Nektulos Forest (Re-)Revisited

I'm not a fan of what they did to some of the old classic EQ1 zones with the Depths of Darkhollow and Prophecy of Ro. What possibly reason is there to take the old cities and forests we loved for all their faults and simplicity and make them crushingly dark, ugly and depressing? Nektulos Forest, … Read more

Undressed to Kill

For a gaming blog, I sure don’t manage to write that much about gaming… I wrote Friday about how the COO of the company was asked by the owner to give each woman employee a hundred dollars to buy dresses to get ideas for a new dress line. I never wear dresses, but when the … Read more

Persian rug makers disprove Intelligent Design

Browsing the CNN web, came across this interview with Gerald McRaney, who used to play the brother with the moustache on “Simon & Simon”. And he says this about the actors in his current series, “Deadwood” (never seen it), who try to put some human imperfections into their acting to make it seem more real: … Read more

Dress for Success

This morning while working on a report, the gal with whom I was working looked at another woman walking by with a doughnut and a Diet Coke. She couldn't believe that's what they were having for breakfast! Since that's exactly what I was having for breakfast, I asked why she hadn't said the same about … Read more

EQ2: Bringing a Knife to a Fyst Fight

No EQ1 raiding yesterday, and of course I totally forgot to hunt up my City of Heroes disks and check out Paragon City once more. I logged Nashuya in to sell and repair prior to finishing up the Cauldron Hollow access quest needed for the next fight in the Restoring Ghoulbane heritage. Heard in the … Read more