What is ManaWorks going to be, I wonder…

4 Oct 2019

I woke up this morning to find the message from Mike O'Brien (soon-to-be former president of ArenaNet) saying farewell to ArenaNet and the Guild Wars (2) community. He did state…

New Lion’s Arch

11 Nov 20182 Dec 2018

Can you believe that after all the screenshot galleries I've made for Lion's Arch in its various stages, I have never made one of the rebuild town? You can see…

Guild Wars 2 Community Event – Blaugust Day 9

9 Aug 20159 Aug 2015

As you may already know, on Thursday, we went to gamescom and then went to the Wildstar Community Event in the evening. I already told you about the Wildstar event. My…

10 years: Guild Wars nostalgia

29 Apr 201529 Apr 2015

Guild Wars turned 10 years old this week. The original Guild Wars, of course, not Guild Wars 2 (which will be 3 years old this August, by the way). Back…

4th Blog Anniversary: Let’s celebrate with giveaways!

12 Mar 201529 Mar 2015

Update: This giveaway is closed. We will announce the winners here in our blog soon! Today is the big day! Our blog is celebrating its 4th anniversary. 4 years of…

Honorary Nerdy Bookahs prize for Bolthound

30 Jan 201530 Jan 2015

On Monday, we could finally announce the official winners of ArenaNet's Wintersday Window Decoration Contest. Unfortunately for us, our favourite stencil did not make it into the top 5. But…

Winners of the Wintersday Window Decoration Contest

26 Jan 2015

First of all, thank you to everyone who participated! We saw a lot of great stencils and bookahnerk and I had a hard time choosing our three favourites. Two of…

Guild Wars 2 at PAX

22 Jan 2015

Less than 48 hours now until we finally hear what ArenaNet has planned for Guild Wars 2 with "Heart of Thorns". They also seem to want to celebrate this by…

Guild Wars 2 – Heart of Thorns speculation

18 Jan 2015

I assume most of you have heard about "Heart of Thorns" by now. I will try to keep this mostly spoiler-free, but if you haven't played the latest story bit,…

Reminder: Wintersday Window Decoration Contest

12 Jan 2015

As you all probably know already, the next patch will be here tomorrow. We will finally get the last episode of season 2, "Point of No Return". In case you…

Bookahneer’s Geekwatch (December 15, 2014)

15 Dec 201418 Jan 2015

Welcome to today’s Bookahneer’s Geekwatch! The place about miscellaneous interesting gaming news. I am mainly using this column - and with it, this charming asura you can see on the…

Nerdy Bookahs Wintersday Window Decoration Contest

10 Dec 20145 Jan 2015

Update: If you've got any questions about this competition, just leave a comment here on this blog post and I'll try to answer it as fast as possible! Update 2:…

Then & Now: Reliving the newbie experience (1-5)

12 Sep 2014

With the recent feature patch, ArenaNet released the new player experience. There has been quite a lot of controversy around the related changes. For example, your skills unlock one by…

Tyrian Explorer’s Knapsack – worth the price?

5 Aug 20145 Aug 2014

Today is Tuesday and as is usual on Tuesdays, we get to see new items in the gem store (and a new trailer). The first item is the Covert Charr…

Bookahneer’s Geekwatch (June 25, 2014)

25 Jun 201425 Jun 2014

Welcome to today’s Bookahneer’s Geekwatch and the first Geekwatch in 2014! The place about miscellaneous interesting news related to Guild Wars 2 – and on occasion, other games. I'm going…

GW2 T-shirts giveaway!

22 May 20141 Jun 2014

Update June 1, 2014: This giveaway is closed now! Congratulations to Aurora and tankitout. You have won the L and the XL t-shirts! I have been hinting about this on…

Foostival 2014: Interview with Ramon

24 Mar 20143 Aug 2019

Update: Check out the corresponding gem cards giveaway (EU-only). Open until March 31! This is the interview from Foostival with Ramon Domke, the German community manager of Guild Wars 2…

A last look at Lion’s Arch

17 Feb 2014

I know I have already released a post with a screenshot gallery for Lion's Arch, but for quite some time, I've felt it doesn't do the city enough justice. You…

Bookahneer’s Geekwatch (January 5, 2014)

5 Jan 2014

Welcome to today’s Bookahneer’s Geekwatch and the first Geekwatch in 2014! The place about miscellaneous interesting news related to Guild Wars 2 – and on occasion, other games. We have…

Rift 3.0: Coming in bits and pieces?

13 Nov 2013

I already wondered when we would hear more about the upcoming expansion for Rift. So far, we know that we will get the standard: increase of the level cap, new…

I present to you: Mini Mr Sparkles!

23 Aug 201323 Aug 2013

EDIT: I see my post is used as "confirmation" that the only way to get mini Mr Sparkles is from Gamescom. This is NOT true. What is true is that…

Giveaway No. 2: Two GW2 Charrlies

20 Aug 20128 Apr 2015

Update: This Giveaway has ended. Please be patient while we're going to decide who's going to be added to both drawing pots and drawing the winners. We will make a…

Guild Wars 2 at GamesCom 2012

18 Aug 20123 Aug 2019

You may remember that we have already written a report on ArenaNet's booth last year, so of course, we're going to write another one this year. Last year, we went…

Blog Carnival: Memories of waiting for Guild Wars 2

5 Aug 201226 Feb 2013

This entry is part of Guild Mag's 4th Blog Carnival. Just because I'm hosting this blog carnival over at GuildMag doesn't mean I'm not participating this time. ;) So far,…

Guild Wars 2: A FAQ for new players

1 Jun 201217 Apr 2013

You may already know the first version of this FAQ. I decided to rewrite it, update it and put newer screenshots in. So here is the new version. A very…

Criticizing Guild Wars 2

28 May 20128 Apr 2015

DISCLAIMER: If you want to criticize my post, feel free to do so (constructively, of course). However, if you want to do so, please READ it. Especially point 4 and…

Lion’s Arch – Screenshot gallery

28 Apr 20129 Apr 2015

Update May 2014: I made a new post where you can also find pictures of Lion's Arch with its various holiday decorations. Update April 2014: Lion's Arch has seen quite…

Will ArenaNet kill international guilds with Guild Wars 2?

25 Apr 201227 Oct 2012

That's a question that came up today on Twitter. As you all probably know, Twitter isn't the best place to talk about or muse such things because of its limited…

Being at the EUFanDay – or: Musings about ArenaNet’s game philosophy

7 Apr 201226 Feb 2013

As you, my dear readers, may have noticed already, I was invited to the EUFanday in Brighton. Yeah, okay, there's no way you can have missed that. ;) When we…

EUFanDay in Brighton, April 2 – April 3, 2012, incl. link collection!

4 Apr 201226 Feb 2013

We (the people who were invited) arrived in Brighton on Monday and left Tuesday afternoon. I'm still honoured that Nerdy Bookahs had gotten this invitation! It was a short event…