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World of Warcraft: Boss Mechanics, Farming and LFR
When patch 5.2 hit, I felt that the game went in the wrong direction, hence why I quit for a bit. One thing I noticed about the fights were the general increasing complexity. While making fights more interesting can be a good thing, I think the developers are wrong because they don’t really understand their…
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World of Warcraft: Worst Zones
I saw a thread on the World of Warcraft forums discussing the top 5 worst zones. I am going to list out my worst zones here but this is more for leveling than anything else: Badlands – When they re-did this zone, I was somewhat excited because there wasn’t a lot of quests here originally.…
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World of Warcraft: Has LFR Ruined Raiding?
Over on the World of Warcraft forums, there’s a bunch of threads talking about how LFR has ruined raiding. While LFR has its share of problems, I feel that the essence that people believe which is raiding has not been ruined by LFR. There are two aspects I think people refer to when it comes…
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World of Warcraft: What and When to Use Voidbinders (Item Upgrades)
With the cost of valor points coming down in patch 5.3 for upgrading items using Voidbinders, you might ask yourself, “Should I start upgrading my items? And if so which ones?” This blog attempts to address some of those questions. One thing I noticed with regards to Mist of Pandaria in its current state is…
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Prometheus 2: Thoughts About New Movie
Recently, there’s rumors circulating that Ridley Scott has signed on Rik Barnett to the Prometheus 2 series. Supposedly, Rik will have some connection to Shaw. In what capacity, it’s hard to say. I’m not sure if this means that they officially have a script now. Last I heard, Fox and Ridley Scott were struggling to…
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World of Warcraft: Patch 5.3 Experiences Thus Far
Okay, I got bored after finishing my Prometheus 2 script so I’m back to playing World of Warcraft slightly ahead of schedule. Patch 5.3 has a bunch of goodies mostly along the lines of loot and nerfed XP so I didn’t really want to miss out too much. So far as a casual player, I’ve…
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Graduate School or No?
I saw an interesting article on linkedin discussing whether to attend graduate school or not. Most of the points in the article are things that resonate with me. But here’s my take on graduate school. A while back, I thought about getting an MBA. I knew quite a few people back in Japan who were…
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Baldur’s Gate 2: Two More Party Slots?
After writing my previous commentary on party composition (which I did in the past from a different blog), I mourned the fact that the game did not allow for a slightly bigger party. While there are other issues in having such large parties, the thing about games like Baldur’s Gate is the fun factor in…
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Baldur’s Gate 2: Class/Party Composition Re-Roll Thoughts
I just busted out my Baldur’s Gate 2 disc (although my reader isn’t working for some reason) as I have been thinking quite a bit about this subject lately. Nothing excites me more than character creation in an RPG. Baldur’s Gate 2 satisfies this craving by allowing one to create up to 6 different characters…
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Diablo 3: Auction House is Back, Message from Director and More Patch 1.0.8 Stuff
Tonight, the Auction House was reinstated following a message from the director of product over at Blizzard that detailed the issues/fallout of the gold duping. Essentially, he summarized the actual bug and how Blizzard proceeded to correct the issue, their decision not to rollback the patch and even some stats on the percentage of people…