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DM of the Rings Remastered CXXXVI: Knock, Knock
Wednesday Action Log 10-15-25
I didn’t get to play many games this week. It was my birthday on Sunday so my family wanted me to go experince ‘joy’ with them. Grumble grumble.
Jokes aside, I did get my oldest sibling to try Slay the Spire. They’re enjoying it, which is nice, but it’s making me pine for the release of Slay the Spire 2.
I only just saw that Next Fest started. I’m probably going to go hunting for something go play there, and if I remember, I’ll talk about it later.
How is everyone else this week?
Blizzard Did It Again
While trying to get World of Warcraft to install and run on my laptop once again (see previous entry), I started seeing a lot of commentary about something called Turtle WoW. Blizzard has created “Hardcore” mode for World of Warcraft Classic, Season of Discovery for World of Warcraft Classic, Twentieth Anniversary Edition for World of Warcraft Classic, and the upcoming Classic+ for World of Warcraft Classic, in addition to soon launching *the latest* expansion, Midnight; which finally adds “player housing,” a feature planned for the original release in 2004. Given all that, I assumed Turtle WoW was a new feature for World of Warcraft Classic. Turns out I was *sort of* right.
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DM of the Rings Remastered CXXXV: There and Back Again
Wednesday Action Log 10-08-25
Once again, nothing much happening.
The only thing a managed to do was, finish the providence trials with each character in Risk of Rain Returns.
That’s about it. What’s everyone else doing?
DM of the Rings Remastered CXXXIV: Hold Your Horses
I Think This Time of Year Every Year…
…things get a little bit busy. And by “busy” I mean sometimes **** just falls off the rails and you struggle to keep your head above water. That’s mixing metaphors quite badly, I think. Images of a train crash and going in the water in an uncontrolled way, which I guess *could* actually be related. The Well There’s Your Problem podcast did a great episode on the “Overseas Railroad” for the Florida Keys, where a train crash could literally throw you into the Atlantic Ocean. Or technically the Gulf of Mexico, I guess.
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Programming Language for Games
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The Biggest Game Ever
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DM of the Rings
Both a celebration and an evisceration of tabletop roleplaying games, by twisting the Lord of the Rings films into a D&D game.
Shamus Plays LOTRO
As someone who loves Tolkein lore and despises silly MMO quests, this game left me deeply conflicted.
The Best of 2011
My picks for what was important, awesome, or worth talking about in 2011.
Video Compression Gone Wrong
How does image compression work, and why does it create those ugly spots all over some videos and not others?
Batman: Arkham City
A look back at one of my favorite games. The gameplay was stellar, but the underlying story was clumsy and oddly constructed.
Patreon!
Why Google sucks, and what made me switch to crowdfunding for this site.
Best. Plot Twist. Ever.
Few people remember BioWare's Jade Empire, but it had a unique setting and a really well-executed plot twist.
The Dumbest Cutscene
This is it. This is the dumbest cutscene ever created for a AAA game. It's so bad it's simultaneously hilarious and painful. This is "The Room" of video game cutscenes.