Excitedly waiting for an MMO launch

26 Aug 2019

Yesterday, Bookahnerk and I realized that we're as excited about the launch of WoW Classic as we haven't been in ages. I always loved this pre-launch excitement. Not when WoW…

My Mini-Mes (August 2019)

12 Aug 201912 Aug 2019

This is the third "Me and my Mini-Mes" posting that I'm doing. The first was for Blaugust 2015. And then I did another last year, for International Picture Posting Month.…

LotRO: New race coming (with female dwarves)

4 Aug 20195 Aug 2019

I was surprised when I saw on MassivelyOP that Standing Stone Games, the developers of Lord of the Rings Online, announced a new race for the game. The news was…

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…

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…

Spot the hobbit!

26 Jan 2019

I think I understand why hobbits prefer staying at home where they know their way around...

Lotro: Levelling in the Lone-lands

7 Jan 2019

My hobbit guardian is still only level 27. I really wish there'd be an action-camera mode like there is in ESO and Guild Wars 2, as that removes some strain…

Why is LotRO still this appealing?

19 Dec 2018

It was supposed to be a quick nostalgic look at Lord of the Rings Online again, after I heard about Trion being sold to gamigo. I had wanted to give…

LotRO and their legendary servers

10 Nov 20182 Dec 2018

Thursday evening, Standing Stone Games opened the first of their legendary servers, Anor. The waiting queue reached 4000, apparently. But despite SSG saying it was just a display issue and…

I hate Mines of Moria (IntPiPoMo 1)

3 Nov 20182 Dec 2018

...With a passion! I am not a big fan of vertical maps in MMOs to begin with, but if in addition to the design, the map itself is also rather…

Returning to LotRO

31 Oct 2018

I did say I'm giving Elder Scrolls Online another try, didn't I? But when I was looking for an alternative to Rift, I also remembered LotRO - well, that, plus…

Looking for a new MMO-home

27 Oct 201827 Oct 2018

We still have not heard anything from gamigo and their plans with the games they acquired from Trion. Of course, all of this doesn't necessarily mean that Rift will be…

Housing in MMOs: Lord of the Rings Online

10 Jan 2014

There are many things I want and expect from MMOs and one thing is housing. I love feeling as if I was in a virtual world and for me, having…

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…

Juggling through my MMOs

21 Dec 2013

Sometimes I really wish there was just one MMO. The perfect one for me. But you rarely, if ever, find something perfect for you unless it was specifically created just…

Waiting for Helm’s Deep…

18 Nov 201318 Nov 2013

Edit: We have just gotten an update from Sapience on the official forums. The expansion is postponed and will be released on November 20th instead. I was hoping I could…

Lotro: Buy your housing chests before Helm’s Deep arrives!

15 Nov 2013

Unfortunately, there aren't many exciting news about housing changes on the horizon, if at all. The most important change at the moment is that the chests available in your personal…

Lotro’s class changes

5 Nov 2013

The NDA for the beta of Helm's Deep has dropped, so I can now write about my impressions. I had "quit" the game months ago, although "quit" is probably too…