by GamerLady | Aug 9, 2014 | Blaugust, books, writing
Is it just me, or do strong female characters often come across as being portrayed overly prickly and confrontational? I’ve been reading a series of books recently, written by a husband and wife team under the name Ilona Andrews, the Kate Daniels books. I have...
by GamerLady | Aug 8, 2014 | Blaugust, gaming, MMO, Star Wars The Old Republic, SWTOR
As I played through the ME3 Omega DLC again last night, I started thinking about why I am willing to play single player games and DLCs over and over again, but have such a distaste for daily quests in MMOs. I don’t want to hate daily quests or reputation grinds....
by GamerLady | Aug 7, 2014 | Blaugust, gaming
Today saw another big loss of talent at Bioware. Casey Hudson, who has been part of the development of many of my favorite games has been given a fond farewell by the studio’s general manager. While Casey’s words in the message are upbeat and positive in...
by GamerLady | Aug 6, 2014 | about me, Blaugust, blogging, writing
Have you ever thought how many every day things have been designed by people with gorilla arms? I mean seriously… you reach into the back of your dryer to pull out that elusive last sock and think to yourself, “geez, I don’t have gorilla arms!”...
by GamerLady | Aug 5, 2014 | Blaugust, Star Wars The Old Republic, SWTOR
They say that variety is the spice of life. It is one of the reasons I both love, and then sigh sadly over, repeating in game events. Unless they manage to feel fresh each time, eventually those events I really loved the first time around start to bring back WoW rep...
