Factions is a recent expansion of the MMORPG Guild Wars. In the new expansion, guild wars ventures into the asian part of the world. It introduces two new classes called Assassins, and Ritualists. In the new expansion there is a whole new map that you can go to which is very different and far away from the original GW map. In factions, after leveling for a bit, there comes a time where you need to choose between two factions. The choice you make can either make the rest of you playing harder, or easier.

Factions is a very good expansion and I enjoyed playing it. The assassins and ritualists are fun and different. The story of Factions is also very interesting. Factions is worth getting.

-Alex

World of Warcraft is one of the top MMORPGs. MMORPG stands for massive multiplayer online role-playing game. WoW (short for World of Warcraft) is probably the biggest MMORPG at the moment. When you start, you choose a server. After that, you can begin to make your character. There are two opposing factions. The alliance and the horde. The alliance are the “good guys” and the horde are the “bad guys.” In the alliance, there are a few different races to choose from. You can be human, a dwarf, a night elf, a gnome, and with the new expansion pack, the burning crusade, you can be dranei. On the horde, you can choose from the undead, orc, tauren, troll, and in the new expansion, blood elves. After choosing whether to be Alliance or Horde, then choosing your race, there are a number of classes to choose from aswell. Not all races have the same classes though. You can be a Warrior, a Paladin, a Rogue, a Hunter, a Mage, a Priest, a Druid, a Shaman, and a Warlock.

After going through the procces of creating your virtual-self, you can finnally begin. You do quests and instances and make group missions and learn skills and do many other cool stuff. The UI (user interface) of WoW is very easy to learn, but can overwhelming and first. You might think, “I will never fill up all these action bar slots” but trust me, you will. WoW has a level cap of 60. In the new expansion, they raised it to 70. I’ll post another blog review on the expansion. Anyway, at lvl 60, you can begin to get your goals straightened out. You want to find a good guild, get an epic mount (kind-of like a horse, but it depends on what race you are) and begin to raid. Raiding is doing level 60 instances that require 40 people. Usually, you only do it if you are in a raiding guild. When you raid, you hope to come out with a piece of a Tier Set. A tier set is an epic piece of armor. After a while, you will have the complete set, and you will look amazing. Then it’s time to make a second character.

WoW is a very good game. I enjoy playing it a lot. But the quests tend to be the same thing over and over. The graphics aren’t state of the art, and there are somethings that could be fixed. But WoW, like guild wars, is unique. It has its own style and its much more fantasy than realistic.

Well thats all for now,

Yours,

Fat Kat

Guild Wars is a MMORPG. If you don’t know what that is, it is a Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game.  Guild Wars is unique compared to many of the other MMORPGs. For starters the graphics of Guild Wars are amazing. They will blow your mind with amount of detail it has. And this is for a PC game! The UI (user interface) is user friendly and very easy to learn. When you first create a new character it will give you the option of RP or PvP. RP is role-playing, so basicly you’ll start from scratch. PvP is Player vs. Player, so you’ll start at lvl 20 (the lvl cap) and you’ll only be able to do Arena and GvG battles. Guild Wars has a lot of classes to choose from. If you don’t have the expansion, you can only be Warrior, Ranger, Elementalist, Mesmer, Necromancer, and Monk. When you name your character you need to have 2 words in your name. That is sometimes a hassle, but you get used to it after a while.

Guild Wars Follows a Storyline and all the quests are not all exactly the same. They all have to do with the story and help you finish the story. As do the missions. In guild wars when you get to a mission, you need to find a party who also wants to do the mission. It is similar to the World of Warcraft instances. The difference is, it will give you what exactly you need to do in the mission through your quest log.

One very nice thing about Guild Wars is that it doesn’t matter how low a lvl you are, you can still have good looking armor.

Well thats it for now,

-Fat Kat

p.s. Reviews for Factions, Nightfall, and Eye of the North coming soon.

Today I will review the 30GB iPod Video.

The 30GB iPod Video is one of the best of an MP3 players I have ever seen. It has a friendly user interface. It is easy to find your way around. Getting from your music selection, to videos, and then to photos is very easy. If your in one menu, and you’d like to go back, you need to click on the top button which is labeled menu. It just another way to say back. At first it might be a bit confusing to spin the wheel to get through the menu. After getting used to it, it is very easy. The only thing that bothers me about it is that sometimes when you want to move just from one option in the menu to the next, it becomes a a little bit hard because when you glide you finger across the wheel, the selection sometimes moves to fast. The battery life of the iPod is reasonable. While listening to music, it can last from eight to twelve hours. If your viewing videos, it only lasts four to six hours. The memory is exelent. Although it’s possible to get the iPod with 80GBs, 30 is enough to hold a massive amount of music, photos, and 120 hours of video. All in all, I give the iPod a 9.5 star rating.

Well…

This is my first blog.. I’m not really sure what to put. Hopefully I’ll be able to post some review soon.

That wasn’t really much of a first blog but hey..