Last day of Blaugust 2019

31 Aug 2019

The number in my archive for August shows "32" (33 once I hit "publish" for this post). I didn't publish a blog post every day, but I had days with…

Screenshot Saturday: WoW Classic Launch

31 Aug 2019

Home again. This time for real. The image below was taken five minutes after WoW Classic launched. This was on the second German PvE server, Razorfen. We have since switched…

Guild Wars 2 Announcement

30 Aug 201930 Aug 2019

Here I am, disappointed with the recent development of Guild Wars 2. It's not a bad game, just not a good game for me anymore. But I am still watching…

My least favourite classes to play

29 Aug 2019

Rakuno recently wrote about his least favourite class - or a class he refuses to play - and since I've now been pondering and wondering which class to play in…

Excitedly waiting for an MMO launch

26 Aug 2019

Yesterday, Bookahnerk and I realized that we're as excited about the launch of WoW Classic as we haven't been in ages. I always loved this pre-launch excitement. Not when WoW…

Mad Tower Tycoon and Project Highrise – What’s the difference?

25 Aug 2019

I bought Project Highrise back in 2016 and have played it for 54 hours. This number seems oddly low as I thought I'd sunk in much more time than that.…

Screenshot Saturday: 7 years of GW2

24 Aug 201925 Aug 2019

The first characters that were created during the headstart are celebrating their 7th birthday. Now my warrior is proudly wearing armor that's worth more than 700 gold only because of…

Paeroka’s Ponderings: Why I stopped liking Guild Wars 2

24 Aug 2019

What to do when you're actually just waiting for your nostalgia trip to start in World of Warcraft Classic? I thought I'd like to advance my guardian further into Mirkwood.…

Bookahneer’s Geekwatch (August 2019): Who wants my money?

23 Aug 2019

Two Point Hospital announced their next DLC, Close Encounters, a couple of days ago. It'll release on August 29 and is currently on sale both at Steam and at Fanatical…

First Impression Review: Equilinox

22 Aug 2019

This is probably not a "first impression" piece, since I've been playing Equilinox for 30+ hours by now. But I still think it deserves more attention than just a few…

Real Neat Blog Award questions from Rakuno

21 Aug 2019

There's the Real Neat Blog Award going around at the moment and I've been tagged by Rakuno - a couple of days ago, actually. So, here are my answers to…

WoW: Ding 120

19 Aug 2019

My warlock finally hit level 120. In a previous post I accidentally claimed that she'd never hit level 60 back in vanilla which isn't true. She was my first level…

Bookahneer’s Geekwatch (August 2019): Blaugust participants

18 Aug 201918 Aug 2019

Do you know when we had our last Bookahneer's Geekwatch? In June 2018. And before that, in September 2016! I tend to forget it exists... Less than two weeks of…

Screenshot Saturday: Tropico 6 – again

17 Aug 2019

For some reason, the way I've played in Tropico 4 and 5 leads to bankruptcy and my Tropicans not voting for me anymore. In other words: Game over. I gave…

Cooking experiments: Noodles

16 Aug 2019

For years, bookahnerk's family went to this little Italian shop where the owners had a special recipe for pesto. They always bought their pesto there and sometimes even sent some…

Which action RPG for a beginner?

14 Aug 201914 Aug 2019

A co-worker of bookahnerk's is thinking of trying out an action RPG. He has never played a game in this genre and asked him if he could recommend Grim Dawn.…

Giving up on Gutenberg once again

14 Aug 2019

I tried. I really did. There are some parts about the new Gutenberg editor that I like. For example, the way the categories, tags etc. are presented when working on…

My Classic Mini-Mes

13 Aug 2019

After posting my mini mes yesterday, I realized that I'll have to add another post today in order to show you the next ones. It hadn't been clear to me…

My Mini-Mes (August 2019)

12 Aug 201912 Aug 2019

This is the third "Me and my Mini-Mes" posting that I'm doing. The first was for Blaugust 2015. And then I did another last year, for International Picture Posting Month.…

To Kickstart or not to Kickstart: To The Rescue

11 Aug 201914 Aug 2019

I saw a tweet about a new Kickstarter project yesterday: To The Rescue. It's going to be a PC game about running a dog shelter and it's already reached its…

The Dark Eye: Book of Heroes

10 Aug 201911 Aug 2019

Ulisses and their partners announced a new computer game today: The Dark Eye - Book of Heroes. It seems that Wild River will be the publisher. The game is developed…

Screenshot Saturday: Thunder Bluff

10 Aug 2019

Home again. Well, almost. This is only the stress test, but they kept the servers open for the weekend, so I'm taking advantage of it by trying all the classes…

LotRO Dwarves vs. GW2’s Asura

10 Aug 2019

With the recent announcement that the new race, the Stout Axe Dwarves will have the option to be female, there's been a discussion about the lore behind the Lord of…

WoW Classic: EU Realms

9 Aug 201931 Aug 2019

(Updated server list: August 31, 2019 (11pm Berlin time) Blizzard released the names of the European servers for WoW Classic. I am going to list them here as well, so…

WoW: EU Stress Test

8 Aug 20198 Aug 2019

Us Europeans finally got to stress test WoW Classic as well today. The start of the stress test went surprisingly well. Servers were up, filled within seconds. Then they were…

Blaugust: Perfect time for spring-cleaning

6 Aug 2019

Now that Blaugust is here and there are so many new - and veteran - bloggers in one place sharing their advice, asking questions, musing about the do's and don'ts,…

Gaming with RSI: Experiences with the Evoluent mouse long-term

5 Aug 2019

I've been using the Evoluent mouse for more than 1.5 years now, so I figured I could give you all an update here. The mouse is so good and comfortable,…

Screenshot Saturday: Mad Tower Tycoon

3 Aug 20194 Aug 2019

I had some trouble deciding which screenshot to show here today. I'd repeat myself showing more of Equilinox. Especially as I am preparing a little "first impressions" piece for the…

This better be worth it!

2 Aug 20194 Aug 2019

Back in 2017, as a birthday present from myself to myself, I bought Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor Martyr. This was before the game's launch in June 2018. I quickly realized that…

Blaugust 2019 has begun!

2 Aug 2019

I am only one day late to Blaugust, but as always with this blog, real life comes first. We went on a little city trip for a couple of days…