Come for the games, stay for the drama.
Tipa 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
The thing about hardcore mode is how nervous I get. It would be hard enough on my own; I could go as slow and careful as I want, and if I died, meh, I died. With three other people to watch, that’s just… exponentially more stressful. And this time, I picked the healer… so when … Read more
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
We’d battled our way to nearly the deepest depths of the measureless halls and caverns beneath the demonic Keep on the Shadowfell. We’d met slimes and jellies and bug-lizards and drakes and gnomes and goblins and goblins of the hob variety. We’d fed Splug to a carnivorous pool. We’d waded through hordes of skeletons and … Read more
This has little to do with Blizzard’s upcoming MMO, code name Titan, largely because I know nothing about it. I’d like to be enthusiastic about it, but like the late, lamented Project Copernicus, no information means no enthusiasm. Teasing can work if it’s followed fairly soon by something real. In Project Copernicus’ case, I think … Read more