EQ2: The long march to level 80.

It took me half an hour to find the portal from Gorowyn to Kylong Plains. Those helpful geniuses at EQ2 Interface must have thought that big glowing purple portal was too obvious to mention, or I just haven’t updated my maps recently… Anyway, Rock Band interfered for awhile (drumming on Hard is HARD), but eventually … Read more

EQ2: It’s a jungle in here.

While traveling, I could only play for a little bit here and there, so I focused mainly on Frostfell crafting when I did play. I did get a group finally to finish my Bone-Clasped Girdle, and thanks to the new non-aggroness of the Sanctum of the Scaleborn, advanced a step in my Wurmslayer quest. Yes, … Read more

EQ2: Charasis — The Vault

No time for leveling last night; when I sat down to play, I was invited to a Crypt of Agony group right away, and of course, I had to go. Have I mentioned that dungeon crawls are my absolutely favorite thing to do in EQ? It would be fair to say that meeting the dangers … Read more

EQ2: The City of Mist

The City of Mist is an island in the north of the Kunzar Jungle, full of heroic skeletons and golems and some bosses that, though the zone has been entirely redesigned from EQ1’s zone of elevators (of death) and invisible sky ramps (of death and gravity); EQ2’s is a ziggurat-shaped ramp system leading to the … Read more

Dear Chrysler

Dear Chrysler: Thank you for allowing me to beta test your “2007 PT Cruiser”. Though the car certainly seems polished, I have some questions that perhaps you can answer? First, the cost. Is this car free to drive? Your sales associate kept talking about a $300 monthly fee over four years, or a $20,000 “lifetime” … Read more