Hello GiantBomb, it's been awhile since I last blogged and if memory is correct my last blog was before the new site redesign. So it really has been awhile. And as I type this I'm drinking a can of Red Bull so I'm going to try and see how much I can type before I finish it. A challenge, not as cool as the coke drinking challenge but one none the less!

So what has the great Hamzini been up to since the last blog? Quite a bit actually. Work as usual although I can't say I've done much when there, it just seems with the credit crunch and global economy being like it is people haven't got the cash to spend on booze. So standing in an empty bar waiting on customers has been both awesome and boring. Still I get paid for it so huzzah to that!

What have I been doing with that easily earned moola? Buying games, drugs and paying hookers while the booze comes free. Wait, forget I mentioned hookers, if the police or girlfriend ask, there were NO hookers. I've actually not bought any new games other than Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning which was a sort of spur of the moment thing after playing the recent 10 day trial.

As far as MMO's go I'd say WAR is pretty damn good. It's focused a lot more on PvP with the main focus being on RvR aka Realm versus Realm combat where players on both factions, Order and Destruction, battle it out against each other for control of various battlefield objectives, castles and zones. All very good fun and a nice change to the usual PvE style grind of most MMO's. I'm rolling a Knight of the Blazing Sun as my main toon (yes toon, gotta love MMO lingo) on the European Karak-Norn server under the name of Luchadeer. Yes I stole our beloved GiantBomb mascot's name because A.) The random name generator kept picking useless names and B.) I lack originality.

I seemed to have joined at a good time what with server merges, new classes being added and the begining of the live expansion "Call to Arms" starting. So I've no lack of online buddies to help me in the public quests, RvR scenarios and general open RvR areas. The only issue I am worried about with the game itself is the horrid lag that occurs in the Tier 4 zones which is apparently almost unplayable. I'm only just starting the Tier 3 zones so still have some way to go until I reach Tier 4 but still a little worrying to hear the "endgame" (assuming such a thing exists in any MMO) is full of lag / performance issues. Other than that though I'm digging the game quite a bit. Infact its the reason I've not been as active over the last few weeks if I'm being honest.