» The GoG.com Dreamlist
02/15/25 16:15 (2 hours ago) from The Ancient Gaming Noob
I received an email a few weeks back… which I lost somewhere because after nearly 40 years online I have too many email accounts...
» Mind Over Magic – Starting a New Game
02/15/25 14:14 (4 hours ago) from Scopique
I figured I'd write down some tips for Mind Over Magic that I'm learning -- slowly and organically -- as I progress. To start: how to sta...
» The Past Is A River
02/15/25 13:49 (4 hours ago) from Inventory Full
And so we come to the music post that lost the coin-flip a week ago: new stuff. Well, new to me. Some of it may not feel all that " new "...
» Is the Remote Trading Outpost Bundle Good Value?
02/14/25 23:12 (19 hours ago) from Going Commando | A SWTOR Fan Blog
» Baldur's Gate Act 2 complete for Thomas Lionblood
02/14/25 22:40 (19 hours ago) from The Friendly Necromancer
Thomas Lionblood has now finished Act 2 of Baldur's Gate and destroyed the evil Kethric Thorn. The Friendly Necromancer says "Bai F...
» Mind Over Magic
02/14/25 17:20 (1 day ago) from Scopique
Don't wait for your invitation letter; build your own school of magic! Just don't expect any help in figuring out how to do that, exactly.
» Friday Bullet Points About Various Financial Reports
02/14/25 16:15 (1 day ago) from The Ancient Gaming Noob
It is Friday, and St. Valentine’s Day for you romantics. But I am going to take the day to talk about money. Several companies I ...
» Colors, Companions And Catching Up
02/14/25 15:14 (1 day ago) from Inventory Full
In an all-too-familiar story, I'm writing this now because a game I wanted to play has decided to re-download its entire 44gb client just...
» LOTRO: Gandalf, I like what you’ve done with your beard
02/14/25 14:00 (1 day ago) from Bio Break
Right now, I’m gunning 100% on Legacy of Morgoth in Lord of the Rings Online. Not only is it all new content to me, but I really wa...
» But Why? - Game Video Production - Part 1 of ?
02/14/25 01:52 (1 day ago) from Endgame Viable
I saw Roger is making some game videos , and I remember Scopique posted last year about editing video game videos , which reminded me tha...
» Seeking the Seventh Flame Level in Enshrouded
02/13/25 16:15 (2 days ago) from The Ancient Gaming Noob
Having gained a foothold in the Albaneve Summits, we had a few tasks to take care of. First on the list was to raise the flame level of o...
» Who Will Look After The Mounts?
02/13/25 16:09 (2 days ago) from Inventory Full
Yesterday brought some gaming news that should have been at least mildly upsetting but somehow felt more confusing than emotional. The ga...
» All Quiet on the Western Front and American Primeval (S1)
02/12/25 23:58 (2 days ago) from JVT Workshop
» WoW Housing Gets Some Pillars to Support It
02/12/25 16:15 (3 days ago) from The Ancient Gaming Noob
It feels like there is nothing a game designer likes more than to pontificate about their design pillars… assuming they’re no...
» World of Warcraft: Ping-ponging between alts
02/12/25 14:00 (3 days ago) from Bio Break
Running a set of weekly timewalking dungeons for that sweet 600+ gear is what’s keeping my toes in World of Warcraft retail right n...
» Neoclassical - Giving Blade&Soul Another Go
02/12/25 12:41 (3 days ago) from Inventory Full
I don't, by and large, suffer from FOMO. I can let all kinds of things slide without worrying about it. I do, however, have somethi...
» Civilization VII Arrives!
02/11/25 16:15 (4 days ago) from The Ancient Gaming Noob
I mentioned the Advanced Access launch of Civilization VII at our team standup last week… we’re all nerds there, it seems lik...
» Erenshor: Oh, by the way, which one is Bink?
02/11/25 13:01 (4 days ago) from Chasing Dings!
Erenshor is the single player RPG you tell MMO stories about. Related posts: Ogre Battle, Blaugust, Steam Deck, V Rising, and Guild Wars ...
» Random Stuff for February 11, 2025
02/11/25 12:56 (4 days ago) from Scopique
3D modeling, development slump, reading time, and why aren't I gaming, dammit?!
» Stars Reach Kickstarter Delayed, Testing Updates, Raph’s AMA, and Other Items
02/10/25 16:15 (5 days ago) from The Ancient Gaming Noob
On Saturday there was a fireside chat led by Carneros before the day’s play test opened up, a change up of the usual order of thing...
» Fallout 76: The legendary sheepsquatch!
02/10/25 14:00 (5 days ago) from Bio Break
This week I ventured down into the area of Fallout 76 known as the Ash Heap. It’s a lot of stuff burning or previously burned, soot...
» More Writing About Writing
02/10/25 12:54 (5 days ago) from Inventory Full
This is one of those (Thankfully rare.) days when I want to post something but don't have anything to post about. Obviously, that's not l...
» Goodbye Microsoft Office
02/09/25 22:21 (5 days ago) from Blog - Contains Moderate Peril
Humans are creatures of habit. Often we find it easier to stick with the status quo, rather than try something new or make a change. I ha...
» TAGN Fantasy Critic League 2025 – Week Five Sees a New Lead and a Cancelled Title
02/09/25 16:15 (6 days ago) from The Ancient Gaming Noob
We’re into week five… five of fifty two, so a long way to go still… and we have some more updates. We left off with the...
» Bio Break Mix Tape: Blake Babies, Stellar Blade, and more!
02/09/25 14:00 (6 days ago) from Bio Break
It’s the start of the week, so why not start it off right with some great tunes? Enjoy your latest Bio Break Mix Tape, a random collectio...
» Audible Catches Up With Me
02/08/25 18:15 (7 days ago) from The Ancient Gaming Noob
I have had an Audible.com account since May 14, 2000. That feels like a lifetime ago. My wife and I had been married less than a year a...
» The Invincible
02/08/25 16:07 (7 days ago) from Scopique
A short (6 hours) narrative experience on a far away planet from the 1960's.
» Star Citizen’s Apology Tour
02/08/25 12:34 (7 days ago) from Scopique
CIG commits to fewer features, more bug fixes in 2025. I'm tired, man, but I have to hold on to hope because what else can I do?
» Redacted Beholder
02/07/25 23:28 (7 days ago) from JVT Workshop
» Playing the BG3 Friendly Necromancer Character?
02/07/25 22:16 (7 days ago) from The Friendly Necromancer
Ok, SORRY. I thought I was done with Baulder’s Gate 3. I really did, but then I remembered I also really would love to make a Friendly Ne...
» Pull Up The Covers
02/07/25 16:08 (8 days ago) from Inventory Full
This is a tough one. Do I buckle down and get on with the covers post I've been threatening for what feels like months and for which I ha...
» WoW Classic: The life of a laid-back farmer
02/07/25 14:00 (8 days ago) from Bio Break
If playing retail WoW is pretty much focused in the moment-to-moment now, Classic is a more splintered experience. Sure, there’s th...
» Watching Other People Play Video Games
02/06/25 19:44 (8 days ago) from Blog - Contains Moderate Peril
The notion of live streaming or recording video game playthroughs is now a clearly established part of popular culture. It is something y...
» Games, Music, TV, Books... It Must Be The Grab-Bag!
02/06/25 16:45 (9 days ago) from Inventory Full
Today, I believe we shall have a grab-bag of various odds and ends. Even though it is Thursday. Because tomorrow I believe we shall have ...
» Uno Stacko and Ra
02/06/25 07:43 (9 days ago) from JVT Workshop
» Season Two of The War Within Is Changing Mythic Plus – And Maybe Hinting At More Changes To Come
02/05/25 19:00 (9 days ago) from Kaylriene
With the 11.1 PTR entering what is likely a near-final phase of testing on the Liberation of Undermine update for World of Warcraft’...
» Storytime Is Over
02/05/25 16:29 (10 days ago) from Inventory Full
This morning I finished the Signature Adventure Questline for EverQuest II' s twenty-first expansion, Scars of Destruction . For a given ...
» LOTRO: Camping in Middle-earth — at last!
02/05/25 14:00 (10 days ago) from Bio Break
This is really cool — at least for me. One of my constant most-requested features in MMOs is the simple ability to create a campsit...
» Phase Two – Aggregators of Social Media
02/05/25 13:40 (10 days ago) from Scopique
I've been trying a few social media aggregation apps, and they all fall short by offering a view-only window of our own accounts. Is this...
» Hell Let Loose and Dark and Darker
02/05/25 11:06 (10 days ago) from JVT Workshop
» 10 Types of Annoying PvP Match
02/04/25 21:26 (10 days ago) from Going Commando | A SWTOR Fan Blog
» Rule Of Three - or - Measure Once, Cut Thrice
02/04/25 12:06 (11 days ago) from Inventory Full
The Stars Reach Kickstarter kicks off for real next week. I know this because I'm being deluged with emails from Playable Worlds a...
» d20 rules comparison 2.0
02/03/25 22:32 (11 days ago) from GamingSF
Back in 2019 I did a rules comparison post between Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition, 5th edition and the Starfinder tabletop roleplayin...
» Follow The Money
02/03/25 18:33 (11 days ago) from Inventory Full
After I finished playing Wuthering Waves this afternoon I found myself thinking about a couple of things I remembered Naithin and ...
» Sniper Elite Resistance: 10 Tips
02/03/25 15:53 (12 days ago) from Blog - Contains Moderate Peril
I have played Sniper Elite for over a decade, through all its various iterations. Although the core game mechanics stay broadly the same,...
» Blender Render: The Filth
02/03/25 14:56 (12 days ago) from Scopique
As per usual, my own postmortem, this one for my first rendered scene.
» Syp’s gaming goals for February 2025
02/03/25 14:00 (12 days ago) from Bio Break
January 2025 in review Happy new year indeed! It was a nice if largely uneventful month of gaming. I didn’t deviate much from well-...
» Rolling Dice and Taking Names: My CaptainCon 2025 Experience
02/03/25 13:00 (12 days ago) from Chasing Dings!
We traveled through the Quiet Corner to the exotic Rhode Island to chew bubblegum and play board games. There was a lot more going on tha...
» LOTRO: Will Your Kinship Survive the Server Migration?
02/02/25 16:51 (13 days ago) from Blog - Contains Moderate Peril
I have many pleasant memories associated with playing the MMORPG The Lord of the Rings Online during its first decade. A lot of them are ...
» February 2025 Zone of the Month -- Gumdrop Forest
02/02/25 03:45 (13 days ago) from The Friendly Necromancer
Keeping the tradition alive! Randomness has returned us once again to Karamelle. Truly the universe is telling me I need to move al...