Diablo 3 Hardcore: The Last Death

Hardcore in Diablo 3 is fun and exciting and in a group, it’s a heck of a chance for group dynamics to come into play. Well, until someone dies. And then the person that died has to make another character, try to level it up solo on the off days, only to still be below … Read more

Diablo 3 Hardcore: He thought he was so clever

After agonizing over the decision whether or not to risk my character by facing Azmodan, the boss of Diablo 3’s Act III, I finally said ‘the Hell with it’ and waded in. I panicked, sure, when the pools of blood started spreading, remembering how they killed my demon hunter. But my demon hunter had crappy … Read more

Diablo 3 Hardcore: The Lord of Lies, Part 1

I don’t know _anyone_ who, upon first meeting the child emperor in Diablo 3 Act II, didn’t think they’d be battling him at the end of the chapter. We left off last week with Stingite, Spode and me (witch doctor, barbarian and monk) at level 23 and Calrain as a level 10 barbarian, still recovering … Read more

Microsoft Flight in the crosshairs

Is Microsoft Flight even a game? It’s barely even a flight simulator. Whatever it is, it’s dead now. Released to lackluster reception last spring as a free download with day 1 DLC, it was officially killed a couple days ago. I downloaded it when it went F2P. You don’t get much for nothing; a light … Read more

Diablo 3 Hardcore: More lives than Doctor Who

The ironic part was when I was saying something stupid about avoiding dying, and Calrain said, “Like I just did?” And I looked and yup, he was dead. The game removed his character from the party and deleted her, and the forces of Hell grew slightly weaker for a moment. Calrain made a new character, … Read more