Diablo News

[B]Just Discovered: Removed NPC Comments[/B] Recently a group of seriously addicted and underemployed Diablo II aficionados were invited to visit Blizzard headquarters and receive unprecedented access to the original program development files and various beta versions. I wasn?t in this group, but I have access to the internet, and I read all this stuff there, … Read more

[B]The Ten Best Monster Types[/B] Thanks to reader feedback from my last column, I’m now sure that D2X is actually called Diablo II Expansion: Lord of Darkness.  Or possibly Destruction, no one was quite sure about the “D”.  I was informed that the game was sold as “Lord of Distruction” in New Zealand. But that’s … Read more

[B]Baang: Or Why I No Longer Buy Computer Games[/B] In the 20 years I have been selecting and buying computer games, they have changed in many ways. However, there is one way in which they have not changed; some are good, others are not. Finding out which game is in which category before you buy … Read more

[B]Baang: Or Why I No Longer Buy Computer Games[/B] In the 20 years I have been selecting and buying computer games, they have changed in many ways. However, there is one way in which they have not changed; some are good, others are not. Finding out which game is in which category before you buy … Read more

[B]Moths to the Flame[/B] Ever wonder how we got here? What I mean is, what drives us to play Diablo II, or any game for that matter. Even search out websites devoted to the game. And, what makes us come back time and again? I know that the question has been asked before, but I … Read more

[B]Moths to the Flame[/B] Ever wonder how we got here? What I mean is, what drives us to play Diablo II, or any game for that matter. Even search out websites devoted to the game. And, what makes us come back time and again? I know that the question has been asked before, but I … Read more

[B]The Ten Worst D2X Monster Types[/B] There are a lot of monsters in the five acts of Diablo II: Lord of Darkness.  Or possibly Lord of Death.  Or maybe Destruction.  I can never remember. Anyway, there are a lot of monsters, but some are worse than others.  Here are the ten worst types of monsters.  … Read more

Dear cousin Atma, Hey girl! I hope all is well with you, things are going pretty good here. OK, maybe not so great, but you know me, always look on the bright side! Anyway, the weather kinda sucks, (lotsa rain) but that’s OK, I work indoors most of the time. OH OH OH, did I … Read more

Dear cousin Atma, Hey girl! I hope all is well with you, things are going pretty good here. OK, maybe not so great, but you know me, always look on the bright side! Anyway, the weather kinda sucks, (lotsa rain) but that’s OK, I work indoors most of the time. OH OH OH, did I … Read more

[B]An Appeal for Sanity[/B] Right now the music and movie industries are convinced they have a big problem on their hands.  Right now thousands of dollars of music and movies are being downloaded the world over. Stay with me, I am not writing another, “RIAA, leave us alone!” article, nor another, “Down with the evil … Read more

[B]An Appeal for Sanity[/B] Right now the music and movie industries are convinced they have a big problem on their hands.  Right now thousands of dollars of music and movies are being downloaded the world over. Stay with me, I am not writing another, “RIAA, leave us alone!” article, nor another, “Down with the evil … Read more

[B]Missing Time of an RPG Kind[/B] Circa, early 1990’s. It was about 4:00am on a cold Sunday morning when the door opened and startled me back into the real world. “Is everything OK in here?” came a voice. With the only light in the room coming from the monitor it took a couple of seconds … Read more

[B]Missing Time of an RPG Kind[/B] Circa, early 1990’s. It was about 4:00am on a cold Sunday morning when the door opened and startled me back into the real world. “Is everything OK in here?” came a voice. With the only light in the room coming from the monitor it took a couple of seconds … Read more

[B]A Vision of the Future[/B] Diablo was a revolution. Not only did it sell more copies than anyone thought it could, being as it was a game from a dying genre (my, how things have changed), but it took the internet utterly by storm. The online fan community that has grown up around Diablo (and … Read more

[B]A Vision of the Future[/B] Diablo was a revolution. Not only did it sell more copies than anyone thought it could, being as it was a game from a dying genre (my, how things have changed), but it took the internet utterly by storm. The online fan community that has grown up around Diablo (and … Read more

[B]A Patch or a Crutch?[/B] You’re at the movies, watching a film on the first day of its release. The projector isn’t really working well, and a lot of the special effects are simply missing. Instead you watch the actors perform against the blue screen. Due to delays, the effects won’t be there for about … Read more

[B]A Patch or a Crutch?[/B] You’re at the movies, watching a film on the first day of its release. The projector isn’t really working well, and a lot of the special effects are simply missing. Instead you watch the actors perform against the blue screen. Due to delays, the effects won’t be there for about … Read more

Garwulf interviewed about [I]Demonsbane[/I] [B]Interview with Robert Marks[/B] [I]Demonsbane[/I] Author Robert Marks is the author of [I]Demonsbane[/I], a novella set in the world of Sanctuary, around 800 years before the events in Diablo I.  The book is an official Blizzard product, written in cooperation with Blizzard and as part of the official canon of the … Read more

[B]Demonsbane Review[/B], by Flux [I]Demonsbane[/I] is an action-packed novella set in the Diablo world, with the events taking place around 800 years before the time of Diablo I, during the Sin War. In that era the forces of Hell were running amok in the mortal realm, encountering sporadic resistance from mostly bewildered humans who sometimes … Read more

[B]Interview with a Player Killer[/B] [I]Proviso: OK, no humor this time. This is serious business for serious people to discuss in a serious manner. I?m serious. No really, I?m not kidding this time. [/I] Format and explanation: Following submission of the first draft of this behemoth, Flux pointed that the format was pretty confusing, particularly … Read more

[B]Interview with a Player Killer[/B] [I]Proviso: OK, no humor this time. This is serious business for serious people to discuss in a serious manner. I?m serious. No really, I?m not kidding this time. [/I] Format and explanation: Following submission of the first draft of this behemoth, Flux pointed that the format was pretty confusing, particularly … Read more

[B]It’s Blizzard Bashin’ Time! [/B] [I]Proviso: I originally wrote this article without the intro paragraphs. But my column was not generating enough hate-filled invective in the forums, so I have added some controversy. It?s a Rush Limbaugh technique; lets see how it works for me.[/I] A phenomenally-popular pastime of D2.net forum members is to debate … Read more

[B]It’s Blizzard Bashin’ Time! [/B] [I]Proviso: I originally wrote this article without the intro paragraphs. But my column was not generating enough hate-filled invective in the forums, so I have added some controversy. It?s a Rush Limbaugh technique; lets see how it works for me.[/I] A phenomenally-popular pastime of D2.net forum members is to debate … Read more

[B]Diablos in the Mist[/B] [I]Editors note: The following excerpts are from Jane Goodall’s “Diablos in the Mist: A sub-cultural analysis of the psuedo-genus Homo Diablus” published in “Scientifica Arcanus” earlier this month.[/I] The psuedo-genus Homo Diablos (HD) has long been theorized as a probable evolutionary offshoot from our own genotype, but until recently we understood … Read more

[B]Diablos in the Mist[/B] [I]Editors note: The following excerpts are from Jane Goodall’s “Diablos in the Mist: A sub-cultural analysis of the psuedo-genus Homo Diablus” published in “Scientifica Arcanus” earlier this month.[/I] The psuedo-genus Homo Diablos (HD) has long been theorized as a probable evolutionary offshoot from our own genotype, but until recently we understood … Read more