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Comment on Again With the Lack of Time Thing by Randolph Carter

Randolph Carter — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:06:40 +0000

Yep, I know the feeling. The number of times I’ve spun around in my computer chair and just stared at my shelf of PC games trying to figure out which one to play… I sort of fancy myself a scholar held up in his book-lined study, smoking jacket on, pipe in mouth, browsing his shelves for his next intellectual pursuit.

Titan Quest was a lot of fun. I don’t finish games much these days either. I’m back in EQ2 now and am enjoying that for the time being. Almost finished Dragon Age. Almost finished Risen. Almost finished Fallout 3. I did finish Titan Quest though. Imagine that.

Comment on PC Gamer? by Shawn

Shawn — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:39:21 +0000

They’re still around, but I’m in the same situation as you (and sad to hear they have a new Editor-in-Chief!). They thrive on getting exclusive interviews with companies like BioWare, who are still under the assumption that “it ain’t journalism unless it’s in print”. I really used to like PC Gamer and the old PC Gamer crew, they’re a good bunch, but the magazine has certainly changed in the last few years.

Comment on PC Gamer? by Oakstout

Oakstout — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:32:29 +0000

I picked up a recent issue at a local grocery store, so they are very much still in business. I as well use to love PC Gamer and though over the years I have trusted them less and less to provide non advertising influenced game ratings, I use to find a lot of their previews and game developer articles interesting. Not it looks more like a scrapbook crafted by bunch of blind Andy Warhol students. But sadly, its the only mainstream magazine to still carry PC gaming information. Although the current crop of editors have completely ruined the magazine with their patchwork articles and nonsense topics, I do still pick it up from time to time.

Comment on Gaming Resolutions by Timesink » Blog Archive » Resolution Recap

Timesink » Blog Archive » Resolution Recap — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:16:03 +0000

[...] stupidly made some gaming resolutions at the beginning of last year. The truth is, I was probably desperate to post something to the blog, and resolutions are easy [...]

Comment on Great Start to 2010 by Timesink » Blog Archive » Steam Powered Trouble

Timesink » Blog Archive » Steam Powered Trouble — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:58:00 +0000

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Comment on Bargain Bin Trash by David

David — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:04:10 +0000

Nope, no cloth map, just a paper one. Not even a printed manual… kind of weak for a “collector’s edition”.

Comment on Bargain Bin Trash by Joe

Joe — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:02:04 +0000

The question of value for your purchase is whether or not you got a cloth map with it. Did you?

Comment on I’m Not Dead Yet by Randolph Carter

Randolph Carter — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:39:18 +0000

Hey David. Nice to know you’re still among the living.

I’ve come to the conclusion that you’re my doppelganger.

I’m male, married, and have a small child. I too played WoW. I too am burned out on it now. I too will come back for Cataclysm. I too am playing Fallout 3 right now and am enjoying it quite a bit. I’m not Canadian though and couldn’t give a flying flip about hockey (or any sport for that matter). Okay, so maybe not a doppelganger, but the similarities are uncanny and a bit creepy, if you ask me.

Comment on Absence Makes the Heart Grow… by Joe

Joe — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:40:58 +0000

What was it about EQ2 that made you want to resub?
For me it was the epic quest lines that took months and months to complete. It made that reward more worth it. In WoW the best gear you can get is from drops from raid bosses. In EQ2 some really great gear can be obtained from questing. This is of course before the latest expansion where things went to a token system for rewards like WoW. I stopped playing EQ2 before this system went into effect.
When I quit EQ2 and switched to WoW I kept asking or searching for the big quest lines. I asked my friends “what quest should I be on?”. It seems WoW’s quests are only there as a means to level up. They are overall meaningless. In EQ2 I had quests in my journal at all time and would never think of deleteing them. In WoW i have no trouble completely purging the quests I get from a hub after I had out leveled them and moved to the next leveling area.

Comment on EQII Revisit: A Long Gravelly Road by Shadow War

Shadow War — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:15:57 +0000

Necro post comment, but I just found your blog, and this post talks about two things dear to me, EQ2 and WoT series.

When people say books 8-10 are the worst, it’s true and not. The series really did start to slow down with Lord of Chaos, and it gets felt particularly strong in book 7, a Crown of Swords. The problem (if you see it as such) isn’t so much with Jordan’s overly verbose manner of explaining the world and settings in exquisite detail, and also reitirating facts of the world that we all know by heart, but more with the focus on the support characters. Egwene, Nynaeve, Elayne, Aviendha are second tier, but when they focus on Siuan Sanche, Leane, Gareth Bryne, and Min in book 5, it gets painful. Up till that point, they had been tertiary, or even lower level of importance. However, it does help to set up the political climate of the books and further developments for the world. While not particularly necessary, especially to the extent that Jordan takes it, it does help.

That all said, book nine is Amazing, as is book eleven. Book ten was a blow to the gut, as it covers only a mere few days after the tumultuous cliff-hanger that nine left us with, and many people wanted to see a much more action-packed follow up to what happened. Still, book ten and eleven are where you REALLY start to see that Tarmon Gaidon is just around to corner, and bad stuff is almost here.

Moving on to EQ2, I’ve just recently made the return myself, and am doing the leveling up to 80 (at 76 right now), and as Theo said, solo questing seems the way to go. It’s fast, and monetarily profitable, I’ve purchased the rares for 7 of my adept 3’s, and bought two full sets of the 72 MC gear, the SK version for me to wear, and the Paly version as I wanted to betray and check out the changes (plus, paly armor is darker, looks better). you’ve probably re-dropped EQ2 by now, but wanted to give my opinion on it!