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Tales of the Blight: Alien Export
[Part of my Dragon Age: Origins play through. Spoilers ahead!]Talking to Queen Anora at Arl Eamon's estate I am convinced she genuinely wants to stop the madness of her father. After easily proposing a...
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Tales of the Blight: Matters of Leadership
[Part of my Dragon Age: Origins play through. Spoilers ahead!]Before returning to Arl Eamon's estate I sort out a few other leadership issues first for the local thieves guild and the Blackstone...
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Tales of the Blight: Ye Olde Rope-a-dope
[Part of my Dragon Age: Origins play through. Spoilers ahead!]Since Anora will serve as another divider among the lords which cannot be dealt with right now, King Alistair orders her locked away in a...
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Tales of the Blight: Beginning of the End
[Part of my Dragon Age: Origins play through. Spoilers ahead!]Riordan shares with Alistair and myself why Grey Wardens are needed to stop the blight. It is specifically because to ultimately kill an...
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Tales of the Blight: The Price of War
[Part of my Dragon Age: Origins play through. Spoilers ahead!]With 50 Redcliffe Soldiers, 50 Dalish elf archers, 50 Dwarven Warriors and 16 Templars behind me I decide to try clear as much of the city...
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Tales of the Blight: Aftermath
[Part of my Dragon Age: Origins play through. Spoilers ahead!]With no one on the throne again, Queen Anora quickly claimed it as her own and held a celebration to honor our victory. I also convince her...
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Vindictus
For the past month I've been playing the free to play action MMO "Vindictus" a fair bit and obviously find it quite cool. That said it I also see that it has its fair share of problems. The town hubs...
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Vindictus: Newbie Guide
So you've just started Vindictus, made a character, maybe fought a giant spider already, and are now in the town of Colhen wondering what is next? Here are some tips that hopefully help someone out...
View ArticleMMOs: Cosmetic "Tax" Gold Sinks
[Added to my MMO Design Folder.] Getting gold out of the game is always a challenge for MMOs, given the amount generated by often times simply killing critters. Or killing critters and then selling...
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Today I Smiled: The Golem City
I have a big reason to smile today, as a good friend and guildmate of mine has made a preview trailer for his new young adult action/adventure novel. I've never actually heard of anyone making a video...
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Vindictus: Lessons from Vampires
Once you've managed to get past the two "tutorial" zones and finally find yourself in the perpetually burning town of Ainle (I wonder if the last "e" is silent) you will finally be facing your first...
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Gravity (Review)
"Nespresso, George?"Space, the final frontier. It's beautiful. It's quiet. It's also effing boring. This film follows newbie astronaut Sandra Bullock as she and her comrades try to survive deadly space...
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Vindictus: Monkeys in the Snow
The monkeys (yetis) in the Hoarfrost Depths also have some lessons they can teach you: Painful ones! Especially against the likes of the Yeti bosses, Big Horn and Rockjaw. You've already started to see...
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NWO: Grey Wolf Den Boss
Awwwoooooo?Since I've been doing write ups on all these Vindictus bosses I thought I'd put one up for Neverwinter Online too. Ethraniev Marrowslake is the final boss at Grey Wolf Den and like most...
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Neverwinter Online: Tiamat has arrived!
I wasn't going to do a boss write-up today but this one seems to be needed at the moment. Despite the new and, as expected, grindy zone of the Well of Dragons being out for awhile it was only a few...
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Hercules (The Rock's Version)
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's Hercules is a pretty interesting take on the story of the rather well known greek demigod, and he makes an excellent lead in this sort of thing. Unlike Kevin Sorbo's version...
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Vindictus: King of the Trolls
I started getting into real trouble when I reached the troll inhabited Hilder Forest Ruins. It's like an exam of every boss you have fought, just that they move faster, hit harder, and are way uglier....
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Elysium
Future Magic!In the future, Earth is where all the oppressed, poor, and otherwise unsavory masses live while the rich and well to do reside on the nearby orbiting man-made satellite which gives the...
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Today I Smiled: Competition
One thing Tiamat has brought is a small re-kindling of my NWO foundry building and I'm glad to report that the Scribes' Enclave still stands! To try show my appreciation I've joined this months...
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Vindictus: Oversized Enemies
More tips today but these are more for a Kai/ranged type.Giant, brute type enemies like Shakkar, the Ogre centurion, and Black Hammer always seem scarier, but in a non-raid mission this might actually...
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