Song of the Month: Metric, Live It Out
It’s my birthday. To mark the occasion, I wanted to pick a song that just makes me happy, without thinking about it too much. So that pretty much made me go straight to Live It Out, off the album of...
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ESO: Summerset Is Pretty, But Hollow
Having not played the original Morrowind or even ESO’s Dark Elf zones from the base game, the first expansion for Elder Scrolls Online largely passed me by, but given the standalone nature of ESO...
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Why I Don’t Crowdfund: Legends of Aria
I tend to take a pretty dim view of crowdfunding, especially where MMOs are concerned. It seems the last resort of those whose ambition outstrips their ability, and neither the developers behind...
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Sad Music, Dark Stories, and Finding Beauty in Sorrow
If you’ve been following my “Song of the Month” segment, you’ve probably noticed by now that I don’t exactly listen to a lot of happy music. Even the songs I listen to that do sound peppy and upbeat at...
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The Book of Adria: Some Life in Diablo III After All?
Before Diablo III first released, Blizzard put out the Book of Cain, a lovingly crafted lore repository that has become one of my all-time favourite pieces of gaming memorabilia. To mark Reaper of...
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Making Memories
Recently I read an interesting post by Bhagpuss of Inventory Full. He starts out talking about WvW in Guild Wars 2 and ends up veering hard into the realm of existentialism (and if that doesn’t...
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New Articles: Fixing Lockboxes, Healing Developer Relations, and More
The time has come for another round-up of my latest articles to be published at MMO Bro. First, I again poke the hornet’s nest by talking about lockboxes. This time I’m looking at ways to improve the...
View ArticleSong of the Month: Dear Rouge, Black to Gold
Recently I talked about the reasons why I listen to so much sad music. Having a bit of a contrarian streak, I naturally decided the thing to do with the next Song of the Month installment was to post...
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Dungeons and Dragons: Altitis, Writing an Adventure, and More
So Dungeons and Dragons has pretty much taken over my life. When last we discussed this, my initial campaign had shut down, but another DM had stepped up to run a new one. This campaign is now our...
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Tales of the Apt Thoughts
When Adrian Tchaikovsky’s massive Shadows of the Apt saga at last came to an end, I left it with very mixed feelings, having disagreed with some of the story-telling choices he had made toward the end....
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Review: Disenchantment, Part One
When I watched the first couple of episodes of Matt Groening’s Disenchantment, I have to admit I was a bit disappointed. Being a massive fan of The Simpsons and Futurama, and a huge fantasy nerd, my...
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Dungeons and Dragons Online Impressions
Given that I’ve been spending so much time playing D&D in the real world, I decided it was finally time to give the Dungeons and Dragons MMO — er, not that D&D MMO, the other one — a try....
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Review: The Stormlight Archive, book one: The Way of Kings
A friend who is also a big fantasy reader had been raving about — and trying to get me to read — the first book of Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive series for some time. I was a bit skeptical...
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SC2: Master and Commander
It may have taken me the lion’s share of three years, but I’ve finally reached level 90 mastery in StarCraft II co-op. This is essentially the level cap, though that’s become a terribly nebulous...
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Why Don’t I Like ESO More?
Elder Scrolls Online is a strange game for me. I find it can never hold my attention for very long. I’ll play for a couple of weeks, then get bored and drop it for a few months before the cycle...
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New Articles: Dedicated Communities, Group Content, and Identifying Dead Games
It’s time again for a round-up of my latest articles published at MMO Bro. First, I look at the MMOs with the most dedicated communities, then shift gears to comparing the pros and cons of various...
View ArticleSong of the Month: Metric, No Lights on the Horizon
Last Friday, Metric released their seventh album, Art of Doubt, and you’d better believe I was on that like stink on a monkey. This isn’t necessarily Metric’s best album, but it does have a few gems....
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The Battle for Azeroth That Could Have Been
If you follow my blog regularly, you’ll recall I have been harshly critical of the direction of World of Warcraft’s Battle for Azeroth expansion. Actually, that’s not quite true. Harsh criticism would...
View ArticleSong of the Month: Bright September, Sleepless Lullaby
I imagine October is always going to put me in mind of The Secret World. It was perhaps my favourite game of all time, and it is inextricably tied to the Halloween season. Halloween as an adult is a...
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Review: The Stormlight Archive, Book Two: Words of Radiance
Having enjoyed the first book — and still being peer-pressured within an inch of my life — I was quick to borrow the second book of Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive series, Words of Radiance,...
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