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Warcraft: Why I Don’t Raid
I don’t play nearly as much World of Warcraft as I did originally, but the time I spend in game is spent doing relaxing things like fishing and cooking quests or grinding reputation. Even while leveling up, I didn’t do any of the dungeons at the level intended – most of the instances that my [...]
Review: Munchkin
Ever since I first went away to school and got broadband, I’ve read quite a few webcomics. One of the regulars in my rotation is still Dork Tower by John Kovalic. One thing led to another, and during my Livejournal craze of the first couple years of the 21st century, I added his feed to [...]
Anime Review: Aquarion DVD Set One
I purchased Aquarion mostly on impulse, like I usually do when I’m looking for new things. I had seen it advertised in some of the other Funimation sets I had purchased and was intrigued by the design. The fact that Funimation released it right off the bat in 13 episode sets was also a selling [...]
Warcraft Wednesday: Dual Specs
There is a lot of buzz in the Warcraft community about the long-promised dual specifications coming in patch 3.1. Also coming in that patch is the raid dungeon Ulduar, fortress of the Titans. Since I don’t do any raids, I’m only excited about Ulduar in respect to the lore involved – I mean, how could [...]
Board Meeting: Betrayal at House on the Hill
Acquiring Betrayal at House on the Hill involved fortuitous timing. I had been interested in Avalon Hill games ever since I was in college; during my freshman year we played floor-wide games of Diplomacy in the lounge of our dorm. Later on, I purchased a new version of that game and learned that Avalon Hill’s [...]
Consume This: Whisper of the Heart
The first Studio Ghibli film that I ever watched was, like many others before me, Princess Mononoke. After that, when Disney started releasing the films they owned distribution rights for I started picking up the other DVDs. I wandered along through Spirited Away, Nausicaa, and Castle in the Sky before I managed to catch Whisper [...]
Warcraft Wednesday: Stalled at 80
Last time I mentioned that my brother and I hit level 80 during the Sons of Hodir quests in the Storm Peaks. Well, we’re still pretty much exactly where we were since then. I’ve raised all of the Alliance race reputations to Exalted except Gnomeregan (stupid gnomes) and purchased each of their mounts. I think [...]
Level 80: Worth It
Last week I was down and out with a bad cold, so I stayed home from work. I managed to use my extra time at home to my advantage, however. Even though I was completely miserable, I was able to play World of Warcraft to pass the time. My brother and I managed to hit [...]
Board Meeting: Ticket to Ride
Ticket to Ride is a game published by Days of Wonder, designed by Alan R. Moon. It has had a number of expansions and variations, but this article covers the original.
The players are participants in a bet to see which person can cross the United States by rail the fastest – sort of an Around [...]
Warcraft Wednesday: The Lunar Festival
The latest holiday in World of Warcraft, the Lunar Festival, started last Saturday and runs until February 12, 2009. (Which, by the way, is the day after Love is in the Air begins.) This festival, at least for me, is a little more fun than the last one. During the Christmas holiday, I just never [...]
