Trackless hills of snowy white extended around Alderin in every direction. His footprints in the snow stretched in a seemingly endless trail behind him. He tried not to dwell on the frigid eternity he had already spent in the wintery wastes, or on the same eternity that must still wait in front of him. “No [...]
The felhunter, a truly horrific-looking demon, is the summon gained by warlocks at level 30 and the final standard summon in the warlock arsenal. All of the summons gained after the felhunter, not counting the felsteed at level 40, are considered “end-game” summons. That is, they are difficult to summon and even more difficult to [...]
Stumble Upon, that oh-so-wonderful Firefox extension, led me to a flash movie aptly named Whack Your Boss. It’s an interactive cartoon designed to provide some catharsis for all of those workers out there who are fed up with their employers. Part of me is horrified beyond belief that anyone would take the time to produce [...]
Like most people, it seems I’ve had misconceptions about MMORPGs. For example, I always assumed that my demographic was in the minority. After all, I’m in my mid-twenties, work full time, and I have a wife and a son. I play mainly as a way to relieve stress and spend time with my brother, who [...]
Over months of observation, I’ve discovered that the wisest piece of advice at my current job is, “Draw not the dragon’s ire.” The CEO has a habit of manually fixing any problem that comes to his attention, a process that usually involves a great deal of yelling and poorly thought-out, on-the-fly business practices. It happened [...]
I’ve been playing Thaos almost exclusively for awhile now, and he’s finally getting to a reasonably high level. Of course, I’m not nearly powerful enough to engage in PvP outside of the battlegrounds, but I’m definitely getting closer. Perhaps the strangest aspect of this, I find, is that I have come to rely on my [...]
“Water to fire, air to earth, law to chaos, life to death, light to dark. To each its opposite. This is a fundamental principle of magic.” Alderin read the words for perhaps the hundredth time as he feverishly gleaned the arcane texts. The books lay sprawled and stacked before him in great heaps. Always this [...]
The word on the grapevine at work is that my boss, who has undoubtedly taken notice of my liberal use of paid time off recently, has started to read my website. Naturally, this means he is aware of my job hunting activities and the extent to which I have been fed up with my current [...]
Well, it’s official. The one reason that I had often cited as being the only reason that Final Fantasy XI was better than World of Warcraft has been debunked. I logged on yesterday and, much to my excitement, Tarren Mill and Undercity were decorated with pumpkins and other interesting but festive elements. The first actual [...]
I took my last day off yesterday to go to my third interview so far. I was surprised by both the ease with which we found the building and the quality of the area. I guess I’ve seen so many concrete highrises lately that I forgot how some people enjoy a pleasant living/working environment. The [...]