Hmm. Let’s see what was going on. In general I haven’t been feeling very well. I haven’t been sleeping well
Category: MMO & Computers
Gaming Update
Haven’t done one of these in awhile, mostly because I’d been updating WoW and LotRO play stuff using Twitter. However,
The One Where He Totally Geeked Out Like a Mid-1980s Gamer Nerd ((Hacking DnD 4 into Lord of the Rings))
I noticed early on that LotRO’s main conceit about their “Health Bar” really really works in DnD 4th with regards
Technical Difficulties
A staff writer on Massively.com writes a bit about how he really got into Age of Conan, and then stopped
The Sound of Silence
The internets are pretty darned quiet today… at least the areas I listen to. This is, I think, almost entirely
Greetings from Shell Beach Eriador!
Again, look at these as snapshots from a recent vacation. The first shot is from a few weeks ago, taken
A couple screenshots from World of Warcraft
Really, what is an MMO but a mini-vacation? And what should you do on a vacation? You take pictures. I’ll
So how did that “interview” raid go?
You know, the first time I went to Karazhan with Grezzk, I was geared up appropriately, ready to go, and
Not-a-job job hunt
Hmm. I wrote a really really long post that didn’t go anywhere. Let’s start over. Playing Grezzk, I’ve been working
No, there haven’t been a lot of updates
… that’s largely because there hasn’t been a lot of gaming going on. Sometime last month, Dave ran a session
Ding: the sound of PROGRESS!
MP3 sound files of the “level-up ding” from 40 different online games. Coming soon as a ringtone to a phone
Week in Review
Not a ton to say, really. Kate might disagree, but it doesn’t feel as though a lot’s been going on
“Let’s not create a WoW-widow before we even get married, hmm?”
… or, to be fair, a Gaming-widow in general. I’ve been giving my Google-calendar a workout for the last couple
Fiddling with my global cooldown
Cooldown: n. MMO-related. A period of wait time before a spell, ability or power can be used after that same
Almost suspiciously perfect
A job opening posted by Blizzard Entertainment. I’ll boldface the requirements I meet. Responsibilities: * Contribute to the written development
New TV spot for LotRO shows Ordinary People getting their MMO on
Quite a lot of fun: I like the sense that it’s just regular people, going about their day, and the
Week in Review
Tabletop Got everyone together for the third installment of our Galactic semi-playtest this Sunday. Despite horrendous paint fumes and a
Week in Review: Done with PvP
Okay, that’s not entirely true. I like WoW battlegrounds. I like WoW Arena. I even like flagging myself for PvP
Week in Review
Just a quickie. MMO: WoW Grezzk This was kind of an exciting week with the guild, as we expanded our
WoW, that’s a big number
WoW breaks 10-million subscribers. Blizzard also explicitly defined who it counted as subscribers, clarifying that the 10 million number (2.5
Week in Review
MMO – WoW Grezzk – level 70 (effective level: 117) Most of my time on Grezzk has been spent on
Aggro and You (and you… and you… and you)
I really enjoy Lord of the Rings Online as a game and as an immersive Tolkien-geek experience, both because of
Week in Review: Online
Didn’t have any face to face RPG goodness going on this week (and yes, I know I have yet to
Week in Review
No face to face gaming this last weekend (pretty much everyone was gone or busy), but a fair bit of
Getting over the New-guy Wall
After a long dry spell, I feel pretty good with the guild Grezzk joined a couple months ago. MMOG is
“I got Girl Cooties” (Weekend in Review, the MMO post)
Figured I’d split this up into two posts, since I have a lot to post about the face to face
Week in Review
So here’s what’s been going on. Face to Face Ran a murder mystery for the most recent Spirit of the
Wish Fulfillment
Last night, Kate and I were running around the edge of this orc camp up the Greenway a few miles
Playing to win
I actually had two points for my “serious gamer” post, but the thing was getting too long, so here’s the
Casual/Hardcore vs. the Serious Gamer
Okay. This is going to seem like it has a lot to do with MMO gaming, but at it’s heart