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Am I the only one still writing about Diablo 3? Most (all?) of the people in my circles appear to have moved on. I admit to thinking of the game as a fairly wide miss before I went to hardcore. I just am not all that wild about games in which you grind and farm. … Read more
Team Spode continued through Act II in Diablo III last night, edging our way closer to the chapter’s fight against Belial. So far, though, the boss fights haven’t been that much of a problem, as we’re excessively paranoid about _those_. The _problem_ is just the good, old-fashioned mobs. Mobs here in the literal sense, as … Read more
The thing about hardcore mode is how nervous I get. It would be hard enough on my own; I could go as slow and careful as I want, and if I died, meh, I died. With three other people to watch, that’s just… exponentially more stressful. And this time, I picked the healer… so when … Read more
I’m very “anti” boring stuff in games these days. So after I finished my first run through of Diablo 3 and joined a public group to bring down Diablo him herself in one of the most telegraphed, least surprising twists EVER — anyway — I started in on Nightmare mode and found myself doing the … Read more
We’d battled our way to nearly the deepest depths of the measureless halls and caverns beneath the demonic Keep on the Shadowfell. We’d met slimes and jellies and bug-lizards and drakes and gnomes and goblins and goblins of the hob variety. We’d fed Splug to a carnivorous pool. We’d waded through hordes of skeletons and … Read more