WoW: On Legendary Items and Grinding
In the past few weeks, I have completed not one, not two, but three separate legendary quest chains in World of Warcraft. My rogue has claimed both the Band of the Archmage and the Fangs of the Father,...
View ArticleTyler’s Big Book of TSW Theories
After going on the backburner for a few months, The Park and Halloween got my interest in The Secret World revved up to a fevered pitch once again. After yet another night of staying up past midnight...
View ArticleWhat I Learned from my Second Play Through of Dragon Age: Inquisition
You may remember a few months ago I was so enamored with Dragon Age: Inquisition’s Trespasser DLC that it inspired me to do something previously unthinkable and start a second play through, this time...
View ArticleGaming Round-Up: Cho’Gall, Towers of Doom, ESO, and War in the North
I once again find myself with a number of gaming topics to cover that are not quite big enough to deserve their own posts. Today, we’ll be visiting the Nexus, Tamriel, and Middle-Earth. Chaos! Madness!...
View ArticleRage of the Old Gods, Chapter Twenty-four: The Burning Dusk
We’re almost done. We now come to the twenty-fourth chapter of Rage of the Old Gods, the first book of my epic science fantasy trilogy the World Spectrum. In the coming weeks, I will be posting the...
View ArticleGaming: Is It Worth It to Stand on Principle?
As gamers, we don’t have a lot of ways to make our voices heard by publishers and developers. We can try posting on forums, but unless it’s an indie game, we’re just one voice among many thousands, and...
View ArticleElder Scrolls Online: Digging Deeper
I’m continuing to (slowly) work my way through Elder Scrolls Online. I still mostly stand by my initial thoughts on it — it’s firmly in the “okay, not great” category — but it is at least continuing to...
View ArticleGet Swag with my Heroes of the Storm Referral Link
I am upset. From the very beginning, the one mount I have most wanted in Heroes of the Storm was a vulture hoverbike from StarCraft. Now it’s finally been released… as a reward for the newly launched...
View ArticlePoll: Would You Answer Polls on Superior Realities?
Sometimes I think about adding polls to posts to gauge people’s opinions on matters, or perhaps to help make decisions on future blog topics or the like. But I had always assumed I don’t really have...
View ArticleReview: The Expanse, “Dulcinea” (Pilot Episode)
Later tonight, the TV premiere for the new sci-fi TV series The Expanse will air, but the first episode has already been available online for several days. Always eager for some new sci-fi, I decided...
View ArticleHeroes of the Storm: My Builds – Tassadar and Jaina
I meant to do some Heroes of the Storm guides when the game officially launched, but with all the chaos of apartment-hunting and moving, I didn’t get a chance. But now that life is more settled, and...
View ArticleReview: The Expanse, “The Big Empty” and “Remember the Cant”
The Expanse is apparently still offering early previews of its episodes, so when I went to watch the second episode, I found the third ready to go as well. That means you get two reviews for the price...
View ArticleTSW: Issue #13, Orochi Tower, and Challenges
I’ve been distracted with so many different games lately that The Secret World has fallen by the wayside a bit. But this has not been through any fault of the game itself, and with a slight reprieve in...
View ArticleReview: The Expanse, “CQB”
Well, here’s something we haven’t seen from The Expanse so far: excitement. “CQB” sees the Martian warship carrying Holden and his crew come under attack by unknown assailants… who bear a suspicious...
View ArticleSW:TOR: Third Time’s the Charm?
Regular readers will remember that I have tried Star Wars: The Old Republic twice before. The first time earned a hearty “meh,” though I was intrigued by what little I saw of the Imperial agent story....
View ArticleRage of the Old Gods, Chapter Twenty-Five: The True Battle
We have now come at last to the twenty-fifth chapter of Rage of the Old Gods, the first book of my epic science fantasy trilogy the World Spectrum. In the coming weeks, I will be posting the entire...
View ArticleHeroes of the Storm: My Builds – Johanna and Sylvanas
I now continue my build guides for Heroes of the Storm. Today, I’ll be looking at my top-played warrior and specialist: Johanna and Sylvanas Windrunner. Coincidentally, Sylvanas is also one of the...
View ArticleReview: The Shannara Chronicles, “Chosen” (Pilot Episode)
If you read this blog often, you will remember that I did not have high hopes for MTV’s Shannara Chronicles, which adapts Terry Brooks’ Elfstones of Shannara into a TV series. Now at last the pilot has...
View ArticleReview: The Expanse, “Back to the Butcher” + 500 Words of Rambling
Here’s why this is a difficult show to review: This entire episode could have been condensed down into ten minutes, and nothing significant would have been lost. And I’m being generous with that ten...
View ArticleSW:TOR: Altitis Update and the Power of RP + A New Writing Gig
You know, I was starting to feel like my alt addiction was finally coming under control. I haven’t started a new character in WoW in ages. I’ve only bothered to gear up my rogue in this expansion. In...
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