There's always plenty of things to do. You can run missions solo, join a temporary team or form one of your own, wander around exploring and fighting street crime, test yourself against other players in the arena or one of the PVP (player vs. player) zones, or just hang out and chat or roleplay.

By the way, I tried to join the Heroine Peril channel -- if it's a global channel, server shouldn't matter -- but I was told it was private.

Hope you do try it out! Just keep in mind that a character who's too close to a "real" superheroine, in looks, name, or both, will probably get generic-ed by the gamemasters. They've already had to deal with one lawsuit from Marvel, so they're very careful about that kind of thing. I've go...

Some of you may be interested to know that there's a City of Heroes supergroup, and a companion City of Villains villain group, for tickling fans. The hero group is Ticklish Justice, the villain group is Ticklish Malice, and both are on the Victory server. If you play, have a character on Victory, a...