Games First glimpse on Atlas Rogues’ gameplay 14 Nov 2020 On Friday, Gamigo had their first livestream showing the new Atlas Rogues game. If you remember the Trion Friday livestreams, then this is exactly what it was like! They also…
Games… Favourite game intros 12 Nov 2020 A German streamer has a little series where he watches game intros with the viewers and they rate them together. While watching, I was wondering which game intros I personally…
Characters/Classes… Necromancer or Revenant for rediscovering Guild Wars 2… 8 Nov 20208 Nov 2020 After writing here that I want to replay through the old zones of Guild Wars 2 with my new necromancer, I decided to take a look at the revenant. A…
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…
Guild Wars 2 Replaying vanilla Guild Wars 2 4 Nov 2020 I previously tried to get into the necromancer, the thief and the ranger again. For some reason, when I don't play a class for some time, I forget about the…
Community… [Civ VI] Long Live the Queen! – Turns (341-350) 3 Nov 2020 It's been quite some time since I last played our succession game - and Rakuno handed the reign over to me quite some time ago as well. I really don't…
Crystal Ball… Guild Wars 2: Roadmap for the next 7 months 1 Nov 20201 Nov 2020 I was so happy to see ArenaNet post a roadmap for the game. Even though I fully expect the possibility of delays (as it says: "subject to change"), it is…
Atlas Rogues… Atlas Rogue: Early Access on November 18 29 Oct 2020 Early Access for Atlas Rogue will start on November 18. After looking at all my previous screenshots I realized that I did actually play a lot of PvP... during the…
City-builder/Simulation Game… Early Access games I’m invested in (October 2020) 25 Oct 2020 I feel it's time to take a look at my early access games again. I tend to not play them too much and wait for the release because I don't…
Turn-Based Games Atlas Reactor Revival… of sorts? 18 Oct 202018 Oct 2020 I just saw the news on Massively and squealed when I read the article: "The so-called Alliance project uses the same gameplay of Atlas Reactor but in a narrative-focused four-player…
World of Warcraft WoW Classic or Retail? 15 Oct 202015 Oct 2020 It is a bit ironic that I returned to WoW because of its classic version, but I am staying in WoW now because of the retail version. If we had…
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…
City-builder/Simulation Game… Steam Game Festival: Simulation Games 12 Oct 2020 As I mentioned in my previous post, some of the demos I tried there were already simulation games, but they were also listed as strategy games. There is sometimes a…
Games… Steam Game Festival: Strategy Games 11 Oct 202011 Oct 2020 As I said, I went and looked at the strategy and simulation demos of Steam's Game Festival. This post now is about the strategy games I found interesting at first…
Games… Steam Game Festival: Gladiator Guild Manager 10 Oct 202010 Oct 2020 I tried out one game on the first day of the current Steam Game Festival and then almost forgot about it again. Thankfully, Magi's post was a good reminder. And…
City-builder/Simulation Game… First Impressions Review: Not For Broadcast 4 Oct 20204 Oct 2020 Not For Broadcast is currently in Early Access. The first few episodes are available to play through already, but there is more to come. The developers offer a free prologue,…
Game Design… Why I stopped loving Rift 3 Oct 20203 Oct 2020 Justin from Massively came up with a really good question about why Rift didn't do better. Quite obviously, I cannot answer this question in general or even for the majority…
Fluff… Trove: Get the Marooned Hammerhead Ally 3 Oct 20203 Oct 2020 It's gamigo's 20th anniversary and at least for Trove, they've currently got a code that will get you a nice ally, the Marooned Hammerhead. The ally itself gives you 2…
Account Security… Return to Guild Wars now! 1 Oct 2020 As Massively notes, Guild Wars (1) doesn't require a character name to log in anymore. Well, in my case, the recent change doesn't make a difference. I always kept screenshots…
Game Design… Favourite Game Theme Songs 20 Sep 2020 I usually turn off the music in games nowadays, but there are a few where I need the music no matter what! And for other games, the main theme is…
Community… A friendly competition 19 Sep 202019 Sep 2020 I found this post in my drafts. It was originally written back in 2014 and should have been the teaser post for a roleplaying event in our Guild Wars 2…
Games… Paeroka’s Ponderings: Gamescom 2020 – What’s the verdict? What did you discover? 12 Sep 2020 Altogether, I was very happy with the online version of gamescom. Having moved away, we aren't able to go to gamescom anymore and we probably wouldn't even go if we…
Games New games I’m playing this September 11 Sep 202012 Sep 2020 I kind of went a little overboard with new games, I guess. It must have been the post-gamescom-excitement! Or the fact that it was my birthday and felt like pampering…
Guild Wars 2 GW2: Ascended Armor 2/3 9 Sep 20209 Sep 2020 How late exactly am I? I finally finished my second ascended armor set. That is, my mesmer got her cloth version... years ago, I guess. For a long time, I…
Blogging Months… Promptapalooza No. 20: Tell us about some of your hobbies outside of the realm of your specific niche 29 Aug 2020 This is part of the Promptapalooza. Today's prompt comes from Ace Asunder: "Tell us about some of your hobbies outside of the realm of your specific niche." One of my…
City-builder/Simulation Game… Gamescom Indie Arena Booth – More demos 28 Aug 202028 Aug 2020 Gamescom started! And since we can't go there physically, gamescom is coming to us instead, virtually. I don't mind at all, though, since Cologne is too far away from us…
Blogging Months… Promptapalooza No. 24: The origin of my online name 23 Aug 2020 This Promptapalooza prompt was shared by Magi from Indiecator: "How did you get the name that you regularly go by online, and what if anything does it mean?" Years ago,…
Guild Wars 2… Screenshot Saturday: Fighting Drakkar 22 Aug 2020 I know, I am very late to this fight, but I have never actually done that one before. As always, I hated the amount of boom, bam and colours and…
Blogging Months… First impressions of Parkasaurus 1.0 22 Aug 202024 Aug 2020 I didn't put it in the subject line, but this is a post for Promptapalooza: Write that one post you wanted to write so often, but always postponed. Finally do…
Blogging Months… Promptapalooza No. 16: My earliest memory of Guild Wars 15 Aug 202016 Aug 2020 This Promptapalooza prompt was shared by Syp from Bio Break: "What is your earliest memory related to one of your core fandoms?" I decided to tell you about Guild Wars,…
