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…
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…
Lord of the Rings Online… Screenshot Saturday: Haunted Burrow 7 Nov 2020 I finally found the time to take a stroll through the Haunted Burrow in LotRO. I forgot that there are a few - harmless - jump scares. And the cobwebbed…
Elder Scrolls Online… Which MMO does Halloween best? 13 Oct 202013 Oct 2020 I really like the autumn and halloween events in MMOs! When I saw ArenaNet announce the date for their Halloween event (it starts today, by the way) for Guild Wars…
Games… Games I’ve played in July 2 Aug 2020 Our vacation is over now and work will start again on Monday. The weather wasn't as bad as we had feared, but far from what I would call "summer". So,…
Blogging Months… Bookahneer’s Geekwatch (July 2020) 29 Jul 202029 Jul 2020 If you still play LotRO, then you probably haven't missed their recent server issues. We still don't really know what happened, but it went on for a long time. Now…
Action RPG… Vacation Gaming Goals 18 Jul 202018 Jul 2020 Plans were made, then Corona happened. Instead of getting to visit my Greek friends, we're staying home. I already had some vacation days while bookahnerk worked. These were basically to…
Elder Scrolls Online… My MMOs in July 2020 8 Jul 2020 I am still pondering whether to continue with WoW Classic or not. The lack of Burning Crusade is just too severe for me and I really want my Draenei mage!…
City-builder/Simulation Game… Send help! – Games I’ve been playing in June 3 Jul 2020 I bought both Project Hospital and Old World a couple of weeks ago. One evening, I couldn't decide if I wanted to play Project Hospital or continue playing Old World.…
Lord of the Rings Online… Screenshot Saturday: Ding Ding! 20 Jun 202020 Jun 2020 My shaman finally hit level 40 in WoW Classic! I realized too late that I don't want to play my warlock and am slowly levelling my shaman now... if only…
Lord of the Rings Online… Perfect time to jump into Lotro: Free quest packs! 1 Jun 20203 Jun 2020 I am fully aware of how old this game is and that you may ask yourself why you should start (or return) now! However, I think it aged quite well…
Blogging Months… My top five MMO classes 7 May 202020 Jul 2020 There seem to be a few "top five" lists going around and with my recent post about returning to Lotro and figuring out which class I actually like, I thought…
Blogging Months… When did Lotro sneak back in? 5 May 2020 A couple of days ago, all of a sudden, me and some friends started playing Lotro again. I don't even remember who started the conversation or who decided to return…
Blogging Months… Bookahneer’s Geekwatch: Free stuff in MMOs 29 Apr 202029 Apr 2020 Lord of the Rings Online extended its period where you can play all content - that is: all quest packs - for free. You can now play the game without…
Blogging Months… Paeroka’s Ponderings: Choosing the wrong class in MMOs 13 Apr 2020 I usually like the levelling process in MMOs. The amount of alts I have is proof enough! But it does get tedious at some point - both in MMOs with…
Blogging Months… Hair and MMO characters 6 Apr 20206 Apr 2020 MassivelyOP had a fun yet fascinating topic for their Daily Grind column. Which MMO has the best character hair in the genre? I decided to muse about that here instead…
Game Developers… LotRO and DDO with free access to game content 20 Mar 2020 With the current Corona situation all over the world, I guess more and more people stay at home (either voluntary or because they have to). So, computer games are a…
Elder Scrolls Online… My Top MMOs in 2019 22 Dec 2019 I originally started this blog because of my love for MMOs. Back then, I'd been impatiently waiting for Guild Wars 2 to come out and spent my time playing Rift…
Games… Lotro’s Yule Festival 13 Dec 201913 Dec 2019 I think this is the first of the games I'm playing that do seasonal events to start the winter/Christmas event. There is one thing I always like about LotRO: It…
Blogging Months… 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…
Blogging Months… 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…
Lord of the Rings Online Lotro’s next expansion: Minas Morgul 26 Sep 201927 Sep 2019 We already knew (or could take a well-educated guess) that the next expansion would include the Stout-Axe dwarves which allow you to check "female" or "male" essentially giving us female…
Characters/Classes… Female Dwarf in Lotro 22 Sep 201924 Sep 2019 So, with the recent announcement of female dwarves being an option in Lotro with the addition of the Stout-Axe dwarves, I've been curious how they will implement it. To be…
Blogging Months… 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.…
Blogging Months… 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…
Characters/Classes… LotRO: New race coming (with female dwarves) 4 Aug 20195 Aug 2019 I was surprised when I saw on MassivelyOP that Standing Stone Games, the developers of Lord of the Rings Online, announced a new race for the game. The news was…
Fun!… MMOs are weird virtual worlds… – Where’s the toilet? 29 Jul 2019 With the exception of very few MMOs, there are simply no toilets or just in general bathrooms in MMOs. Apparently, there is no need for hygiene? From the top of…
Lord of the Rings Online… Screenshot Saturday: And Lotro… again 13 Jul 2019 It took me a long lone time, but my guardian finally reached level 60. To be honest, I was certain I'd lost interest in Lotro again. But I did log…
Guild Wars 2… Paeroka’s Ponderings: Vertical maps 7 Jul 2019 For a while, I'd been very excitedly levelling my guardian in LotRO and was really happy when she'd gotten to level 50. But then, a few levels into Mines of…
Elder Scrolls Online… Mixing my MMO 14 Apr 201914 Apr 2019 I am currently playing very different MMOs, because they each give me something I want from this genre while lacking in other areas. Elder Scrolls Online has this seemingly huge…