I should also mention that you're gonna want a few hours of solo play under your belt to get the hang of casting and pick up some of the more elementary magicks. Generally speaking, the more powerful spells involve more (or more complex arrangements of) the elements, so if you wanna dive into co-op or duel as quick as possible looking a few up online might not be a bad idea.

Ehtyar.

Hi all,

Not sure if there are many gamers on DC that would be into Magicka, but I thought I should ask anyway.

For those not familiar, it's a satirical action-adventure game set in a rich fantasy world based on Norse mythology. The player assumes the role of a wizard from a sacred order tasked with stopping an evil sorcerer who has thrown the world into turmoil, his foul creations besieging the forces of good (from Steam). Trailer here. It's written in XNA (.NET) so Windows only except for those brave enough to try running on Wine.

If anyone's interested in duel or co-op, hit me up on the IRC channel (I'm available on the weekends, .AU time) :)

Ehtyar.

Thanks fellas. I'm aware that any (proper) VPS provider will permit to install the software of my choice, and I'm capable of doing so, I was simply hoping to avoid the extensive maintenance that running your own stack requires. KnowHost is a little on the pricey side considering I won't need any management on my box, and I'm not sure about Parallels as a platform. I can't find any mention of what platform Host1Plus is using on their website, and the "Cloud" meme is perpetuated a little much for my taste.

I've been very happy with my current 512 Linode, but never experienced any significant traffic to it (though I don't expect any significant traffic to this new site). db90h, may I ask what you had in your stack at the time? I'm thinking of trying Nginx as opposed to Apache if I go for a VPS, which should significantly reduce the resource consumption of the site itself.

Ehtyar.