WoW and EQ2: Newbie Quests

Finished fighting the Scholar to finish the Strange Black Stone quest, turned to go, and was taken aback for a moment by the beauty of the sunset. My God, video games have come a long way. And this looked absolutely fabulous on my widescreen monitor… Every gamer blog eventually talks about WoW and some-other-game, usually … Read more

An End to Fear

It takes a lot of soul shredding to satiate a Fear god. I shredded in the Commonlands. I shredded in Nektulos Forest. I even shredded in the new Nektropos Castle instance (tip: bring repair kits. Lots of them.) I eventually shredded those hundred souls and brought them to the Fear portal in the Feerrott. I … Read more

Maybe I’m Just Being Paranoid…

… but my boss is returning from Bali without warning way earlier than I had previously heard, I am being cautioned not to make any long-term changes to our IT setup, I am to write complete step-by-step descriptions of everything I do so that someone else could do it, the company isn’t doing all that … Read more

Be Afraid… Be Very Afraid…

I spent a week and a day sailing uncharted shores. Upon my return, there were everywhere whispers and rumors of the old gods. Strange creatures, strange even for the Feerrott, appeared near the dread Temple of Cazic-Thule, burst from between the cracks and crevices of what seemed a solid wall of rock. I found no … Read more

The End in Sight

I have to be honest — I’m a bit ambivalent about reaching level 70 (soon; level 66 at the moment). On one hand – I no longer have to get experience. On the other hand, it’s either raid or stagnate or work on alts. Now, I hardly ever find myself doing things just for experience, … Read more