Preface: Having the need to break up the slew of Guild Wars 2 posts and the fact that this latest album from Noise Channel and friends goes to supports Child’s Play, it’s about time I get to sharing some love of chiptunes with you all. Released this past night (or the early-hours of the morning, depending on where you live), Noisechan & Nugget: Adventures in Chiptunes — Continue reading…
A Guild Wars 2 Dungeoneer’s Tale: Hamarr’s Guide to Sub-10 Fractals
The Lazy Geek is taking a quick break and decided to let me, Hamarr, the greatest norn guardian to walk the face of Tyria, take over to tell you about how to properly run fractals under difficulty 10. Dungeon: Fractals of the Mist | Difficulty: 8 Party: Myself – Guardian 80 Not myself – Members of I Can Outtweet A Centaur [TWIT], all 80 The first — Continue reading…
A Guild Wars 2 Dungeoneer’s Tale: On The New Ascalonian Catacombs
Despite having some time away from writing about my dungeoneering tales in Tyria, I have been keeping up still with the game. With the previous update, we were given a change to the Ascalonian Catacombs…for better and for worse. I also remind everyone this is a dungeon for which the recommended level for explore mode is 35. Dungeon: Ascalonian Catacombs | Mode: Explore | Path: Hodgins — Continue reading…
Female Gears of War lead “tough to justify” or just bad game design?
Pre-not-so-much-’preface’-but-more-a-pre-’this-is-different-than-my-usual-speal’…-face: You’ll find I try to avoid writing about the sort of things that would catch me some flak. In this case, gender-issues and sexism and the like. However, like anyone else, I still have a bit to say, especially when people say just the silliest things. In this case, said people blaming the market. In a ‘Gears of War: Judgment’ interview in the current issue — Continue reading…
A Guild Wars 2 Dungeoneer’s Tale: The Embrace Strikes Back
Not all dungeon runs I go on end with a sour taste in my south and me screaming for people’s head. If you follow me on twitter and have payed any attention to it in the last few weeks, you’ll know that a number of my rantings and whining deals fully or partially with dungeons. However, I have a tale of quite the opposite experience than — Continue reading…