Way back in the day, I was a Sega person. Like everyone else at my college, I had a Genesis (Jenny), but I followed Sega into the Saturn (good system, far too expensive, some memorable games), and the Dreamcast (outstanding system, some fantastic games). Then Sega came to an end due to their own pricing, […]
Monthly Archives: April 2008
The lure of large-group raiding
My casual/raiding guild is starting to build up to 25-man content. They’re raiding with a bunch of ex-guildies who have drifted through a handful of other guilds before running out of options and trying to start their own. This splinter guild doesn’t have enough people to raid even Kara, never mind their goal of beginning […]
Infectious Thought: Raid encounters
(Warning: infectious thoughts are difficult to root out once they take hold.)Most simple raid encounters are kind of like a magic bukkake scene, especially with many flashy casters in the raid. (If you don’t know what bukkake is, don’t search for it while you’re at work.)Apologies.
Minipets are joy
I have to admit that my most coveted drop that I want from Magister’s Terrace is the phoenix minipet. Minipets are probably the silliest thing in World of Warcraft. A non-combat pet. Window dressing. For my wife, I think minipets are about 20% of why she plays the entire game. When I passed on the […]
Game Riding Shotgun
What happens when you’ve got two gamers (me and my wife) who can’t play a game together, but you both want to play? Someone rides shotgun. This can be due to the game being single-player, or more recently, due to the need for someone to hold an infant. The person who rides shotgun doesn’t have […]