Acid for Blood

Why did I (re)start playing World of Warcraft, again? Really. I almost feel like I don’t need another game besides Guild Wars. At least maybe not another online multiplayer game. WOW has it’s charms, but Guild Wars is where I have fun without having to look for it too hard.
Apart from how awesome the game […]

Things I have done this week in World of Warcraft (Monday - Wednesday):

Checked mail.
Collected unsold items from mail.
Scanned Auction House.
Put unsold items back up for auction.
Logged out.

Things I did in World of Warcraft last night:

Checked mail.
Collected unsold items from mail.
Scanned Auction House.
Put unsold items back up for auction.
Created new Undead character (Mage) on PvE server.
Created […]

Oh. My. God. The new game features are so sweet! Many of these oft-requested features are also being rolled out to the other two campaigns ahead of the Nightfall release on Friday. The update is massive (I’m downloading it right now), but briefly, some of the notable new features:

Skill Templates — Save your builds!
Equipment Templates […]

Woo hoo:
Dear Valued Customer,
Thank you for your purchase of Guild Wars: Nightfall from GameStop.com/EBgames.com.
Guild Wars: Nightfall will begin shipping Wednesday, October 25th and you should receive your copy according to the shipping method you selected. Please note, Guild Wars: Nightfall will NOT BE PLAYABLE until NC Soft enables the servers Friday, October 27th at 12:01am […]

A friend of mine linked this to me last night, and it is making the rounds throughout the blogosphere. It’s an account by a former top guild leader and why he quit WOW:
I just left WoW permanently. I was a leader in one of the largest and most respected guilds in the world, a well-equipped […]

I’m writing about World of Warcraft over on The Game Chair.
I haven’t yet decided on how to conceal other players’ identities. Initials? Nicknames? Handles if I know them. I won’t use character names.
I don’t know what to do about the complications of cross-sex character selection. 84% of World of Warcraft players are male, but I […]

I really need to start using these long weekends for gaming, rather than going out-of-town doing social stuff. The next long weekend I get, I am going to spend it playing games.* I sware!
I’m still playing World of Warcarft. Unfortunately, there are not enough hours in the week to spend equal amounts of time […]