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The road goes ever on

And by road, I mean, “ill-defined path through Ashenvale.”

Wow, where does the time go? It's hard to believe that it's already been 11 years since EverQuest first opened its servers to the world, and the game is still going strong. Having recently released the 16th expansion, Underfoot, in December, players will want to log in to participate in the latest round of activities celebrating this magnificent birthday.

So what's going on in-game? Well, there are three special in-game events going on right now, catering to all types of players.

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If you haven't checked out the past three issues of Beckett Massive Online Gamer, you're missing out on a terrific resource for anyone with an interest in getting an education for and finding a career in the gaming industry. Starting with issue #22 (Jan/Feb 2010), MOG has launched the Career Quest Guide, a series of articles dedicated to helping people find the right colleges for gaming education.

The much-anticipated State of the Game address for Dungeons & Dragons Online: Unlimited by Executive Producer Fernando Paiz was posted today. Parts of the announcement were what we were expecting, such as thanking both the veterans and the new players who have supported DDO Unlimited. But that wasn’t all. Check out a quick rundown of the highlights after the jump:

With 425 characters from 375 games, spanning decades of gaming history, you'll be hard-pressed to identify every character in this collage. According to the creator:

This design is the result of 8 months of work, and more hours carefully cutting out characters than I care to remember. All artwork used here is from the developers or official promotional material. That way it stays closest to the original as possible.

Next weekend's Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) East is shaping up to be a show as good as (if not quite as big as) the Penny Arcade team's West Coast show. The list of exhibitors was recently announced, and it includes over 50 companies and universities, including notable MMO such as Blizzard, Turbine, EA, and Disney. View the complete list of exhibitors after the jump:

Square Enix has shed some light on the disciplines (i.e., classes) that will be available when Final Fantasy XIV releases this summer. Remember that, unlike most MMOs, your FFXIV character can change his or her discipline at virtually any time, to suit the situation, changing from melee fighter to caster to gatherer to crafter simply by changing equipment. With 14 disciplines announced, there should be plenty to keep players busy for many long months (and years) after the game's release.

Aspiring brick-builders everywhere can now sign up for participate in the closed beta test for Lego Universe, the upcoming MMORPG from Lego releasing later this year. Sign up to become a beta tester on the game's web site here. While you're on the site, you can also play one of the fun minigames to contribute more minifigs to Lego Universe here, and maybe find yourself ranked on the leaderboards!

The fine people at Frogster, producers of the Runes of Magic game have given us 1,500 more Little Goat of War codes to give to Runes of Magic players. So, if you would like to get one of the hot new pets for your RoM character, here's a link to the details.

 

As you level up through the early twenties in Aion (and even earlier if you happen to watch the chat channels often enough), you'll hear people talking about “rifting.” I'm going to give a brief explanation today on what that is, and why you're going to want to figure out how it works. A rift is a portal that opens up between the Elyos lands and the Asmodian lands. They appear randomly in level 20+ zones and are one of the few ways to PvP, aside from traveling to the Abyss. It's also used to reach instances.