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Farewell to Frost

We are into season 2 of WoW's Midnight expansion and I'm finally benching my Frost Mage. What can I say, I'm stubborn and my mage has been Frost spec long before Frost was cool. Frost Mage has been controversial in the most recent expansion. Sometimes the damage is...

Blaugust 2026 Wrap Up: Meeting My Goals

My participation in this year's festival was never about doing a daily blog post. There are several participants who did hit that milestone and I will edit this post later to share the stats that are being gathered from the participants. My plan this time around was...

Blaugust 2026: Lessons Learned Group Project

I had it in mind that the final group project was August 31st rather than August 30th. A day late is about par for the course for me this month. August went by FREAKY-fast this year. I will post separately about my overall goals for this year's festival. For this...

Blaugust Staying Motivated Week

Motivation, goals, achievements... all things that gurus tell us we should have, track and celebrate. For today's group project, rather than a non-blogging achievement that I'm especially proud of, I'm going to write about an achievement tied to having a goal, and...

Blaugust 2026 Group Projects – Blind Choice

This topic idea from Lucky Instar's blog can be done at any time during Blaugust. "Announcing a group project called Blind Choice - to introduce a bit of randomness to your blogging adventure. Also writing about my own entry for it, which ended up being about weird...

Blaugust 2026 Group Projects: Dungeon Crawler Carl Achievements

(Note, there are some spoilers in this post if you haven't read past book 4 in the Dungeon Crawler Carl books)Matt Dinniman's Dungeon Crawler Carl books have become very popular in the past few months. I've seen ttrpg games based on them and talk of making a TV...

A Few Defiance Tips From A Newbie

Apr 13, 2013

I made time today to play Defiance so I could do the episode quest line before the premier. It was a fun chain of quests, I certainly recommend it. Here are a few of my lessons learned. Tactics matter: If you are grouped, use flanking and draw fire off each other,...

So Much To Do, So Little Time

Apr 12, 2013

I'm suffering from a wealth of riches where my online gaming experiences are concerned, but the choices are too rich for me to handle. I really want to spend more time playing Defiance, especially to see how the game and the T.V. series come together with its premier....

Trying Out an MMOFPS – Defiance

Apr 5, 2013

I've only briefly dipped into Defiance's full release game so far, but I figured I'd at least share some initial info. Getting screen shots is a bit challenging so far, especially with not being able to pan my view around like I'm used to, but hopefully they'll figure...

Blog Neglect

Jan 28, 2013

Yes folks, I've been guilty of blog neglect. This isn't more than a fluff piece, hello to you all, screen cap, quick update toss up though, sorry. I've been playing SWTOR and Rift a lot lately. My husband and I finished up the Bounty Hunter story quests with levels to...

Happy One Year Anniversary Star Wars: The Old Republic!

Dec 20, 2012

I wanted a really iconic location for setting off my celebratory fireworks, so what else should I do but head to Tatooine and jump into a Sarlaac pit?! Congratulations on your first MMO year Bioware. Hoping to wish you many more of these, looking forward to what you...

What Can You Do In Rift Dimensions?

Nov 4, 2012

A few people have asked me about dimensions so I figured I'd pull a few screen captures together with a bit of explanatory text. I have a few complaints about the controls, but it has been pretty easy to be creative. You get a free small starter dimension from a...

Amazing People Worthy of Respect Not Mockery

Nov 1, 2012

The next time I find myself tempted to mock George Lucas over my dislike of Jar Jar Binks, or who shot first, I'm going to remind myself that this is a man worthy of my respect. He cares enough about children to push a lot of his fortune into his own charity and now...

Frankenstein’s MMO

Oct 26, 2012

Many people have written posts about their perfect game. I'm not going to try and write up all the features in my perfect game, but I am going to start sewing a few pieces together into my MMO Monster. Tis the season for making horrific creatures after all. As I've...

Hype and Fun and Games

Sep 28, 2012

I love thought-provoking talks via Twitter. They make me want to write and they help me put my thoughts in order about things percolating in my mind. Today's brain brew is all about game hype, game expectations, why we love some games but don't love their successors...