Late to the (PvP) party?

23 Apr 20173 Aug 2019

Trion hosted a PvP-focused Rift livestream on Friday* and I realized that I only played a handful of PvP games in Rift and that was years ago already. Thankfully, there…

Paeroka’s Ponderings: Gear and level-advantages in PvP

28 Aug 201628 Aug 2016

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…

Summary of the Trove AMA with Avarem

17 Jul 2015

First of all, for those who aren't interested in Trove: Please excuse the "imbalance" here in this blog recently. But I'm sure that every gamer understands the excitement when a…

Bookahneer’s Geekwatch (November 25, 2014)

25 Nov 201418 Jan 2015

Welcome to today’s Bookahneer’s Geekwatch! The place about miscellaneous interesting gaming news. There was no new update today in Guild Wars 2, but as is custom on the non-update Tuesdays,…

Pondering about which profession to choose…

9 Nov 2013

When I wrote about my favourite profession in Guild Wars 2, I was looking at the topic from a pure PvE point of view. This entry is about WvW now.…

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…

Guild Wars 2: Stress Test Fun in WvW

20 May 20128 Apr 2015

On May 14, ArenaNet had a second stress test for Guild Wars 2. After being in the loading screen, stuck at 95%, for about 10 - 15 minutes, I got…

My gameplay experience at the EUFanDay

5 Apr 201226 Sep 2015

It turns out, we're actually allowed to write about our game experience now! Three cheers to ArenaNet for allowing us to share our experiences with you! And there's no need…

Guild Wars 2 and its lack of PvP servers

25 Mar 2012

Some time ago, a friend asked us about "open world PvP". When we told him that there won't be any PvP servers like you have them in World of Warcraft…

Warhammer Wrath of Heroes – Impressions

3 Dec 201121 Sep 2013

Cynical Brit's YouTube video "WTF is Warhammer: Wrath of Heroes created some buzz apparently. At least, in the world of Google+ and on the Warhammer Online forums. Its NDA was…

Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes

16 Aug 201127 Oct 2012

Who would've thought that I write about Warhammer again? I certainly didn't. ;) Some time ago, bloggers visited EA Bioware Mythic. They returned and wrote about something that's under an…

Rift vs. LotRO vs. World of Warcraft – a closer look at all three MMOs (all entries in one)

20 Jun 201128 Mar 2013

This is the full version of entries that have been published in the last week! I just thought it might be nicer to have everything in one huge entry instead…

Rift vs. LotRO vs. World of Warcraft – a closer look at all three MMOs (Part 5)

16 Jun 201127 Oct 2012

Part 1: How much do the games cost and which extra security against hacked accounts do they offer? Part 2: What can I play (races and classes?) Part 3: What…