Game Log: Diablo 3

I tell ya, Blizzard loves shoulder pads more than Joan Crawford. I knew it would be only a matter of time before my Diablo 3 wizard grew a pair. Of shoulder pads. Started off small, buds almost, and now they’re as proud as deer antlers. I can only imagine Typhus clashing shoulders with other young … Read more

Pirate101 Ninja Pig codes? OMG!

This week, KingsIsle sent a mysterious map to all of its US-based Wizard101 players for whom they had valid mailing addresses. Those maps had a puzzle that revealed a code for a ninja pig companion (swashbuckler) that could be used four times — but only once per account. Well, I used my code, got my … Read more

Pirate101: A Mysterious Map

So I picked up my mail — paper mail that comes in a box you open with a key in real life — yesterday, and was surprised to find a folded up bit of cardboard from KingsIsle that popped up into a map torn into seven parts and painstakingly re-assembled. Given that I’m looking for … Read more

Pirate101: Two week review

Two weeks in to Pirate101’s launch, my character is level 15 (swashbuckler) and has completed the Skull Island Skyway, the Flotsam Skyway, most of the Tradewinds Skyway and most of the Tierra Primata Skyway. The Skyways are the individual zones of Pirate101. Along the way, we’ve attracted the notice of the pirate hierarchy, downed many … Read more

Game Log: Pirate101, Diablo3

From the moment I first saw them, I’ve been blown away by Pirate101’s cinematics. These aren’t 3D rendered with lots of dramatic camera angles and explosions. They’re little puppet shows. HILARIOUS puppet shows, as in this one, where the monkey prelate Bishop Hidalgo is telling the story of how the gorilla Gortez went all Lord … Read more