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My daughter, the wizard

2010-04-25 doycet MMO & Computers 2 comments

I know I said I was going to write my next post about games that use “pushing” and “sacrifice” a

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What not-game am I not-playing, here?

2010-01-13 doycet MMO & Computers

Yesterday I was pondering a couple of recent gaming purchases I’ve made. Annalise. Diaspora. 3:16. Trail of Cthulu. Like that,

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Happy Ninja Christmas

2009-12-25 doycet Links & Resources, MMO & Computers

Have a Merry Ninja Christmas. More gaming stuff soon. Promise.

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This weekend…

2009-07-20 doycet MMO & Computers

We painted our house, introduced Kaylee to classic musicals… And killed a friggin’ BALROG. If that picture doesn’t adequately convey

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LotRO – a set on Flickr

2009-07-08 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers

Kate and I have taken all the screenshots from the last two years of playing LotRO and put them up

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Still making a hobbit of it.

2009-06-29 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers 2 comments

Kate and I started playing Lord of the Rings Online about two years ago.  I’m only aware of this because,

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LotRO: They can rebuild it. Better, stronger, faster, and dude… way f@*#ing cooler.

2009-06-24 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers 10 comments

As I mentioned on my other blog, Kate and I decided a week or so ago to try out some

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Coming back to the old home town: Paragon City

2009-04-27 doycet D20, MMO & Computers 2 comments

Saturday morning, I revved up the old comp and prepared to get in a little gaming goodness. Would I get

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Machinima: Order of Middle Earth

2009-04-04 doycet Links & Resources, MMO & Computers

I’m a big fan of machinima made from games that I’m playing.  My only MMO at the moment is LotRO,

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It’s all in the delivery.

2009-02-11 doycet MMO & Computers

While running around Moria on our main characters last night, I mentioned to Kate the upcoming fixes for my beloved

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A review of my recent gaming, via pictures.

2009-02-02 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers, Table Top One comment

Interpret as you see fit. MMO: Lord of the Rings Online That would be Geiri, Tiranor, and our new friend,

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Gaming recap and the dangers of a character concept

2008-12-29 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers, Musing 2 comments

Not a lot of gaming going on, but what there was is worth a comment or two. MMOs My MMO

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Recent game activity

2008-12-10 doycet MMO & Computers, Musing, Scheduling One comment

Haven’t updated in a week or so with anything, so here’s just a few thoughts and updates. Generally, I didn’t

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Driving away your players

2008-10-27 doycet MMO & Computers 2 comments

So, there’s a bunch of stuff going on in WoW right now – the normal Halloween event, plus a bunch

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Soramimi Keki: How WAR saved me from WoW

2008-10-23 doycet MMO & Computers

Cute, and remarkably familiar. In truth, regardless of the game, it’s only the people that keep me playing. If I

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GameSpy: Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning

2008-10-09 doycet MMO & Computers One comment

A really inspired little web-comic, explaining the delicate tactical balance in a PvP scenario.

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Warhammer: Age of Reckoning — Evolution, not Revolution

2008-09-25 doycet MMO & Computers

Well, I have the game and I’ve checked it out. I haven’t had a chance to play that much (several

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Opting out of the Race

2008-09-18 doycet MMO & Computers One comment

Over on Waaaaagh, they’re talking about “The Race.” The Race is my pet term for the phenomena that happens at

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Goals, with Deadlines looming

2008-09-16 doycet MMO & Computers

So, the Wrath of the Lich King expansion for World of Warcraft is coming out November 13th – a bit

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I swear, it’s not me.

2008-09-15 doycet MMO & Computers

Once again, while I was out of town, the WoW guild my main character was a part of disbanded. Said

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Fixing Tank classes in MMO PvP

2008-09-10 doycet MMO & Computers, Musing One comment

Tanking classes (if they’re build to be good tanks in NON-pvp) suck in PvP situations. They don’t do enough damage

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End-Game play in an MMO

2008-09-10 doycet MMO & Computers, Musing 2 comments

I played CoH for a couple years. I think it’s fair to say I played the game a stunningly unhealthy

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Goals

2008-08-25 doycet MMO & Computers, Musing

There’s Tiranor and Geiri, deep in the frozen lands of Forochel, about 30 seconds before we both hit level 50

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Drama Llama: Level ?? Boss

2008-08-14 doycet MMO & Computers, Musing 2 comments

I have this annoying little thing I do whenever anyone is telling me about some kind of personality conflict going

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A few random thoughts

2008-08-07 doycet MMO & Computers, Musing

* No, no tabletop gaming thoughts at the moment. I’d have to be doing some of that to have any.

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Return to Karazhan

2008-08-04 doycet MMO & Computers 4 comments

So I’ve been to Karazhan… umm… a bunch. A buncha bunch. However, that was: a) On Grezzk. (Ranged damage) b)

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Pimped. Out. (And, at the end, a story that made me really happy.)

2008-07-25 doycet MMO & Computers

I know I just did a photo spread on Syncerus, but his gear situation changed for him rather abruptly last

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Syncerus dings 70

2008-07-23 doycet MMO & Computers 2 comments

So my “second main” is now 70. Syncerus (so named because I made him look like a water buffalo in

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Week in Review

2008-07-21 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers One comment

Hmm. Let’s see what was going on. In general I haven’t been feeling very well. I haven’t been sleeping well

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Gaming Update

2008-07-14 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers, Table Top One comment

Haven’t done one of these in awhile, mostly because I’d been updating WoW and LotRO play stuff using Twitter. However,

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Doyce Testerman

Mostly actual play from online tabletop games, played on Roll20. Also random other stuff.

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"Let's try out the combat system," they said.
"What could go wrong?" they said...


2026 05 26
Session 09 of our co-op playthrough of Ironsworn: Starforged.

We pause long enough to trade supplies with an old and deeply unsettling acquaintance: Anora Talin, a razor-sharp trader with too much insight and no hesitation about using it. What starts as a resupply stop turns into one of the biggest lore sessions of the campaign so far.

In this episode:

- the precursor map/tablet reveals more strange behavior
- Cole’s importance becomes clearer
- secrets about the Balefire and Cobalt Reach emerge
- a new faction concept appears: The Tethered
- Tinker risks deeper contact with the symbiote
- navigation experiments go very, very wrong
- we end with one of our favorite cliffhangers yet

Thanks for watching/listening along with our little corner of space.

2026 04 14
Sometimes, the story tells you it wants to be something else.
Timefoolery finds us once again.

2026 03 10
See the thing is, I called episode six "Crystal Snails", and then I got Vulfmon's Disco Snails stuck in my head, and then this happened. I'm so sorry.

I'm sorry if you've never heard of Disco Snails.
I'm sorry if you HAVE heard of Disco Snails.
Mostly, I'm sorry to Vulfmon.

Inside every snail shell is a tiny glowing gastropod
Precursors might be dead, or fled: transcended into spacey gods
But here they left behind these shiny slimy buggy bodies
These super freaky guards will slime and kill you as a hobby

Crystal snails, they’re on the walls and closing in on you with glowing trails
Their slime is poison that will make your nervous system FLAIL
They crawl into your suit and lick your face until you fail
To breathe! Because you cannot fight these snails

[Chorus]
Crystal what?
Crystal snails, they'rе leaving deadly trails
Crystal wherе?
Current position's in your engine
Crystal how?
They're on your ship, they've got the Drip
Crystal why?
They’re not ill-willers, they’re just killers.

There's bodies in the airlock, for the snails are on the loose
Watch your step, they're only one inch tall and they crawl right at you
They've synthesize deadly toxins up in their buggy bodies
This downright funkadelic bunch have come to start the party (P-p-p-party)

Crystal snails, they’re on the walls and closing in on you with glowing trails
Their slime is poison that will make your nervous system FLAIL
They crawl into your suit and lick your face until you fail
To breathe! Because you cannot fight these snails

[Chorus]
Crystal what?
Crystal snails, they'rе leaving deadly trails
Crystal wherе?
Current position's in your engine
Crystal how?
They're on your ship, they've got the Drip
Crystal why?
They’re not ill-willers, they’re just killers.

[Chorus]
Crystal what?
Crystal snails, they'rе leaving deadly trails
Crystal wherе?
Their location? In your station
Crystal how?
They're on your ship, they've got the Drip
Crystal why?
They’re not ill-willers, they’re just killers.
(With apologies to Vulfmon.)

Inside every snail shell is a tiny glowing gastropod
Precursors might be dead, or fled: transcended into spacey gods
But here they left behind these shiny slimy buggy bodies
These super freaky guards will slime and kill you as a hobby

Crystal snails, they’re on the walls and closing in on you with glowing trails
Their slime is poison that will make your nervous system fail
They crawl into your suit and lick your face until you fail
To breathe! Because you cannot fight these snails

[Chorus]
Crystal what?
Crystal snails, they'rе leaving deadly trails
Crystal wherе?
Current position's in your engine
Crystal how?
They're on your ship, they've got the Drip
Crystal why?
They're not ill-willer, they're just killers...

2026 03 03
Tinker and Quin engage in a time-honored spacer tradition (drinking and conspiracy theories) followed by another time-honored ironsworn tradition (fighting for your life).

2026 02 24 timebolted
We meet Quintin's daughter, and then head out on our main mission. Both of these go exactly as we expected, as usual.

2026 02 17

Music by Kevin MacLeod. Intro by kleber-kgf.
This game, man... this game....

A few notes: the audio is still uneven. I tried a few things, but I need to try a few more. Stay with us and I'll get it sorted, I promise.

2026 02 13
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