Monthly Archives: July, 2011
Nostalgia Lane: Tiger Electronics
I may have previously mentioned that my family wasn’t that wealthy when I was growing up; in fact, I’d probably say we were somewhere near the lower middle-class. My parents worked hard, they made their money stretch, and we often simply had to make do with what we could afford versus what we wanted. This …
Of Bladedancers and Space-Time Tears
I think that one of the biggest pitfalls for RIFT players is getting into the mindset that souls = classes. Souls are merely pieces of a class that is envisioned solely by you (or a min/max build forum thread), and I’m finding it important to rethink how I approach class building in the game. The …
Quote of the Day
I’ve never seen quest text that strikes the truth so closely. In short, LOTRO rangers are NOT YOUR FRIENDS.
Hackers, Rifters and Me
So my trip last week happened to be in the middle of RIFT’s latest world event, which bummed me out a bit — I’ve been enjoying progressing through the phases, and I’ve wanted to save up currency to get all of the goodies (especially the pets). I missed seven days and maybe one of the …
LOTRO: Starting Over
As of right now, I’m in pretty good shape for LOTRO’s September expansion, Rise of Isengard. My main, a Lore-master, is at 65 and halfway through Enedwaith quests, while my 65 Captain is at the beginning of Enedwaith and could chew up that content in a week or so of hard playing. I’m quite enjoying …
SOE hits a single when it should’ve been going for a homer
Considering the rocky past year that SOE’s gone through — the layoffs, the death of The Agency, the hacked accounts, the sunsetting of Star Wars Galaxies — I was actually keenly interested in hearing what the company had in store for Fan Faire this year. Above E3 and Gamescom and the rest of the convention …
Quote of the Day
“It’s remarkable. A normal person sees a sale and thinks ‘this is a thing that companies do’. An MMO player sees a sale and thinks ‘they are going out of business’.” ~ DrewIW on Massively’s comments
