OMG, Champions Online

Champions OnlineOkay, maybe I will actually stop playing WoW at some point after all. Like maybe Spring 2009 when Cryptic is currently projecting it will launch Champions Online. Hell. Yes.

Somewhere in my basement I’ve got a 1st edition copy of the original Champions from 1981. I forced my grandparents to drive 60 miles to the only decent comic book/game store just so I could nab a copy the day it finally arrived in stock. What an amazing game that was/is.

Passively Multiplayer Online Game

Passively Multiplayer Online Game — PMOG — is a multiplayer game that you “play” within a status bar in Firefox as you browse. Its a bit like a souped-up tour of the web combined with an RPG reward system and a half dozen other twists thrown in for good measure. There’s even a PVP component. It’s still kind of rough in its beta form at the moment, but definitely something to keep an eye on.