Monthly Archives: April, 2011
RIFT: Tinkering with builds
I’ve deliberately been avoiding the RIFT forums, not just to retain my sanity, but because I have little interest in spoiling how I’m playing my characters right now. One of the big attractions of the game for me is being able to tinker with and create whole new builds on the fly, and the longer …
Is RIFT simply… fun?
I can’t tell you how happy I am that we’re at the two-month mark in RIFT’s lifecycle, because an edge of the launch insanity is finally gone. Oh, people are still crazy on both sides of the aisle and the forums are a dark pit where no sane thought can ever escape its grasp, but …
Nostalgia Lane: Final Fantasies
I may have mentioned on this blog that we didn’t have a regular NES when we were growing up — not for a lack of wanting, believe you me. We had to wait for the SNES, which was certainly worth it, but that meant that my brothers and I were in a constant state of …
The results of the weekend LOTRO marathon
I almost forgot to write a quick follow-up to my announcement that I’d be powering through Moria on my Lore-master this past weekend, what with the double XP and all. While I didn’t reach level 58, I got close; I went from 53.5 to 57.5 in four days, which is pretty dang respectable. What’s even …
Monday Night Noob #3: Digital: A Love Story
I was in a weird place last night. I didn’t quite have the energy to dive into a completely new game, and nothing on the Monday Night Noob list was calling to me. I even poked around in a MUD for a bit but left soon after. But a resolution is a resolution, and I …
S-M-R-T
I think the title of this thread speaks for itself.
Quote of the Day
“Gamers are still looking for that perfect mistress that will never, ever come to them….and if she ever does, it will end up being like Weird Science all over again. It’s not the games that are the problem guys…it’s you. You, my dear gamers, are running around chasing tails and I’m here to tell you …
The Sype Fashion Show
I was fiddling with a new outfit for my Lore-master in LOTRO last night and thought, hey, I should bear my fashion sense to the world and show you everything I’ve cooked up for Sype. The Default Look: I.e. “What Sype would look like if LOTRO didn’t have cosmetic outfits.” Obviously, LOTRO does not excel …
