On The Virtual Rights of Avatars, Part I - Avatars are Not Free and Equal
14 years ago Raph Koster, author of A Theory of Fun for Game Design, lead designer of Ultima Onlineand creative director of Star Wars Galaxies, penned an article called Declaring the Rights of Avatars....
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Letters from Tamriel, Part V - A Brief Interlude
Much has changed since I last wrote about TESO. I lack the discipline to churn out regular blog posts, preferring to play rather than write about games, and when I actually do write, I end up creating...
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Adrift in Archeage, Part I - Immigrant Blues
It's tough to be an immigrant.Stranger in a strange land. It's just Hatakeyama and her beast - mount - thingy - in a hostile world.You're a stranger in a strange land. You don't know the language, or...
View ArticleDiaries of a Ganker, Part VI - A Return to Azeroth
I really thought that I was done with WoW. I penned a series of posts last year entitled Diaries of a Ganker, and in these posts I gave the account of my shenanigans as a ganker on Illidan, as well as...
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Diaries of a Ganker, Part VII - Gearing Up For WoW
So I'm back in WoW, much to my surprise, and I have to say that I am really enjoying it. The game is like a comfortable pair of slippers, easy to slide back into it and gentle on the soles of the feet....
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Adrift in Archeage, Part II - Squatter's Rights
I'm now a proud landowner of a scratchy 8 by 8 plot in the northern foothills of the Windscour Savannah, courtesy of a helpful guildie named Promac, who pointed it out to me when I plaintively asked...
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Diaries of a Ganker, Part VIII - Embracing the Grind
So December 2nd has come and gone, and S16 has commenced in earnest. Season 16 has been renamed Warlords Season 1, as befitting an expansion whose underlying theme seems to be the reboot of the WoW...
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Adrift in Archeage, Part III - Crime and Punishment
Note: This post was written in early November, during my first run in Archeage - I'm now in my second run, having picked up from where my toon had stalled (41) when WoD was released.I've now stood...
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Adrift in Archeage, Part IV - Of Soil, Stone and Sea
This post was written during my second run at Archeage, the first having been terminated prematurely by the advent of WoD. Now that all my toons in WoW are at max level and geared, I have much more...
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Adrift in Archeage, Part V - Crossing Over
Ever since Hatakeyama reached the shores of the great sea in Archeage the beautiful blue waters have held a deep and abiding fascination for this young Harani. Born and raised in the orange, dusty...
View ArticleMake Way For the Heavyweight Champion of MMOs
Back in 1974, in an open workout before the seminal fight of the 20th century - Muhammad Ali versus George Foreman - the older, wiser, but ever mercurial Ali strode into the gym, and started drumming...
View ArticleA Murder of Crows, Part I - Kickstarter and Early Access
2015 has been a year of firsts for me. It is the first time I have paid money for an incomplete game, which is what I did when I plonked down $20 to enter the H1Z1 alpha. Early access is fast becoming...
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Diaries of a Ganker, Part IX - Inside the Mind of a Serial Ganker
It's been a long time since I went ganking, and I feel like the title of this series has become a bit of a misnomer given that I spend most of time in ranked matches rather than out in the open world...
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Diaries of a Ganker, Part X - Recceing Warspear
Can't very well call this series Diaries of a Ganker and not gank, so therefore, given that all my toons are fully Conquest geared and require no further grinding for the remainder of the season, I've...
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Diaries of a Ganker, Part XI - Two Druids Walk Into Warspear
What's better than ganking alone?Ganking with friends.Or with family, as it turned out. My sister and I logged on one evening, found no one on, realised that all our toons were Conquest capped and...
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Diaries of a Ganker, Part XII - Confessions of a Waterboy
Now that all my toons are Conquest geared I'm finding myself at a bit of a loss at what to do. My original plan was to push for rating at the end of the season, but I'm finding that I lack the drive...
View ArticleA Very Belated Liebster Response
Over a month ago, Bhagpuss of Inventory Full nominated me for a Liebster Award. I have to confess I am not a big fan of the Liebster, which as others have already pointed out is a cunningly disguised...
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Tales from the Blizzard, Part I - Hearthstone Shennanigans
These series of posts are intended to cover my thoughts on Blizzard games other than WoW - at the time of writing I am playing both Heroes of the Storm (HotS) and Hearthstone (HS), and I intend this...
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Diaries of a Ganker, Part XIII - The Battle for Twin Peaks
This will be my last WoW-related post for some time, as I have decided to hang up my WoW boots for the immediate future and return to TESO. I had already stopped playing WoW and am now just a...
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Letters from Tamriel, Part VI - All Quiet on the Western Front
One year ago the Imperial province of Cyrodiil was home to three massive factions engaged in a titanic clash of arms. The Altmeri Dominion, the Daggerfall Covenant and the Ebonheart Pact battled each...
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