NBI 2016: Blogging can be life-changing

Yes, I admit, the headline is probably a bit too dramatic. ;) So before you get too excited: Blogging will not make you rich and it is very unlikely that you will become famous. However, looking back at the past five years with this blog, a few things happened that did influence our lives in …

Guild Wars 2 Community Event – Blaugust Day 9

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 write-up of our visit to gamescom is taking a bit more time to get finished, though. So I figured I could show you the pictures …

Wildstar Community Event – Blaugust Day 8

We had originally planned to go to the Trion party on Thursday evening and I was looking forward to it, especially as they announced the new Primalist calling there. However, then we had received invitations for the Wildstar and Blade & Soul Event. Since we did not know anybody who went to the Trion party, but …

Liebster Award x2

About a month ago, I was already nominated for The Mystical Mesmer and almost forgot about it. However, I now received another nomination from Rakuno of Shards of Imagination. That's 22 questions in total. Of course, I feel honored that they thought of me in their blog posts and I'm happy to participate now. :) …

Bloggy XMAS 12: Connecting with friends through games

This post is part of "Bloggy Xmas" - an event where bloggers who signed up were assigned one day to provide a blog post about "Gaming and Community" and write about it. At first, I didn't know what I would want to write about, but then it hit me: I actually already had a draft …

Get ready for Healing Over Time!

In a bit less than two hours (at 10am GMT), Healing Over Time will start. This is a charity event, run by several guilds who will be playing and streaming multiple games for 24 hours! You can see who is participating on their official website. You may have already heard of such gaming marathons. They …

Foostival 2014: Interview with Ramon

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 (click this link for the Guildnews version and this link for the Wartower one - the videos are identical!). It was done completely in German …

Pink Day in LA in 6 days!

Pink Day in LA will take place on October 20. In honour of the event, we have "pinkified" our logo - that's the least we can do, after all. ;) This event was first started in 2007 and with the release of Guild Wars 2, we will see it in Guild Wars 1 and Guild …

Bookahneer’s Geekwatch: Joining Talk Tyria and GuildMag

Welcome to today’s Bookahneer’s Geekwatch! The place about miscellaneous interesting news related to Guild Wars 2 - and on occasion, other games. As some of you may know, I am occasionally writing for Talk Tyria and GuildMag as well. This Geekwatch isn't about Guild Wars 2 per se, but about those two fan sites that …

Bookahneer’s Geekwatch: 2 weeks after launch

Welcome to today’s Bookahneer’s Geekwatch! The place about miscellaneous interesting news related to Guild Wars 2 - and on occasion, other games. This is the first time we're officially using the new Bookahneer image. Isn't he cute? And just as the Guild Wars 1 version, he comes with bad "photoshopping" skills brought to you by... …