New Year – New World?

22 Jan 2023

I admit that New World is slowly growing on me. It is so nice to log in and just grind a few mobs, maybe do a quest or two, get…

Screenshot Saturday: Catizens

14 Jan 2023

Catizens is part of Fanatical's "Platinum Collection Bundle" (and low on stock there). I had been on the fence about this one, so getting it for 3.33 € (the bundle…

Quick Impressions: Grow: Song of the Evertree – Humble Choice Game January 2023

12 Jan 2023

Grow: Song of the Evertree is part of January's Humble Choice. "Grow your own worlds and nurture a deep natural connection with everything they hold. See your actions change the…

First Impressions Review: Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator

6 Jan 2023

Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator is exactly what the title suggests. You own a little shop with a garden plot where you can harvest a few plants every day. Your job…

Bloganuary 2023: What do you want to achieve this year?

3 Jan 2023

Wordpress is hosting another Bloganuary. A lot of their prompts don't fit the focus of this blog, but sometimes it works. The first prompt they sent was: "What do you…

MMOs and me: 2022

2 Jan 20232 Jan 2023

I find myself playing MMOs a lot less often than I have two years ago. There are several reasons for that, I think. One is the lack of time and…

My personal favourite games of 2022

29 Dec 2022

When I started this list, I thought I wouldn't have many games at first. But now, after thinking about it for some time, there's a good amount of games. As…

Quick Impressions: Backbone – Humble Choice Game December 2022

18 Dec 202218 Dec 2022

Backbone is part of December's Humble Choice. "Backbone is a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a…

Kingdoms of Amalur Impressions – Humble Choice Game November 2022

21 Nov 202221 Nov 2022

Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning is a single-player RPG that is part of November's Humble Choice! The original price for the FATE edition is 54.99 €. If you ask me if…

Twitter Alternatives?

11 Nov 202211 Nov 2022

For... reasons... people are looking for Twitter alternatives. I have not left Twitter yet, but if there is this one alternative that gives me what I need, I wouldn't have…

Paeroka’s Ponderings: What’s new in this year’s Halloween festivities?

21 Oct 202221 Oct 2022

I love and hate festivals in MMOs. In general, I think that most MMOs capture the spirit of the respective festival quite well. This is especially true for the Halloween…

Quick Impressions: Railroad Corporation

11 Oct 2022

When I saw that Railroad Corporation was part of this month's Humble Choice, I got carefully excited. Excited because in theory, this is my kind of game! And carefully, because…

Screenshot Saturday: Loving my strategy games

24 Sep 202224 Sep 2022

There's currently the Steam Tacticon going on which, as usual nowadays, comes with lots of game demos! I haven't yet had enough time for any of the games that I…

Humble Bundle September 2022: Is Crusader Kings III worth it?

7 Sep 2022

In Humble Bundle's September Choice, you can get Crusader Kings III. The game's regular price is 49.99 €. So it's a nice deal if you want to get Crusader Kings…

Quick Impressions: Police Simulator: Patrol Officers

5 Sep 20227 Sep 2022

Who here hasn't dreamed of roaming the streets handing out parking tickets left and right? Okay, maybe nobody. But it's still fun! And every now and then, somebody asks me…

Wrapping up Blaugust 2022

31 Aug 202231 Aug 2022

I had never intended to write as many blog posts as I did this month! Originally, I had just hoped to write more than I have in the past few…

Quick Impressions: Hamster Playground

31 Aug 2022

I don't remember when and how I stumbled over this game's trailer, but it was so cute, it certainly stuck to my mind! And I also had to show it…

Guild Wars 2: I finally got myself a dog

31 Aug 202231 Aug 2022

After sleeping a night on it, it was obvious that I just had to get the Desert Shiba mount skin. I actually love the Springer mount as it is, but…

Guild Wars 2: Free mount skin for (some) players

30 Aug 2022

As part of the game's 10th anniversary, ArenaNet is giving a "Black Lion Special Mount Selection Licence" to players which lets you choose one mount skin from a whole range…

Re-experiencing Guild Wars 2 on Steam

29 Aug 202229 Aug 2022

Guild Wars 2 has officially and quite successfully launched on Steam. It's currently got a "Very Positive" rating on there with its base game being free to play. Some restrictions…

Screenshot Saturday: Restarting Guild Wars 2

27 Aug 2022

I decided to take a look at Guild Wars 2 from a beginner's point of view. That is, with a fresh clean Steam account that doesn't own anything! It took…

Gamescom 2022: More game demos Part 2

26 Aug 2022

As I said in my previous game demo post, I had more on my list. So here are three more games that I gave a try. Garden Simulator If you…

Gamescom 2022: More game demos

25 Aug 2022

Ah yes, Gamescom 2022 is here and with that, we're getting game demos again! I've set my eyes on trying out more than just these three demos. But since I've…

Welcome, new Steam Guild Wars 2 players!

24 Aug 202224 Aug 2022

Now with the influx of new players (at least, I hope and think that we're seeing new people join the game now), I went to check our two old guides…

LotRO: Disappointing Housing

22 Aug 2022

I know I am ranting about the same topic over and over again: The player housing feature in Lord of the Rings Online is just disappointing. They have been improving…

Which MMO mount do you like using the most?

21 Aug 202221 Aug 2022

Justin from MassivelyOP asked this question in their column "The Daily Grind" and rather than leaving a comment there, I prefer answering this question here. I do go with mounts…

Screenshot Saturday: Back to Wow… again… again… again

20 Aug 2022

After being away for a year, I decided to return to WoW Classic. My initial goal had been to level my mage and get her through Burning Crusade. But that…

Guild Wars 2 is coming to Steam!

16 Aug 2022

Just in time for the game's 10th anniversary (most certainly not a coincidence), Guild Wars 2 will launch on Steam - on August 23, to be precise. If you haven't…

New adventures in LotRO?

16 Aug 2022

Since the legendary server Anor is going to close in a few months, we can move the characters off the server for free. So that's what friends and I did…

Screenshot Saturday: Time well spent

13 Aug 2022

Parkasaurus officially released their first DLC "Sea Monsters". I got to test it (us testers got to keep the DLC afterwards, so yay! But they did not ask me to…