So here we are, on the eve of what Blizzard would want to call their latest, if not greatest, accomplishment. Streamlined gameplay, player garrisons, a host of “quality of life improvements” and another fabulous 10 levels of storyline questing. Great, right? I just cancelled my sub. No, I’m not one of the Vanilla Mafia here… Read More Mourning

Over time I have used this blog to come out about a lot of my most geeky hobbies. I’m going to add another one to the list now, possibly the geekiest ever, but I’ll leave it to you to decide. In between my other computer gaming, both online and off, there is another little gem… Read More Geekiest?

Old MacDonald had a …oh wait. Not that kind. No, the farming I did all weekend was not nearly as, well, agricultural. In fact it was archaeological. In a game since of course as none of it actually involved anything that would get my fingernails grubby. What I actually did was spend the better part… Read More Farming

So it’s not long now until the latest “new big thing” in the MMO genre is released. I’m talking about The Elder Scrolls Online, of course. This is it! This is the be-all, end-all best MMO to ever hit the internet! It’s Skyrim but online! It’s Oblivion but online! Yeah, yeah… as much as a… Read More Shiny

Maybe it’s because I feel like I need a vacation these days, but I’m getting a bit nostalgic for certain places. Not in the real world, which is good as my budget doesn’t currently stretch further than a trip to the in-laws for Christmas, but for places in various MMOs that I have explored, adventured… Read More Tourist

There was a time a few years ago that was my Golden Age of Guild Membership. The guild was small but big enough that we had the people to do something fun and/or productive most nights. If we didn’t have enough people, we all had friends in different guilds we could ask along.  If someone… Read More Karma

I’ve decided to take a break from Warcraft. It shouldn’t have been a surprise really. They just released a major patch with loads of new content. Historically, expansions and I just never seem to get along. The problem is it seems the only acceptable way of approaching new content, and this is hardly limited to… Read More Offline

I love my guild. Not because we’re particularly good at anything. In fact, mainly because we’re happy to revel in our moments of gross incompetence. I’ve been assured it’s merely a coincidence, but the Rise of Legends does indeed shorten to RofL, and with me in the raid team as a holiday substitute for the… Read More Tactics

After one too many glasses of wine the other night I made a rather embarrassing confession to my guild, one that involves my character frequently standing in the middle of town half naked. Now while I’d love to be able to tease you with anecdotes of seductive table dances or ERP in Goldshire, or whatever… Read More Pants

I was researching  tactics for an upcoming raid the other day and of course came across one of those all too common forum threads complaining that the developers have dumbed down the game again leaving it open for non-hardcore gamers like you and me… or well me at least… to sample the endgame content. Shock… Read More Hardcore