Diablo 3: Act I Nightmare

We were down a monk last night. Not sure why, yet, but I’m pretty sure it has something with his GAME launching today. Anyway, the rest of us were there, so we jumped in for another run in our softcore playground of destruction, where we steamrolled over most everything and brought the boom to the … Read more

Game Log: Guild Wars 2

I’ve been in my Guild Wars 2 guild a couple of days, and I’ve come to appreciate just how ironically named the game _is_. Sure, it’s just a spam invite guild — Ranger Rabble or something like that, even though I’m not a ranger — and (not for lack of trying) haven’t spoken to anyone … Read more

Game Log: Been awhile

I have to reluctantly admit that Diablo 3 became somewhat less fun when we stopped with Hardcore Mode. It was totally necessary that we go normal mode, because we just weren’t progressing, having to restart over and over again. There are other games, of course. Getting a million gold in the auction house, dropping 300K … Read more

Diablo 3: Rise of the Immortals

When we went “softcore” last week, I wasn’t sure I’d have anything to _write_ about. Sure, Sunday we made great progress, ripping through the Skeleton King and on to the Butcher, killed him without a death, rolled on to Act II. And it was fun, of course it was, because Stingite, Calrain and Spode are … Read more

Diablo 3 Hardcore: The Last Death

Hardcore in Diablo 3 is fun and exciting and in a group, it’s a heck of a chance for group dynamics to come into play. Well, until someone dies. And then the person that died has to make another character, try to level it up solo on the off days, only to still be below … Read more