Wishlist Wednesday: Wildfire

 

In this weekly feature, I share game titles from my various gaming wishlists. I share screenshots and video from the developer, talk about my expectations, and generally just ramble about why the title made it onto my list in the first place. This week's choice is Wildfire by Sneaky Bastards.

Learning LOTRO: Delay Notice

 

The Learning LOTRO series -- and everything else -- is going to be delayed for reasons beyond my control.

Soundtrack Saturday: Bastion

 

In this weekly feature, I recommend game soundtracks. I share a few of my favorite tracks, talk about why everyone should listen to the soundtrack, and a little bit about the composer. This week's choice is Bastion by Supergiant Games.

Wishlist Wednesday: The White Door

 

In this weekly feature, I share game titles from my various gaming wishlists. I share screenshots and video from the developer, talk about my expectations, and generally just ramble about why the title made it onto my list in the first place. This week's choice is The White Door by Rusty Lake.

Learning LOTRO: Lesson Thirty-Nine - Guardian Class Quests

 

In this series, I talk about various aspects of The Lord of the Rings Online. This series is meant for newcomers, but may also help veteran players find more to love about the game.

The Marathon Day Recap: 2020 Edition

 

For my 8th year of Extra Life, I played The Lord of the Rings Online over the course of 24 hours and raised $501 to surpass my goal of $3,000. This is what happened!

Soundtrack Saturday: Furi

 

In this weekly feature, I recommend game soundtracks. I share a few of my favorite tracks, talk about why everyone should listen to the soundtrack, and a little bit about the composer. This week's choice is Furi by The Game Bakers.

Wishlist Wednesday: A Fold Apart

 

In this weekly feature, I share game titles from my various gaming wishlists. I share screenshots and video from the developer, talk about my expectations, and generally just ramble about why the title made it onto my list in the first place. This week's choice is A Fold Apart by Lightning Rod Games.

Learning LOTRO: Lesson Thirty-Eight - The Auction House

 

In this series, I talk about various aspects of The Lord of the Rings Online. This series is meant for newcomers, but may also help veteran players find more to love about the game.

What better follow-up to last week's entry about Crafting Guilds than to discuss the place where you can sell your crafted items? This week I'll be covering all of the basics about The Auction House: what it is, how to use it, the instructions you no longer receive for it, and why it too is an important part of the player economy in The Lord of the Rings Online.

Soundtrack Saturday: Final Fantasy VI

 

In this weekly feature, I recommend game soundtracks. I share a few of my favorite tracks, talk about why everyone should listen to the soundtrack, and a little bit about the composer. This week's choice is Final Fantasy VI by Square.

Extra Life Marathon: 2020 Edition

It's here! It's Marathon Day! And if you're reading this, I'm already playing away in Lord of the Rings Online to raise money for the kids at Children's National!

What you'll find here:

• Special Announcements relating to community incentives & poll outcomes
• A list of stuff I will (try) to give away over the 24 hours
• How I prepared for this
• How unprepared I actually am

Wishlist Wednesday: The Great Perhaps

 

In this weekly feature, I share game titles from my various gaming wishlists. I share screenshots and video from the developer, talk about my expectations, and generally just ramble about why the title made it onto my list in the first place. This week's choice is The Great Perhaps by Caligari Games.

Learning LOTRO: Lesson Thirty-Seven - Crafting Guilds

 

In this series, I talk about various aspects of The Lord of the Rings Online. This series is meant for newcomers, but may also help veteran players find more to love about the game.

So, about Thirty lessons ago, in lesson Seven back in April, I discussed Craft Vocations. Now that we've progressed a good bit and you've had more time in the game, it's time to take the next step with crafting and discuss Crafting Guilds. These Guilds are for specific production professions and offer a variety of benefits. In this entry, we'll discuss what the Crafting Guilds are, where to find them, how to join them, how you benefit from them, and how they fit in the player economy of Lord of the Rings Online.

Extra Life Marathon 2020: LOTRO Class Reveal

Because the Away Shall Fade kinship on Landroval was so AWESOME in supporting the PvMP 4 Extra Life event on Labor Day weekend, I promised them I would spend the entire Extra Life marathon in LOTRO playing a new character. They've had several weeks now to submit class guesses to me for a chance to win VIP Time or an equivalent gift. Today I reveal the class!