Age of Mythology is a game I picked up yesterday. It’s published by Microsoft and made by Ensemble Studios. Ensemble Studios are the same people that made Age of Empires and Age of Kings. If you played their games before you will like Mythology. It follows the same pattern of Age of Kings. But has mythical units you can use. All in all it is a lot of fun. Here are some 1024×768 screem shots of the game:

You can expect lots of more screen shots of the games I get. I have the space to waste now.

Okay so I’ve talked about playing mmorpg before. I have played a few of these types of games. I tried Everquest. It was ok. DAoC was the next one and I really dig Dark Age of Camelot. But this game Earth and Beyond just may have something that would get me to stop playing DAoC. It’s the Star Trek Geek in me. You even get to name your ship. Here are some shots showing off the amazing graphics of Earth and Beyond (1152×864):

I’ve made it to level 14 already and I have only played maybe seven hours tops. I don’t know if it’s good or bad to be leveling that fast. I don’t care either because it’s so much fun. This is one to look at if your tired of the fantasy mmorpg.

Well the kid is in a jam. He was able to get a hold of me on AIM and tried to explain his problem. I was switching from Earth and Beyond and the AIM window the whole time. The last time a new person tried to get me I either wasn’t home or didn’t give a shit about helping them. Here is a screen capture of what I’m talking about:

Well I dropped the old Zcomment addon for Coranto. Now that I have the phpBB2 Forum I don’t really need it anymore. There is a great addon for Coranto that adds comments to the forum. This way the forum could get some traffic. It’s always worth a shot.

Earth and Beyond is a little different than the other online role playing games I’ve played. I made level 25 today. It took me a year to hit to level 25 in Dark Age of Camelot. Saying my level is 25 is a little misleading.

Levels play a little different in E&B. There are three skills or classes. Combat, Explore, and Trade. You gain experience in the appropriate category. When you have enough experience in one of these category’s you go up a level in it. So I have a combat level 9, explore level 9, and trade level 7. The levels cap at 150. E&B is a different game than DAoC.

And I’m having a shitload of fun playing it. I’ve already logged 20+ hours. I don’t know yet if I’ll keep playing after the free 30 days are up. I also joined a guild called Traders R Us. The only reason I joined up is because I the person creating the guild was offering 100,000 in credits to people to get the minimum number of people to create a guild. And what the hell I’m an officer in the guild. When they give me a url to a website I will post it. I just wonder if E&B will run on the shitty work computer?

Shipley-powered Sobos reach quarters a Rockford Register Star article tells about the Sobos second playoff win. Here’s the blurb off of the sports page:

Flight beat might in Saturday’s Class 1A second-round playoff game between South Beloit and Galena. South Beloit quarterback Jered Shipley provided the flight, passing for 356 yards and four touchdowns in the Sobos’ 35-24 win over Galena.

The Sobos play Freeport Aquin (11-0) next. I believe the game will be in Freeport. Me and some buddies will be going to see that game. All I can say is keep it up Sobos!

Sobo Football is the website for info on my favorite football team. This place has it all stats, links to news articles, roster info, pictures, forums, and anything else you can think of. They have news articles going back as far as the 2000 season. It’s very cool. It’s run by a fellow Sobo. So go check it out.