Month: June 2013

  • World of Warcraft: Rogue at 90 But Massively Frustrated Again

    I made a big push to get my rogue to 90 today. That’s make my 9th level 90 toon, leaving only my priest and monk. I think I’ll probably just not bother with my monk, seeing how much time and effort leveling the rest of my toons took. But overall, I will say that it…

  • World of Warcraft: Easy Gold with Embersilk Bags

    If you have a tailor who is level 90 and can do reasonable AoE farming, then this quick guide is for you. In Deepholm, there’s a section where you have numerous troggs engaged in a perpetual battle on the south western corner of the map. You can find anywhere between 4-10+ mobs gathered around. These…

  • Computer Tech: Why I Refuse to Buy Dell and Alienware Anymore

    At one time both Dell and Alienware were held in high esteem both as solid computer makers and (in the case of Alienware) the top-of-the-line gaming system manufacturer. Once I started speaking with people about Alienware, I came to realize that I made a huge mistake in picking up this turd of a system. A…

  • Why Girl Gamers is a Great Thing for the Industry

    Having grown up during the era of the Atari 2600, Commodore 64 and $0.25 arcade games, it was a real rarity to see gamer girls around. Usually, if you found any gamer girls they would either be Asian or some tomboy type. Some how like many things girls ended up getting pegged as people who…

  • World of Warcraft: Was Wrath of the Lich King the Best Expansion?

    I know a lot of people ended up panning Wrath of the Lich King, with old timers calling people starting in that era “Wrath Babies”. People criticized the instances as being too easy, ICC as allowing casuals to participate, allowing people to purchase gear using badges and even some of the dumbed down quest design.…

  • Game Streamers and My Pet Peeves

    Normally, I try to say positive things about streamers I enjoy following. However, I was one particular person (who I won’t name here) and some of his actions really made me disgusted. The issue was over giveaways and the idea of being disqualified for giveaways for those who leave the chat for whatever reason. I…

  • World of Warcraft: DPS Class/Spec Review for Patch 5.3

    Mike Preach has come up with some interesting videos discussing whether you should roll a certain class or not. I felt inspired by a lot of his commentary and wanted to throw my two cents into the mix by examining the DPS roles of classes and specs I’ve played in this expansion so far. Retribution…

  • Diablo 3: Nice MP5 Farming Route for Barbarians (Act 1)

    I managed to upgrade my barbarian slightly recently, which is allowing me to handle Monster Power 5 Act 1 just fine. Stat-wise, he has (unbuffed) 38.8k health, 640 all resistances, 6.5k armor, 1.1k life on hit and is around 113k DPS. I use a Scoundrel as my companion for the increased critical hit chance. Unless…

  • World of Warcraft: Some Cheap Tricks to Get Easy Stuff at Level 90

    I consider myself a casual and lazy player. But not lazy as in “I just want to sit on my ass and be handed stuff while sleeping and eating pizza simultaneously.” Lazy as in “I want to play smart with doing minimal effort but maximizing what I can do with my time.” Sometimes, I feel…

  • Diablo 3: Itemization Design Ideas

    There was some talks on the Itemization patch (aka Loot 2.0) with a nice summary on the Diablo Fans page. The three big ideas are 1) making legendaries have unique properties; 2) making items upgradable (and thereby non-tradeable); and 3) more attention to less used class talents/skills. While the last part is yet to be…