So the big news today is, of course, Blizzard’s announcement of the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion: Legion. Even though I have not played WoW with any kind of regularity since 2012, I am going talk about it now because […]
So the big news today is, of course, Blizzard’s announcement of the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion: Legion. Even though I have not played WoW with any kind of regularity since 2012, I am going talk about it now because […]
Syp brought up an interesting topic this week that I have touched upon myself on occasion. The question of how separated is he from his characters in games. The first is that my characters are merely a digital extension of […]
So there was a big hubbub over the weekend about the (lack of) flying mounts in Warlords of Draenor. I guess there is a vocal contingent of folks that would (really, really) like them, but Blizzard devs have staunchly (and […]
This post started out as something else, then I realized it pretty effectively answered Jaedia’s Talkback Challenge.While I did play video games growing up, they were not common in my house. Nor did I get involved in D&D or other […]
Patch is now live for: PC, MACIn this Hearthstone patch we added the sneaky Ninja card back, a stylish Heroes of the Storm card back, and fixed a few bugs. The full patch notes are below! GENERAL The following card […]
It started in the inns and taverns, and the sight was always the same: two players studying the game board intently, laying down cards, smiling or snarling as they won or lost. Crowds soon gathered to watch. The game’s popularity […]
Fellow blogger Pasduil has two blogs, Thinking Play and Planet Pasduil. The second one only came to my attention because he mentioned it in a post where he also mentioned me. Apparently he had nominated me for a Liebster (I […]
I’m picky. This should not come as a surprise to anybody by now, I’m very finicky about the way that I play the games I do. What this leads to, though, is a bunch of games that are just not […]
Within days of Robin Williams’ unfortunate passing, a petition was started for Blizzard to memorialize him in World of Warcraft. Gaming community’s response was overwhelming, collecting 11 0000 signatures in just over a day. Blizzard’s response was swift, if a […]
These cases are perfectly simple and easy to distinguish. In a free hour, when our power of choice is untrammelled and when nothing prevents our being able to do what we like best, every pleasure is to be welcomed and every pain avoided.
