Paeroka's Ponderings… Paeroka’s Ponderings: Back to the roots…? 23 May 2019 I guess every MMO enthusiast has heard about WoW Classic by now. At the end of August, servers will open. A few months of playing the "good old World of…
Screenshot Saturday… Screenshot Saturday: A long loooong time ago 18 May 2019 This is a screenshot from 2006 showing my main character at the time, my undead warlock. Since it shows her with an uninteresting background, I strongly assume I took this…
Game Design… Screenshot Saturday: Spot the World Boss 11 May 2019 ArenaNet currently has a World Boss Event running where you get an extra chest for each world boss. I decided to jump into the game and kill a few world…
Elder Scrolls Online… Screenshot Saturday: Home in ESO 4 May 2019 I spent my morning trying to decide which small little house (Staple House) to buy in Elder Scrolls Online. The decision was between Twin Arches in Bangkorai and Autumn's-Gate in…
Other Games… Screenshot Saturday: Not a gaming-laptop 27 Apr 2019 It was Easter last weekend. Since we moved across the country, events like this mean travelling back to spend the holidays with my family. This also means not having my…
Rift… Screenshot Saturday: Returning to Rift? 13 Apr 2019 As gamigo announced the closure of Rift Prime, they also announced that we'd get a free level 65 booster. Us EU players aren't getting our Prime characters which, to be…
City-building games… Screenshot Saturday: Dinosaurs! 6 Apr 2019 I am still playing Tropico 6 while trying to figure out which class to play in Grim Dawn, but my Parkasaurus game had an update yesterday and I had to…
City-building games… First impressions: Tropico 6 31 Mar 2019 El presidente is back! Or La Presidenta, in my case! I know I complained about Tropico 5 and called it a waste of my money. I later did play through…
City-building games… Screenshot Saturday: Tropico 6 release 30 Mar 2019 Tropico 6 finally released yesterday after the developers had postponed the initial launch (it was planned for January, I think). So far, I am greatly enjoying my time in the…
City-building games… Screenshot Saturday: Busy building 23 Mar 2019 I've recently been in the mood to play relaxing games where I can pause as often as I like. Most of all, Cities: Skylines. The major problem was that I…
Lord of the Rings Online… Screenshot Saturday: 10 years in LotRO 16 Mar 2019 Apparently, this screenshot was taken today, 10 years ago, on March 16, 2009. It's the first screenshot I took of the "real" Lord of the Rings Online. A friend had…
Elder Scrolls Online… Screenshot Saturday: Wishing for banisters 9 Mar 2019 Not as bad as Mines of Moria, but still quite uncomfortable if you're in their position. (I did fall down after taking the screenshot, as telling my mount to carefully…
Guild Wars 2… Screenshot Saturday: Guild Wars 2 through the ages 2 Mar 20192 Mar 2019 With recent news of layoffs at ArenaNet, I wanted to focus on Guild Wars 2 with today's Screenshot Saturday. I have taken thousands of screenshots through the years, but decided…
Elder Scrolls Online… Screenshot Saturday: Summerset (ESO) 23 Feb 2019 I really like Summerset. It's a small-ish island in Elder Scrolls Online and new characters are starting there now. I'm not sure I like that every character is put there…
Other Games… Screenshot Saturday: Gathering Storm 16 Feb 2019 Fun fact: On days with a lot of pain in my left hand, this is the only game I can play, because it works quite well with the Steam controller.…
Lord of the Rings Online… Lotro: Home sweet home for our kinship 9 Feb 2019 Thursday evening, our kinship on Lotro's legendary server had finally achieved the rank it needs for a kinship house. Two of our kinship members also have their own house in…
City-building games… First impressions: Foundation 9 Feb 2019 I admit, I didn't even know Foundation existed until I bought it. It was bookahnerk who told me about it, showed it to me and suggested that I'd take a…
Games in alpha or beta… New game: Foundation 2 Feb 2019 I just couldn't resist... another city-builder, Foundation, has joined my Steam library. Somehow, there is always space for one more of that genre.
Fun!… Spot the hobbit! 26 Jan 2019 I think I understand why hobbits prefer staying at home where they know their way around...
Community… Paeroka’s Ponderings: Goodbye, Rift? 23 Oct 201823 Oct 2018 As some of you know, I love Trion Worlds and the games they have created - well, most of them, at least. I have not always agreed with their decisions,…
First Impression Review… First Impressions: Parkasaurus (Early Access!) 25 Sep 2018 Parkasaurus is a tycoon game where you get to build a dinosaur park. The game comes with cute comic graphics, but it has the depth that one would expect from…
