Lord of the Rings Online… 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…
Lord of the Rings Online… 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…
Fun!… Spot the hobbit! 26 Jan 2019 I think I understand why hobbits prefer staying at home where they know their way around...
Lord of the Rings Online 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…
Game Design… 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…
Blogging Months… 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…
Blogging Months… 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…
Lord of the Rings Online 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…
Elder Scrolls Online… 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…
Game Design… 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… 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…
Guild Wars 2… 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…
Lord of the Rings Online 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…
Expansion… 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…
Games in alpha or beta… 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…
