Bottlenecked! / Gaming & Television Chat

Bottleneck. That's absolutely the perfect way for me to describe what's been going on in my head lately. Both of the shows I've been watching for weeks now have been excellent. Those shows would be True Blood and Breaking Bad, two of my favorites. I have plenty of opinions and topics to talk about either of those shows. But I just can't put the words together.

It's a couple days left until September and there's a boat-load of great gaming goodness coming real soon. NHL12, and the NHL12 demo which I've played extensively already are a couple things I could talk about. Battlefield 3 and Skyrim are a couple more that I could probably go on and on about as well. Yet I don't. There's always so much to talk about that I'm constantly behind! Bottlenecked I tell ya!

DC Universe Online To Get Insanely Huge Update

Well, the complainers have complained about the glitches, bugs, and UI missteps since around... oh, day 1-ish. And although I'd rather get a few fixes here and there rather than a huge update more than a month after release, I'll take what I can get (Thanks complainers!). I love DCUO, and I know this is a serious MMO with potential. I'll stick around for awhile yet. Check out the full update notes below, keep in mind, it's a doozy.

DC Universe Online February Content Detailed

DCUO has been taking up a lot of my time recently and so the game is flowing over into just about everything I do. The posts on this site are no exception. I do have a Smallville article in the works, as well as my complete thoughts I've yet to finish on a show I started watching called Eureka. For now though, let's discuss the upcoming new content for DCUO. There's quite a bit.

Early Adopters For DC Universe Online Get A Discount

Did you pick up your PS3 DCUO on launch day? Well if you're a die-hard DCUO fan then you'll be pleased to know that pretty soon you'll be able to pay $10/mo (instead of the usual $14.99) indefinitely. That's right, awesome deal right? There's a catch though, you have to purchase the Legendary Plan ($29.99 for 3 months service) from the PSN before either your free 30 days ends, or March 1st. Whichever arrives first. Full details below.

New Epic DC Universe Online Video

I've been looking for a game like DCUO for a lot of years. Awesome action-oriented gameplay, huge online community, a massive open-world, interesting comic-book story, and a firm guarantee that you'll always have something to do. But let's focus on the second last point, the story. The opening movie for DCUO is just plain awesome, hands down some of the best CG work I've ever seen. And now we have another video of similar quality, found on IGN. Check it out below along with my impressions.

DC Universe Online Voice Chat Issues Are Finally Addressed

If you've been following the official PS3 forums, then you'll probably know that SOE hasn't really communicated to the fans that there was even an issue with their voice chat services. Though every DCUO player will tell you that when the player volume exceeds low capacity on the servers, voice chat hardly (if ever) works. We've finally got some confirmation that a fix is coming.

DC Universe Online Recieves EU Server Side Fixes, US Coming Soon?

The EU servers were brought down today in order to throw a few glitches out the window, some of which are pretty significant. Now, I don't usually post about EU news but there are a few things listed that caught my eye. I'd be expecting the US servers to get these fixes sooner than later.

Click below to view the detailed information on what was changed with this downtime. Things just keep getting better for DCUO!

DC Universe Online Growing Pains

It's okay to be frustrated today. It's Sunday afternoon/night and you got your copy of DCUO. You have the weekend off and you're ready to play, yet... the servers have been down for the better part of Sunday. Although SOE should of had better communication with it's fans, server downtime early on in an MMO's life-cycle is a necessary evil. Why? Read on.

More Tips And Tricks For DC Universe Online

I've decided to continue with my "Beginners Guide To DCUO" with a handy tips guide. Here you'll be able to read all about the various chat functions, information on stats, and how the different colored loot works. Stuff every DCUO player absolutely needs to know.

Beginners Guide To The World Of DC Universe Online

DCUO released on the 11th of January, and since then I've put in lots of hours of gameplay, costume editing, chatting, questing, alerts, grouping, and much more. I now believe that I've played through enough of the content to write my thoughts about the game so far.

This will also be a complete beginners guide to the first few hours of the game, as well as detailed information on the games features, or at least, that's what this post turned into.

Don't Own A PS3? Get One. Right Now. Before It's Too Late!

With all of the top quality PS3 games (most exclusive to the PS3) planned for 2011, you no longer have an excuse not to have a PS3 sitting in your living room. You will be laughed at and/or punched in the face if you let these excellent PS3 titles pass you by as the new year rolls on. Seriously, I'll laugh and it could get violent.

DC Universe Online Beta-Ending Event Tomorrow

What a ride it's been being able to test the PS3 DCUO beta for the past few weeks. So happy I picked up PS+ from the Playstation Store so I could be apart of this wonderful community of DC and MMO fans. Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) are wrapping up the beta testing tomorrow with a special event just before the beta servers are shut down.

It'll be heroes versus villains in a final showdown where you can fight alongside your favorite characters, as well as some special guests. Check out the official information below.

DCUO Receives Another Patch

Performance and stability issues being patched? Yes please. New content? That's awesome. Today we received what is most likely the final patch for the DC Universe Online beta test for PS3 (Thanks Sancho!) With only 13 days until the game launches for PC and PS3, this patch might just be our window into what the final version will look like on launch day. Hopefully this clears up the issues many have been experiencing during testing. Check out all the game-play additions, user interface changes, and stability patching down below.

DCUO Post-Patch Patch

Only a few days since the huge 3gb patch we see yet another one. This one fixing multiple issues and visual glitches according to the full patch log posted on the official beta forums for DC Universe Online. Hopefully this will fix all (or some) of the freezing and loading screen hang-ups we've been experiencing often in the PS3 beta. For the full list of beta improvements, click below to continue reading.

DCUO PS3 Beta Receives a Hefty Update

Biggest. Patch. Ever. I've been in the PS3 Beta for about a week now, loving every minute of it. There have been a lot of technical issues though, and for those people still not sure about paying the upcoming $15 monthly fee, here is one reason people do pay. Major updates to fan requested issues. Check out the full list of DC Universe Online updates below.

The update is about 3gb to download, so it may take 30 minutes to an hour to download, depending on your connection.

DC Universe Online PS3 Beta Impressions

In the DC Universe there's always a super-hero to save you in the nick of time.

It's a place where mischievous villains hatch diabolical schemes in a secret safe-house.

It's a place where your cape will never end up stuck over your head, causing you to crash or trip.

I've played the PS3 beta for about 3 days now and definitely know the direction that SOE are going with this fresh take on the immensely popular MMO genre.

DC Universe Online PS3 Playstation+ Beta!

How fitting is it that my 100th post on Bob's Blog is an extremely happy one! I purchased 3 months of PS+ service a few days ago as soon as I heard the news about the DCUO beta coming to the PS3. As of a few minutes ago the PS3 Store updated and voila, there sat the DCUO beta download in the PS+ section.

I'm extremely excited to experience this game, even though I realize it's currently only in beta form. It'll take a few hours to download the beta client before I can jump in, but I've heard it's totally worth the wait. Check out some wallpapers below.

DC Universe PS3 Beta Has Begun

I'm not in the beta, yet. I Want to get that out of the way first of all. Anyone that pre-ordered the PS3 version of the game and sent away their receipts to SOE received their invites. I am expecting my invite soon however. Just the other day SOE announced on the Playstation Blog that ALL Playstation Plus subscribers are going to be receiving DC Universe Online PS3 beta invites. Immediately I signed up for a 3-month subscription for $20.

Preview 3 / DC Universe Online

I've been casually following DC Universe Online since it was announced, I wasn't sure whether I liked this new action-MMO idea. I've since read a lot of previews and watched a lot of video on the game, and I couldn't be more excited. I'm sure anyone has dreamed up a world where you're a super-hero, or a super-villain, DC Universe allows you to do just that. Want to be Batman's apprentice and use gadgets? How about work for The Joker and dress up like a clown? Perhaps you want to use the strange force of magic, dual pistols, a staff, or maybe a blast of energy from your hands.

DC Universe on IGN's 24 hour game-a-thon

This past weekend IGN did a 24 hour gaming session for charity. 15 IGN editors and at least 75 fans took up their controllers as part of Extra Life and played an assortment of new and old video games, on several different platforms, for 24 hours straight. Among these games was DC Universe Online.

Keep in mind that this is still in beta testing and doesn't release fully until Q1 2011. It still got me extremely excited for the Action-MMO.