Seraphina Brennan

No... I really did need a shave. XD It's an old pic. I think this is Shawn's way of hazing me on the way out. =P

Angry & Never,

Please do not snipe at one another in the comments. While I may not agree with you, Never (and I am a little saddened by your comments), you did not violate the Code of Conduct and you have every right to speak your mind about my writings and my opinions. I'm sorry you did not agree with me much of the time, but i'm not sure what you mean by hypocritical and condescending. If I have done something to offend, I apologize, as that's not my intent.

Likewise, Mr. Angry, coming to my defense and sniping at other commenters isn't necessary and is, as usual, frowned upon. So, please, keep it civil, both of you. Any more, and I will go post deletin'.

~Sera

Iz fine. :D Even I want to choke Square-Enix from time to time. :D (FFXIV is not as awesome as FFXI was, imho.)

~Sera

OMG, Jerry, hi-five. :D


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If I may jump in here to clarify something...

Bluehole Studios is the Korean developer working on TERA. So, well, of course members of the team are Korean. They're a Korean company, so obviously all aspects of the team are Korean.

Now, the Westernization process is being aided and enhanced by En Masse Entertainment, lead by Brian Knox. Bluehole is working with En Masse to produce a product not only for Korean audiences, but also a revision of that product for American audiences. So, this Westernization team is simply a wing on the whole process.

And, lastly, as everyone else has said above... maybe some of them are quite good with American games and gaming culture? People can travel and play other games, ya know.

~Sera

Joe,

*points up at the article* See the giant bolded line right above the big green button? You want that link right there. ^_^

~Sera

Naxxramas, World of Warcraft. While not much in that instance is legitimately "scary," there is one scary little fact about the place that really creeps you out if you know it.

Thaddius, the end boss of the Construct Quarter, is made out of the flesh of kidnapped women and children. Throughout the raid, if you listen, you'll hear the screams of children and the pleas and cries of women periodically. Once you beat Thaddius though... they stop.

Still creeps me the heck out.

Not at all Jim! Every donation counts in these parts!

And don't feel that you can't join the Massively Mob team! You're plenty welcome to, and I totally encourage it! ^_^

~Sera

I apologize. I have it set to add my streams immediately to the Video on Demand section, but apparently it didn't do it automatically. I had to add it manually, hence the delay.

~Sera

Deg,

This isn't an infomercial. This isn't even positive or negative. It's simply a statement of fact: S-E put up information on their systems yesterday, and we thought it was worth making a mention of, especially as many FFXIV players want to know more about these systems.

In fact, the only opinion in this article is "FFXIV isn't accessible." An opinion that's obviously a little negative towards the game.

Please, do not accuse us of "soliciting money through outside means." We are a member of the Joystiq Network, and one of the many AOL Blogs. Our advertising and our revenue comes from the AOL side of the business, not the writing side of the business. Our advertising network and staff are completely separate, and never the twain shall meet.

~Sera