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Guild Wars Helpful Links and Tips


I have become increasingly aware that I may have had a teeny tiny part in motivating a few people to either start playing Guild Wars or to increase their Guild Wars game playing time. Occasionally, these people ask me questions, and I’m happy to answer because it helps them understand the game more. I also […]

Variety.com Reviews Metroid Prime 3, Fails


Video Game Media Watch criticises Variety.com’s review of Nintendo’s latest Metroid game:
I’m not familiar with the reviewer, Tom Chick, and I probably won’t become familiar with him, either. While he’s done his homework and he possesses some knowledge of the franchise, the reader can’t really tell if this is through true experience or more of […]

My Minipet Collection


I have a few.

I’d like to trade my extra Fire Imp for a different Year Two minipet, but I can’t be bothered to stand around in town spamming the Trade Channel.

September 25


Hello. I need this:

WarBook


I just started playing WarBook the other day. WarBook is a Facebook application in which you create a hero, select what type of hero it will be (character class), and build a kingdom and army to conquer other lands. You can set up trade agreements with other players, but your character class limits how many […]

Ads


I’ve been asked to consider displaying graphical advertising on this blog, on the sidebar. Any thoughts? I suppose this doesn’t matter for people reading through RSS, but I’d still like your opinions.

Continuing the Journey


Recently, I have been splitting my time between Guild Wars and The Longest Journey. I have picked up The Longest Journey again, and this time I will finish it! To avoid inordinate amounts of frustration, I am now using a walk through. I only use it when I am really stuck and don’t want to […]

Positives of Women-Oriented Gaming Communities


The September issue of Cerise Magazine included an article on “the positive aspects of women-oriented gaming communities”. I know that many gamers, men and women, are against women-only or women-oriented gaming communities, guilds, and clans on the basis that these communities segregate and that they divide women gamers from the gaming community as a whole. […]

Guild Wars Galleries on Flickr


Whenever I take screen shots from Guild Wars, I put them up on my Flickr page. Many of them have been compiled into photosets. I have collected all of the photosets and they can be found in my Guild Wars gallery collection.
Some highlights from the current photosets:
From the Travels in Tyria set:

From the set depicting […]