Juxtaposed Life

Category: Games

  • Thursday Thoughts

    Today I saw a tweet from a friend of mine, @dlangar , asking the world, “*can* a dev or journalism site shape the attitude of it’s community, or past a certain point is it beyond its control?” I was behind on my internet reading and before I could even respond he had written a blog…

  • Free Ride

    Yesterday I stumbled upon a FlyFF and Rappelz, both of which are several years old and yet for some crazy reason I downloaded them. Today after installation and account creation I played both for a very short bit, during which I took a few notes.

  • You got your story in my shooter!

    Call of Duty 4, xbox360 When Call of Duty 4 was released a lot of people I know told me I needed to play it, so I borrowed a 360copy and gave it a try. It seemed alright, but all it did was reinforce my belief that I suck at console FPSs. Actually, my thought…

  • Quests Quests Quests

    I know lots of bloggers and wow fan sites have already discussed Jeff Kaplan’s GDC09 session about quests and quest design, but after reading several accounts I am compelled to make some comments of my own. First I strongly suggest you read some of the accounts; here are two WoWinsider , IGN The first thing…

  • Comment on a simpler time

    I just read a post on Ixobelle’s blog that really struck a cord with me. Go read it…

  • Start of April News

    Below are some items I found of particular interest today. I will post more as I find them but there is no telling how long these links will be valid so get them fast. Lotro lore breach? The Daiblo 3 Archivist Qualcomm’s convergance Interactive Portal shirts Unicorn Chaser Tauntaun Sleeping bag Alpine legend CADIE and…

  • Lotro Crafting Identifying Scholar and Jeweler components

    Since I have yet to actively work with scholar’s and jewelers I have had a bit of trouble identitfying which compents are used at which levels in those professions.  This lack of knowledge leads to confusion when trying to clean out my bags, so I did a bit of research today and put together…

  • Lotro Crafting Trophy list part 2

    My lotro minstrel is into his 30’s I figured it was time to update my list of crafting trophy items. I is posted after the break and updated last on 03/30/09.   Do note that I do know I don’t have them all, and they are not sorted very well, so I am again…