Landmass update

I mentioned before that Landmass was dead in the water and updates had been long ago. Well MBC has become aware of that fact. In January they acknowledged that on the site, but little has changed. They've posted several news items that I can't read. Very little beyond the front page of this site works. It either times out or dumps an SQL error. I still can't verify my account with the Landmass specific user agreement. The subjects of several of the news items tells me that they are aware that there are server and login issues. I cannot actually read them because they time out. Someday this particular game might work again. I might try poking them with an e-mail to see if they can tell me anything useful. Using an old test account I can apparently get it to work enough that I can download and log in to empty servers. Not much of a solution though.

Landmass update, imbc

I had previously been asked to try Landmass. Its a first person shooter with battle suits. Cool trailer. Interesting screenshots. Website is a dud. The free board is full of people wanting to play. The game portal is run by MBC, one of the TV channels here. Its the equivalent of the NBC gaming portal. You can imagine how well something like that would be run back home. After logging in, I need to agree to a set of terms and when I click okay, the page gives an HTTP 500 error. Same error trying to access a lot of screenshots, free board posts, etc. The site last had news in March, but since then nada. I don't know if its abandoned or what. I will check back later and see if they've straightened it out.

The good news is that the IMBC game portal is very foreigner friendly. They allow in English account creation for foreigners. Both in Korea and living abroad. For those living in Korea you need to fax your ARC over or attach an image of your ARC for the account verification. The instructions are completely in English so I don't need to walk you through it. Just go to any game page and click the familiar registration button and you'll be taken to the IMBC site to process your registration. You get games but also a lot of other content. There are only a small number of games there, there is a soccer game, a couple MMORPGs, and a 3D dancing program called On Air. I'm probably not going to talk about that one so if you want to try it out go ahead. Really this is only useful if you want some MBC content or Landmass becomes operational again. There is possibly a fishing game but its also down right now.