Screenshot Saturday: New dervish

30 Nov 201930 Nov 2019

I didn't think ArenaNet would run sales for Guild Wars on Black Friday, but they did. So I bought a new character slot to play a new dervish on my…

Planet Zoo: Reenacting the Lion King

27 Nov 2019

...Spoiler: In my version, the hyenas won. I am growing increasingly dissatisfied with Planet Zoo. I still think it's a great game overall, but the amount of bugs or weird…

Screenshot Saturday: Whisper in the Dark

23 Nov 2019

Just a few screenshots, no spoilers of the story! (IntPiPoMo count: 48 in total)

MMOs that came and left since WoW launched

22 Nov 201922 Nov 2019

PC Gamer wrote about 25 MMOs that "lived and died" since the launch of WoW (originally published in May, advertised again recently). I assumed I'd see several in there that…

Update to my November gaming goals

17 Nov 2019

No, I did not finish all my previous gaming goals. But my mood changes frequently and I cannot ever force myself to play something when I'm not in the mood…

First Impressions: Planet Zoo

10 Nov 2019

First of all, please excuse me if I'm not using the correct English terms for the features of the game. I switched to the German client which I usually don't…

Screenshot Saturday: Panda Zoo

9 Nov 20198 Nov 2019

...I think I'm being watched... (IntPiPoMo count: 7 in total)

How much for your gaming entertainment?

7 Nov 20197 Nov 2019

In a recent comment, Naithin mentioned that Krikket recently also talked about getting your money's worth out of playing games. I headed over to her blog. She is mostly concerned…

LotRO: Lucky me!

6 Nov 20197 Nov 2019

Apparently, the Harvest Festival in LotRO got extended by a week. Otherwise, the festival would have already been over... but this morning, I suddenly got the urge to check out…

Gaming goals for November

3 Nov 2019

I usually don't like to make something like this as it seems weird to add "goals" to something that should be there for relaxation. However, I tend to spend money…

IntPiPoMo 2019

3 Nov 20193 Nov 2019

I realized it's November and once again, I won't have the time to commit to NaNoWriMo. I'd really hoped I could do so this year, but illnesses came in between…

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.…