The Problem with Zombies

My Internet connection went out unexpectedly last night. Rather than stare forlornly at the router all night, I decided to be productive. Put together that lamp I bought. Did the dishes. Unpacked some more boxes. Complained to my cat that even though we sleep together, he’s not my type… Er… never mind about that one… … Read more

Dorah the Explodah

Got Dina to level 44 last night adventuring in Lavastorm; her first level since last May. Earlier had hooked up with Solamon, and he, along with Nashuya and Dina, did the first three runs in the JBoots quest (I was pretty impressed that Solamon, at 19, finished the TS run…). Between that, some Guitar Hero, … Read more

Various News

Initial reviews of Final Fantasy XII look really good. This is the one that uses a FFXI Online-like world map. If they could let me make my own characters and use them, instead of pre-generated ones, this would be anything I could ever want in a console RPG. And it still may be. Devices based … Read more

Kingdom of Loathing

For those of you who love the hyper-realism of Order of the Stick and have maxed out your ProgressQuest characters, give Kingdom of Loathing a try. Web based, single player, usually hilarious. Tipa is a level 1 Turtle Handler. I think she has enough Musclarity or whatever to level…

Ruins of Varsoon

I got a group for Nashuya in the usual way… someone needed help killing a named in Thundering Steppes; I was running Dera through there on the way to Enchanted Lands to meet up with Nashuya and knock off some writs, so I offer to help (with Dera), then get them to invite “my SK”. … Read more