by GamerLady | Aug 12, 2014 | Blaugust, books, science fiction, writing
I have an entire room full of books. As I browse the shelves I realize that not only does my own book need to eradicate misspellings, keep point of view correct, fix any tense issues and entertain, but it also needs a spiffy name and decent cover art. I have no...
by GamerLady | Aug 11, 2014 | Blaugust, gaming, guilds, MMO
I read an interesting post on Massively today about Wildstar’s random factor and how it has chosen to structure its endgame. It struck a few chords with me. There may have even been a light bulb popping into existence over my head. I realized a while ago that...
by GamerLady | Aug 10, 2014 | Blaugust, gaming, graphics, MMO
I don’t have a lot of time today, but I thought I’d take a short walk down memory lane to share a few screen shots. One of my favorite character death shots comes from my WoW days. I know it was a graphical glitch, but these columns and the boss that...
by GamerLady | Aug 9, 2014 | Blaugust, books, writing
Is it just me, or do strong female characters often come across as being portrayed overly prickly and confrontational? I’ve been reading a series of books recently, written by a husband and wife team under the name Ilona Andrews, the Kate Daniels books. I have...
by GamerLady | Aug 8, 2014 | Blaugust, gaming, MMO, Star Wars The Old Republic, SWTOR
As I played through the ME3 Omega DLC again last night, I started thinking about why I am willing to play single player games and DLCs over and over again, but have such a distaste for daily quests in MMOs. I don’t want to hate daily quests or reputation grinds....
by GamerLady | Aug 7, 2014 | Blaugust, gaming
Today saw another big loss of talent at Bioware. Casey Hudson, who has been part of the development of many of my favorite games has been given a fond farewell by the studio’s general manager. While Casey’s words in the message are upbeat and positive in...
