{"id":127,"date":"2008-03-15T18:17:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-16T00:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xenopulse.com\/blog\/?p=127"},"modified":"2008-03-15T18:17:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-16T00:17:00","slug":"darkswords-questing-titans-and-blood-elves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xenopulse.com\/blog\/?p=127","title":{"rendered":"Darkswords, Questing Titans, and Blood Elves."},"content":{"rendered":"

My latest reading expedition was through the Darksword trilogy, circa 1988, written by Margaret Weis<\/a> and Tracy Hickman.<\/a> I do not recall why I originally picked these three books up, but when I saw them, still unread, in a box I figured I should take a peek. Sadly I found the first few chapters of the first book to be the best part.<\/p>\n

It starts with setting up the world of the Darksword, and I really liked the setup. Alas the follow up seemed like an amateurish D&D\/D20 modern story hour. The author’s are best known for their creation of the Dragonlance and Deathgate series and I am hoping when I get around to reading those that they are better than the Darksword.<\/p>\n

On another note, I finished up Titan Quest: Immortal Throne on the normal difficulty and I really enjoyed it. Sadly the studio that created the game closed up shop as I was finishing the game. <\/p>\n

The game offers so many different character combinations, almost overwhelmingly so, and all the ones I played offered a slightly different way to play the game. The art direction and level design were spot on; they really took advantage of their assets and made a game that is fun to play and look at. I the only negative thing I can think to say, is the static nature of the game. I wish they could have found some way to integrate some areas that are randomly generated each time you play. As it stands right now, once I completed the game, after leveling up a few other characters, I decided to simply uninstall the game.<\/p>\n

Of course with that game done, I was off to look for something else to play. I tried a few things; Lost Odyssey, Fable, the greatness of AudioSurf, some Age of Conan beta, a bit of Gal Civ2, a few games of Sins of the solar empire, and several demos. Nothing captured my attention.<\/p>\n

Then this week, my wife asks me if I have signed back up with WoW yet (she knows it is inevitable). I said no, and for a split second I saw a tiny spec of disappointment. I responded with how I was going to be strong and only go back when I really feel the call; again a tiny drop of sadness. <\/p>\n

“Why do you ask?”, I asked. And she stammers. “Well, I sorta think it would be fun to play again, with you, maybe a couple of hours, a few times a week. I remember having fun with it, back you know, when I played, and I think it would be something fun for us to do together.”<\/p>\n

Gulp, resolve failing. “Well I have been thinking of playing some Lotro again, maybe we can play that together?” She nods. So a couple of days go by and I get both computers patched up and ready to play, but then something happens.<\/p>\n

We were looking at Lotro sites talking about the classes, and when I try and describe them I use WoW classes as comparisons. Once I do that and see the haze of mystery replaced with a grin of recognition. WoW’s classes, have become iconic to my wife, whether she knows it or not. She knows what warrior, rogue, priest, mage, and pally are. She knows what a human, gnome, troll, orc and the rest are. She knows and remembers some of the places. I know in an instant that we are bound to be back playing wow, because it will be easier for us to get in and play with out feeling completely lost.<\/p>\n

So now, after a couple of days of getting the game and mods updated on both machine, we have a pair of new Blood Elves and its been a blast.<\/p>\n

And of course, I know myself too well to think that the only time I will play will be with her and our new elves. No, it is only a matter of time before I am on trying to level up one of my alts or doing daily quests for coin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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