It’s a Wipe: Second to last fight in Fiery Center

Second to last fight in Fiery Center. Fiery Warriors hit the primary and offtank. The Fiery Wizards cast small AEs. The Fiery Medics cast heals. Kill order is Wizards -> Warriors -> Medics. Pretty easy fight once you have the right raid group. The loot from the raid is a huge upgrade for everyone, causing … Read more

Valkyria Chronicles: How to Lie with the Truth

Valkyria Chronicles is, first and foremost, a dishonest game. It tells you what you need to know, then piles on all sorts of extraneous information in each mission that you're mentally adding all sorts of secondary objectives that are not part of the mission. For instance, the mission I just finished had as its objective … Read more

Gauntlet: Throwing Down.

I thought I would just dive into Gauntlet in "Normal" mode. I was okay at this, in the arcades, thirty years ago. Nothing much has changed, right? The original game was a co-op quarter gobbler. I never saw the end until I bought the home version for the Atari ST and just kept at it … Read more

It’s a Wipe: Fiery Hounds.

Haven't beaten this one yet. The five Fiery Hounds don't do much damage and one tank (this is my other tank now) can easily hold them with the standard two clerics keeping him up, and the druid healing the raid. Burninator was the only one of my wizards who showed up at raid time, so … Read more