Gamer Reverie: January 2021

Saturday, January 30, 2021

Soundtrack Saturday: Hades

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 Hades by Supergiant Games.

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Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Wishlist Wednesday: The Falconeer

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 Falconeer by Tomas Sala.

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Monday, January 25, 2021

Learning LOTRO: Lesson Forty-Two - Festivals

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 this morning's first entry about Special Events than with one about the biggest and best events in Lord of the Rings Online? Festivals! In this entry I'll talk about the Festivals that run for several weeks at a time and bring out the best of their seasons!

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Learning LOTRO: Lesson Forty-One - Special Events

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.

As if it wasn't magical enough to play a hero or heroine in Middle-earth, Lord of the Rings Online offers a variety of extra events on a regular basis. In this entry, I'll talk about the Special Events that take place over long weekends, just because, or leading up to something else.

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Saturday, January 23, 2021

Soundtrack Saturday: Demon's Souls

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 Demon's Souls by Bluepoint Games.

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Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Wishlist Wednesday: Pluviophile

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 Pluviophile by Tonguç Bodur.

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Monday, January 18, 2021

Learning LOTRO: Lesson Forty - Warden Class

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.

It's time for the tenth and final class-focused entry in the series! Today we get to talk about the Warden class! (Finally. Sorry for such a lengthy delay, friends.) Available to elves, men and hobbits, this class is based on Haldir, the marchwarden of Lothlórien, and his brothers Rúmil and Orophin. I had to, of course, end the class entries as I had begun them -- as an elf. This class was introduced with the Mines of Moria expansion, and otherwise costs 795 Points in the LOTRO Store, even for VIPs.

This class is labeled as Advanced with good reason! If you are not the sort of gamer who enjoys stringing combos together and remembering what those combos do in the middle of combat -- or often several actions in advance -- then this is not a class for you. It's noted in the LOTRO wiki that "the Warden's gameplay mechanics owe a debt to Tekken as much as to any Elf-lord."

Per the established method, the theme this time was "grey" and "space," so I used Welsh to come up with Serenniwil, or literally "star fog." Don't look at me like that. I think it works just fine!

The following is a basic summary of the creation process and some of the things you'll encounter when you start out in LOTRO with a Warden and/or Elf.