Game Design… Would you play your favorite MMO without its IP? 25 Sep 2021 Massively OP mused about this question recently... and since it's a question, of course my brain started trying to answer it for myself. Star Trek Online was mentioned right in…
Atlas Rogues… Goodbye, Atlas Rogues? 7 Sep 2021 I do not have much hope left for Atlas Rogues. And even though there's been a lot of criticism about the new take on the Atlas Reactor IP (no PvP,…
Fun!… Turn-based games to the rescue! 6 Aug 2021 Baby girl arrived about a month ago and since then, quite obviously, my free time has been severely limited. When she is sleeping, since she absolutely refuses to sleep in her…
Games… Steam Next Fest Favourites – Deepest Chamber and Revival: Recolonization 30 Jun 2021 As I said in my previous post, Blacksmith Legends barely didn't make it onto this list with my favourites. I would have liked to play it more and enjoyed it,…
City-builder/Simulation Game… Steam Next Fest (June 2021) – Part 2 27 Jun 2021 This is part 2 with the demos that I tried during Steam's most recent Game Fest. Part 1 included seven new games that I tried out. This post now will…
City-builder/Simulation Game… Steam Next Fest (June 2021) – Part 1 24 Jun 2021 We had another demo festival on Steam. Of course, I jumped in to see if I can find a new little gem to look forward to. I also wanted to…
City-builder/Simulation Game… Games I’m playing (June 2021) 16 Jun 2021 I would like to say that I'm deeply enjoying the new content that came with Burning Crusade Classic, but I'm not. The reason is that my only level 60 character…
Guild Wars 2 Finally a gourmet in Guild Wars 2 16 May 2021 One of the good things of returning to an MMO after not having played it much for a longer time is that there is so much to discover (in MMOs…
City-builder/Simulation Game… Spending a day in Aven Colony 10 May 2021 This is not the first time I've played Aven Colony, but I didn't get far in the game. Saturday was the first day of my one week off from work…
Bookahneer's Geekwatch… Bookahneer’s Geekwatch (May 2021) 2 May 2021 Guild Wars 2: What's coming next I actually wasn't expecting ArenaNet to give us a timeline of what's coming when in the next few months, but they did! The highlight…
Fun!… Meanwhile in German WoW Classic… 22 Apr 202122 Apr 2021 After the latest patch, I logged on and got very annoyed as without a warning, all addons had been reset. Why was that? As much as I love using addons,…
Community… [Civ VI] Long Live the Queen! – Turns (411-420) 18 Apr 2021 I admit, I had actually forgotten about this game in the meantime. My last turns happened in November 2020. But of course, I am happy to see it go on!…
City-builder/Simulation Game… Games I’ve been playing in March ’21 4 Apr 2021 I know of several other bloggers who write about the games they've been playing - most recently I read Rakuno's post. Since I haven't spent that much time in any…
Games… GoG “Soon to Bloom” and Coffee Noir 28 Mar 202128 Mar 2021 Steam's Game Festival with game demos seems to be a successful concept, seeing how GoG has started their own one now, the "Soon to Bloom" Spring Sale (going until April…
Fun!… 10 years of Nerdy Bookahs! 13 Mar 202113 Mar 2021 It's hard to believe that this blog has been active for 10 years now. Before that, I blogged a bit on Livejournal and that was only about World of Warcraft…
Crystal Ball… Happy 10th birthday, Rift…? 11 Mar 2021 Rift launched on March 1, 2011 which means that it's currently "celebrating" its 10th anniversary! Or it should be, given it's such a nice round number! Trion Worlds was acquired…
Action RPG BlizzConline: Diablo II Resurrected – Gimme! 20 Feb 2021 My story with Diablo II is pretty short: I got the game as a present from bookahnerk after I'd said that I am interested in "roleplaying games" on the PC,…
Guild Wars 2 Things I’ve never done in Guild Wars 2 14 Feb 2021 I admit that I never liked playing norn. I do like them in general and I like their culture, but they are just so... huge and slow with their running…
City-builder/Simulation Game… Steam Game Festival (February ’21) – Part 2 8 Feb 2021 The second part has a few more visual novels/point and click games than the first one. But there are other genres as well! As is usual for me, these are…
City-builder/Simulation Game… Steam Game Festival (February ’21) – Part 1 6 Feb 20216 Feb 2021 I have been able to play through six of the 17 game demos that I've chosen and decided to share my thoughts about them with you. I will try to…
Games… Steam Game Festival: Feb 3 to Feb 9 4 Feb 2021 It is time for yet another Steam Game Festival - running from February 3 (so yes, it is already live!) to February 9. Participating (indie) developers are letting you play…
Game Design… A look at Project Gorgon (Jan 2021) 31 Jan 202131 Jan 2021 The comment by bhagpuss in my recent post about railroading in MMOs made me want to play a sandbox MMO again: "I do find it ironic that Classic WoW is…
Paeroka's Ponderings… Paeroka’s Ponderings: Railroading in MMOs 24 Jan 2021 It took me a long time until I could finally step into the Shadowlands expansion in World of Warcraft. And I am immediately longing for WoW Classic again (well, the…
Lord of the Rings Online… Warhammer Online in 2021 3 Jan 2021 After actually first forgetting to add Return of Reckoning (the private server that still lets us play Warhammer Online today) to the list of MMOs I've been playing in 2020…
City-builder/Simulation Game… My favourite games in 2020 30 Dec 2020 When I started thinking about this list earlier this year, I was certain that Old World would be at the top. With the amount of time I had spent playing…
Elder Scrolls Online… My MMOs in 2020 25 Dec 202025 Dec 2020 No new MMO has made it on my list this year. I did give New World a try, but ultimately ended up not liking it. It's okay and I am…
City-builder/Simulation Game… Involuntary gaming break 13 Dec 202013 Dec 2020 I've been feeling rather unwell lately and it comes with me being unable to play games most of the time. So much fun! Thankfully, it's the holiday season and I…
Atlas Rogues… The first days with Atlas Rogues 21 Nov 2020 Atlas Rogues came into Early Access on November 18. Since then, I have played several matches with the four starting freelancers and my current conclusion is that I would not…
Games First glimpse on Atlas Rogues’ gameplay 14 Nov 2020 On Friday, Gamigo had their first livestream showing the new Atlas Rogues game. If you remember the Trion Friday livestreams, then this is exactly what it was like! They also…
Games… Favourite game intros 12 Nov 2020 A German streamer has a little series where he watches game intros with the viewers and they rate them together. While watching, I was wondering which game intros I personally…
