Category Archives: World of Warcraft

Cautiously optimistic on Dragonflight #WorldofWarcraft

Posted on April 19, 2022 by Telwyn

I’m breaking radio silence to post about the World of Warcraft expansion announcement that I just watched live on YouTube: Dragonflight (offical site page). Regular posts won’t resume until mid-late May due to work commitments but a new expansion for … Continue reading →

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A double anniversary

Posted on February 12, 2022 by Telwyn

This blog turns eleven today, the blog’s anniversary is something that I’ve usually missed every year since I stopped posting every day, the anniversary message within WordPress coming a day or two late for me to necessarily mark the event. … Continue reading →

Posted in Guild Wars, MMORPG, SWTOR, World of Warcraft | 4 Comments

Games I should make time for…

Posted on January 30, 2022 by Telwyn

December and January have been very busy times for me for the last four years. As well as IT, I am also responsible for reporting at the company I’ve been working for that long and the annual report is due … Continue reading →

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Adding replay value

Posted on January 22, 2022 by Telwyn

Do MMORPG designers miss a trick when it comes to replay value? Computer RPG gaming (of the single-player kind), such as Jedi: Fallen Order, usually have some ways to encourage a replay: there are varied ways of building your character … Continue reading →

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Microsoft taking over (Activision) Blizzard

Posted on January 18, 2022 by Telwyn

Well that was quite the headline: “Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard to bring the joy and community of gaming to everyone, across every device”. Not something I would have predicted even given all the rolling scandals over at Blizzard. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Grim dark stories

Posted on January 6, 2022 by Telwyn

I was struck overnight by the thought that I’m very tired of grim-dark story-telling in Science Fiction/Fantasy entertainment. I feel like games, movies and TV have focused rather too heavily on this tone over the last few years. It’s a … Continue reading →

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Skylanders Superchargers screenies #IntPiPoMo

Posted on November 28, 2021 by Telwyn

Although I’ve been playing PS4 for some months now, I’ve not written much about it, nor shared many screenshots. Unlike PS3 at least it is pretty easy to take a screenshot on this generation of the console. Typically for Sony, … Continue reading →

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“May as well not be an MMO”

Posted on July 15, 2021 by Telwyn

Naithin has a post that’s caused some interesting conversation around MMORPGs and how some of us experience them. His post talks about FFXIV and how solo levelling can lack some of the MMO experience. This made me think back to … Continue reading →

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LOTRO and nostalgia gaming in 2021

Posted on July 10, 2021 by Telwyn

I think I’m immune to the pull of nostalgia in gaming, or have grown largely to be. I logged on to the Lord of the Rings Online Treebeard ‘slow’ progression server and created a new human Loremaster to play through … Continue reading →

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Gaming update – June 2021

Posted on June 26, 2021 by Telwyn

I’m in a real MMORPG lull at the moment for various reasons. We’ve been on a World of Warcraft break for well over a month now, although 9.1 has a launch date looming, I’m in no big hurry to return … Continue reading →

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