Paradox of Assholes

I read an article recently that talked about how in many ways societies misogyny extends to more than just women. It focused on political parties, equating the Democrats to feminine characteristics and Republicans to masculine characteristics. The idea being that Republicans get away with certain behaviors because they are the Read more…

Failure IS an Option

Tobold had an interesting post last week where he blessed us all with a curse, “May you win every game you play!” The central idea being that games are boring if you can’t lose and that this derives from video games origins in arcades, where losing meant starting over. Whenever Read more…

STO: Crowd Control

Alas, we come to our final installment of the Roles of STO Space Combat. Today we’ll look at the support role of Crowd Control. This play style is all about tricks, buffs, debuffs and keeping the enemy off balance or weakened. 1. Your Player Captain Tactical– Where Tactical captain’s dominated DPS, Read more…

STO: Damage Dealer

Continuing the look at roles in STO, today we’re going to look at the good old fashioned damage deal, or as it’s sometimes referred, DPS. 1. Your Player Captain Tactical– Finally, the Tactical captain gets to make good use of his talents. All of Tactical’s abilities are valuable for boosting the Read more…

STO: The Healer

Continuing my look this week at how to fill the traditional MMO roles in Star Trek Online, today we’re going to look at the cleric of space, the Healer. Unlike most other games, being a dedicated healer in space does not keep you from other roles. A Tank/Healer combo is not a Read more…

STO: The Tank

I’ll be taking a look this week at how to fill the traditional MMO roles in Star Trek Online. First up, we’ll be looking at the venerable Tank. The essential role of a tank, is to absorb damage and protect the group. Aggro is a harder thing to manage in Read more…