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IntPiPoMo 2021!

31 Oct 2021
I almost missed this, but thankfully, I saw GamingSF's post about it: IntPiPoMo 2021 is starting tomorrow (November 1). Even with my limited amount of free time, I can definitely…
Housing…

New World and Housing

23 Oct 2021
One of the main reasons that I decided to buy New World, after all, was its Housing feature. It's no Rift or Wildstar housing (or - insert any other MMO…
City-builder/Simulation Game…

Steam Next Festival (Oct 2021): More demos

12 Oct 2021
After my last post about Gremlins Inc. - Card Game, I tried out a few more demos: Tavern Master, Inscryption, Who's Lila? and House Flipper City. Tavern Master This is…
Games in Development

Steam Next Festival (Oct 2021): Gremlins Inc. – Card Game

3 Oct 2021
Limited play time means that I need to be much pickier about which games I'm going to give a try during this week's Steam Next Festival. It started on October…
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…

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Paeroka's primary games at the moment: Guild Wars 2, Elder Scrolls Online, World of Warcraft, Old World & Project Hospital.

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