Due to technical issues, yesterday's EA-Land Giveaway Contest party wasn't able to get posted until today! Pictures will be made available as soon as someone unscrambles my computer!! The party was held at Toy-Shop of Horrors, owned by Miss Tattoo'! A really fun team game was set up very much like the board game of Sorry. Those who played took turns bumping or jumping each other off the playing "board" and had a great time!!
 

Today's stop for the EA-Land Giveaway Contest was Jam Packed, owned by Buckstar Starbuck! Everyone had a blast with a trivia contest run by Buckstar, and the Jam stations were packed while people enjoyed the party!

There was plenty to do for everyone, and the party continued by the campfire with Parizad. Join us on Wednesday for two more house parties to celebrate this amazing game! Here's where Parizad will be found : 3:00pm PDT / 6:00pm EDT - The Love Castle, owned by Harvey van Parker! 3:30pm PDT / 6:30pm EDT - Club Alphaville, owned by Erik! Hope to see you there!

Mythos - A veteran MMO player's view

Drawing on many diverse aspects of the different games on the market, Mythos provides a fun alternative to the standard "level grind" commonly found in most MMOs out there. It's fun, absorbing and has a fairly easy learning curve where game mechanics are concerned. The game uses the "personal instance" method from Guild Wars, where a player has a map to a specific area that is theirs alone and there are travel "hubs" that are social areas. In these hubs, players can set up groups and interact with NPCs, gain quests and use a bank system.

Leaving the hubs will take the player to instanced areas. These areas have a small "zone" that leads to the specific dungeon and each dungeon is detailed on the character map so there is no "wandering around lost", which happens so frequently in other games. Arriving at the dungeon "zone", you will find a merchant and a guide next to the zone in location so you can sell off any loot you may have and purchase mana and health potions, recall charms (used in the dungeon, they are a temporary "gate" so you can leave, sell and return to the same place in the dungeon) and some magic items.