.
   9. Viper skill “Energy Orb”, extra damage added.

Inventory

• Click the “Fold Inventory” button on the top right of the inventory window to view all the available slots in a glance. Clicking the same button again will unfold and close the expanded window view.
• The inventory slots (Eqp, Use, Etc) can be expanded in the Cash Shop. (Cash, Ins are not available)
• Clicking the “Expand Inventory” button in the Item Inventory window will bring you to the Cash Shop for slot expansion.
• Slots in the Storage can also be expanded in the Cash Shop.

Tutorial

• Deciding stats when creating a character by rolling dice is removed.
• All characters will be given the same stats to start out with.
• Beginner’s skill “Three Snails” does not require snail shells.
• Auto distribute function is added in the Character Stat window. Remaining AP (Ability Points) will be automatically distributed suitable for job & level upon clicking the button.
• An “Occupation recommend” quest is available when you reach level 8. You can still choose your preferred job if you do not like the job recommended by the Maple Administrator.
• If you choose the recommended job, you can move to the job town directly instead of taking the ship from South Perry.
• The required stat for 1st Job advancement has been removed. All newly-created characters will start up with the same stats.
• You can still choose your preferred job regardless of the current stat.
• Stats will be automatically re-distributed when making the 1st job advancement.
• Recommended skill will be marked in skill window for the 1st jobs.

Party

• The function for Finding Party is added in HotKey [O] button.
• Search party among all users in the same map without additional registration.
• Function to refuse party search is added in the game option.

Wedding

• Propose ring can now be purchased with Mesos at NPC Alegro in the wedding village. Unnecessary propose ring can be sold back to NPC Alegro.

Item

• The drop rate of the “Piece of Time” has been adjusted higher.
• Drop item option is increased:
  • Master Monsters will drop better items compared to regular monsters.
  • Boss mob will drop better items than Master Monsters.

Quest

• Quest system interface is revised. Chain quest will be shown with different icon, and the order of the chain quest will be available in the quest window.
• Click the “Find NPC” button under the Available tab in quest log to see the location of the quest start NPC.
• Button key [Q] is added in the quest alarm window [L] to open the quest window.
• When you register a new available quest, [Q] will blink.

Buddy Window

• Buddy Window interface has been revised. You can have a maximum of 100 buddies and categorize them into different groups.

Etc

• Fee for meso trade and item sale in the Free Market has been downgraded.

Monster

• Monster level will be shown on the left side of its name.
• Monsters in Victoria Island are re-located.

Legendary Hair Coupons

• Released in Henesys, Ludibrium, Singapore CBD, Malaysia and Leafre near the beauty shops.

EPISODE 2 (PART 2)

Knights of Cygnus

• For the first time outside Korea, you get to be part of the Knights of Cygnus legend! Releasing in early June, the Knights of Cygnus transformation will be available to all players with at least one level 20 character. Prep yourself for the Legend is coming…

Item

• New Equip items are added. Up to level 110 items will be dropped by monsters, and items over level 110 will be included in Gachapon.

Visit special forum thread HERE from a hardcore fanz for detailed info of the updates!

[Sources: www.engadget.com]

A new life simulation game developed by Maxis, Spore, really hits the spot. A few months back when I saw my friend play this game I just thought it was just another game developed by unknown developer. After a few disappointments like Need for Speed Pro Street, I just giving up buying a new game and stick to World of Warcraft, until my friend told me that this game is a huge hit in his campus, everybody seems excited to play it.

So I googled it, found out that this game was developed by Maxis. So I decided to try it. First impression, The Sims look-alike but in different perspective. Instead of creating a human, we creating our own weird looking creature. Consists of six stages; in first stage you have to make sure your creature cell get enough food by eating plant cell (for herbivore), meat cell (for carnivore) or both (for omnivore). Then your creature will evolve, you will get new body parts. So, your creature will keep on evolving to tribal stage, civilization stage, and soon to the outer space. Your journey actually began during this stage where you have to explore a vast galaxy and millions of planets (but you don’t have to go to each planet).

But I didn’t expect this game will give a huge impact until I found this site:

http://www.sporetube.com/

Spore fans seem to create this website and upload videos about their creation. I was shocked they created zealot and battlecruiser from Stracraft. And they even created World of warcraft characters out of it! Watch Murloc in action!:

http://www.sporetube.com/view/470/murloc/

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A screenshot and a quick Armory check shows that Dessembrae of Mazrigos-EU is quite possibly the world’s first Level 80 Death Knight. Unless proven otherwise, Dessembrae earned the feat at around 19:00 CET. Deathknight.info, the resource for all things Death Knight, reports the achievement after making a call-out to all Death Knight enthusiasts. It appears that Dessembrae overtook Arello, whose Death Knight reportedly hit 70 ahead of everyone else.

It’s quite apparent that the early launch of the game in European realms proved to be too much of a hurdle for US realm-based players as most major achievements were obtained by European players such as the first player to Level 80, and even the mastery of all current PvE content. With most world first and realm first Achievements getting snapped up, it looks as though it’ll soon be time for most players to settle into a more comfortable groove. That is, um, maybe actually enjoying the scenery.

The Lich King invades stores on November 13th, 2008! Retailers throughout the world are accepting reservations now for the next epic chapter in the World of Warcraft experience – Wrath of the Lich King. Reserve your copy now online.

This the news when suddenly I felt like opening WoW launcher (where all latest news available here) even though my subscription expired a few days ago and I’m unable to play since last 2 weeks. (Seems that I’ve been missing my Druid a lot) Then i’ve stumbled upon this, “In stores 11.13.08 pre-order now!” So I was like, “omg its gonna release soon!”.

On that same date, Blizzard Entertainment will also release the game in Europe, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and Russia. On November 14, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand will get the game. On November 18, the game comes to Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. Blizzard added that information on Wrath of the Lich King‘s debut in China would be released later.

The expansion will be offered in two packages: a standard edition for $39.99 and the Collector’s Edition for $69.99.

The Collector’s Edition includes the following:

• The Art of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, a 208-page book featuring never-before-seen images from the game.
• An exclusive in-game pet: Frosty, the baby frost wyrm.
• A behind-the-scenes DVD containing more than an hour of developer interviews, the Wrath of the Lich King introduction cinematic with director’s commentary and more.
• The official soundtrack CD, containing 21 epic tracks from the game, along with exclusive bonus tracks.
• A mouse pad featuring a map of the newly opened continent of Northrend.
• Two World of Warcraft Trading Card Game March of the Legion, starter decks, along with two exclusive cards available only in the Collector’s Edition.

So what are you waiting for? Order now!