Seven weeks after we started our Horde side project (leveling being friendly to frequent pauses and sudden stops), my wife happened to walk by my computer while I had my character select screen up. “What are all those Horde characters?!” she said. “Oh! Well, here’s my auction house alt, and my grinding alt, and–” “I thought this […]
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Geeky Game Design and Automated Character Audits
My guild fell in love with be.imba and wowheroes a while back. Look, they have gear scores! Trumpets played throughout the geeky core of the guild: “Finally! A way to grade and communicate to people their relative progress in the endgame!” For example: “Hey, you’re not ready for X because you don’t have Y score. […]
Polytoons can be Bad
My main is my holy priest. My raid-ready alt is a protection warrior. I like healing slightly more than tanking, but honestly I’m happy playing either. I’m also glad to pinch hit in a dps situation every now and then, because it means I have more time to enjoy my scotch. After a lot of […]
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The Offseason
Is being a sports fan similar to playing World of Warcraft? No. But having seasonal duration hobbies is!
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The Pleasant Surprise
In The Incredibles, Dash is the young son who can run and move very very fast, like the Flash. There’s a scene where he’s running away from some mercenary villains, through a jungle. So he’s zipping between trees and jumping over logs, but his visibility ahead is limited because the jungle is so thick. Suddenly […]