Jun 14, 2011

It’s been a tough year of gaming at my house. The wonders and joys of Dragon age were pillaged by the limp Dragon age 2. Mediocre at best, this is one sequel that should have been left to bake a while longer.  I salivated over Dragon age at Gencon the year before it launched.  I played all the add-ons, beat Origins, and wished and wished for more.   I...

May 17, 2011

Sometimes, despite our favorite game’s best intentions, things go pear shaped. You get home at the end of the day, and switch on your computer and meet the ultimate cock block. DDO had some problems with their downtime yesterday.  Patch 9.1 over worked the hamsters, and the game didn’t come back online until almost 6pm est. To be perfectly honest,...

Apr 29, 2011

I haven’t been looking forward very much to Update 9.  My guild on Argo has been wailing and gnashing their teeth for days over the changes coming.  One of my favorite wizards TRed  in to a Favored Soul over the balance pass to spell casters.  Most of them have been hoarding items to use in crafting into overflowing back packs and banks.  Once wind of...

Mar 14, 2011

My guild wanted to run an off raid night Evon6 yesterday.  I logged over to Rowanheal and ran up to talk to Barrow D’Kundarak about his dragon problems.  The confused dwarf  pointed to the green and gold check mark above his head. DOH!!! *cue dramatic sigh* I’d forgotten to get my end reward, AGAIN! It’s happened to me a few times over the...

Feb 8, 2011

It happens to most of us at one time or another.  Despite our best efforts, an enterprising little snot hacks into your game account. It hadn’t happened to me in a game I play live.  I had my blizzard account hacked many moons ago.   I was already out of the live game, so other than being a little miffed, I laughed about it. Tonight I logged into EQ2...