Diablo 3 Hardcore: More lives than Doctor Who

The ironic part was when I was saying something stupid about avoiding dying, and Calrain said, “Like I just did?” And I looked and yup, he was dead. The game removed his character from the party and deleted her, and the forces of Hell grew slightly weaker for a moment. Calrain made a new character, … Read more

Diablo 3 Hardcore: Hedging my bets

Am I the only one still writing about Diablo 3? Most (all?) of the people in my circles appear to have moved on. I admit to thinking of the game as a fairly wide miss before I went to hardcore. I just am not all that wild about games in which you grind and farm. … Read more

Diablo 3 Hardcore: Ambushed!

Team Spode continued through Act II in Diablo III last night, edging our way closer to the chapter’s fight against Belial. So far, though, the boss fights haven’t been that much of a problem, as we’re excessively paranoid about _those_. The _problem_ is just the good, old-fashioned mobs. Mobs here in the literal sense, as … Read more

Diablo 3: Meet the Hardcore Crüe

I’m very “anti” boring stuff in games these days. So after I finished my first run through of Diablo 3 and joined a public group to bring down Diablo him herself in one of the most telegraphed, least surprising twists EVER — anyway — I started in on Nightmare mode and found myself doing the … Read more