The Shiny Side

Merry Christmas from the staff at The Shiny Side, even if that is just one person.

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Looks like it’s that time again. Square-Enix has decided that its numbers are slipping a bit too much, so they’ve reinstated the “Return Home to Vana’diel Campaign.” Used to play, but moved on for whatever reason? Now’s your chance to get back into the action right where you left off! Deleted characters, cancelled accounts, lost PlayOnline ID? No problems, they’ve got you covered. The program has expanded greatly this year to include characters that have gone the wayside and were previously unavailable. Long gone are the days of only being able to bring back your last deleted character!

The event started yesterday (December 18) and will continue until 1:00 PDT on April 15. As a bonus, once again, they are offering an Anniversary Ring to any character that is returned to the lands via the campaign. This is a good way to catch up if you still have some friends in-game that have outlevelled your job of choice.

For all the juicy details that go with a program such as this, make sure you head over to PlayOnline.

Welcome to the first post in a blossoming series called For Old Time’s Sake. Here, I will proudly review games that aren’t the “hot, new game” on the shelf, but rather one that you will have to dive through some discount bins to find. Heck, you might even have to pay twice the original price on EBay, who knows? We’ll kick things off with a personal favorite of mine, one that currently has been rekindled as the “multiplayer game of choice” among some of my friends: Age of Mythology.

Hit the jump for the rundown.

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