September 2006

  • Guild Wars Nightfall Preview Event

    A quick review of last weekend’s event. Pros Nightfall seems to be more focused on PvE than Factions was. I loved the gorgeous landscapes and artwork. The African-inspired continent of Elona is so beautiful. Jeremy Soule’s brilliant soundtrack. We now have event-trigged battle music, and the transition from background music…

  • I Can’t Make Invisibility Potions Yet

    I will be hard-pressed to continue playing World of Warcraft if people on the server keep ignoring me when I try to make conversation. I am playing an online game. Isn’t the socialising a major factor in World of Warcraft‘s appeal? I feel like I am playing an offline game…

  • Anticipation

    I just had a dream about Guild Wars a few moments ago. This isn’t the first time I have had a dream related to videogames (sometimes I am playing videogames in the dream, sometimes I am actually in the videogame). It has been a while since my last videogame-related dream,…

  • Finished: Guild Wars Prophecies

    I completed Guild Wars Prophecies with my main character (finally!). Yay! GregT happened to be online, so I said “Hello”. We chatted for a bit and he offered to help me with Hell’s Precipice. I think I’m going to try and finish the Bonus Missions to get my Protector of…

  • WOW: Levels 1 – 10

    My Warlock is at level 10 now. Levels 1 to 7 were boring and frustrating because all I seemed to do for quests was “Kill X number of Y and bring back X number of trophies” or “Deliver X object to Y NPC and report back”. Admittedly, there are a…