We just started a giveaway for Trove and Defiance 2050! The actual giveaway can be found on our usual giveaway page. So go over there in order to enter the giveaway/s! Trove recently got a new (free) expansion, Geode, and we received some codes to give away and properly celebrate the occasion. I haven't yet … Continue reading Announcing: Trove & Defiance 2050 Giveaways
I had originally planned to write about my impressions of the Defiance 2050 beta, but for several reasons, I have not been playing it enough to warrant a whole and substantial blog post about it. During the first beta weekend it was mainly due to pain in my hand. Defiance, thankfully, is a game that … Continue reading Paeroka’s Ponderings: Defiance 2050
I really miss the time where I played only one MMORPG (World of Warcraft) and Guild Wars 1 for its story whenever I found time. I am currently trying to dip my toes into too many games at once while actually not having time for any of them. So I thought about what I want … Continue reading MMO gaming-goals this autumn
Some time ago, I read a topic in the German section of the Black Desert Online forum where a player suggested that the game's PvP may be better if there were no level-advantages as a higher level gives better stats, for example. He was laughed at by others and called "carebear" for wanting that. Unfortunately, … Continue reading Paeroka’s Ponderings: Gear and level-advantages in PvP
Excuse the bad pun up there, but something got me thinking... In a conversation about GW2's content drought, somebody wrote (I don't have a link, so I'll paraphrase here out of my memory): MMOs aren't meant to be played exclusively. They are made to play with breaks in between. But when I started my first … Continue reading Paeroka’s Ponderings: Bored-out instead of Burnout?
When an MMO originally launches, I often find myself exploring the world and simply enjoying the stories that can be found. When you play a hobbit in Lord of the Rings Online, you start off with things like delivering a cake to a neighbour. There is this peaceful village that has no idea about the … Continue reading Paeroka’s Ponderings: Original vs. expansion “maps”
In the past few weeks, I thought I had finally fallen out of love with Rift. It was to a point where I did not even log in anymore to get my daily artifact (they changed the system now where you get nicer bonuses for logging in, but that's not why I went back). Then … Continue reading Help! I like too many MMOs…
Welcome to Bookahneer’s Geekwatch! This is the place where we talk about miscellaneous things like little pieces of gaming news that have attracted our interest or what's recently been in the spotlight of other fansites and projects. Back in August, we received a mail from the developer behind the website MMO+ about his/her project. I … Continue reading Bookahneer’s Geekwatch: MMO+
Apparently, it has been almost two years since I have last shown you all my virtual "mini-me"s. I figured that Blaugust is the perfect month to give you an updated version. Especially since I picked up several new games in the meantime and decided to drop some others. And, you know, I need to fill … Continue reading Let me show you all my mini-mes – Blaugust Day 20
I really love spring in "real life". When the sun starts to feel warm on your skin again. The snow is melting (if there had been some). The first birds are chirping again in the morning (as opposed to the cooing of pigeons). The trees and first flowers are starting to bloom. It's just something … Continue reading Diversity in regional design: Spring
