The Babbling Gamer

Zeus: Rise from your grave! Me: Yeah, ok, maybe. Many years, three kids, and a move from the West coast to the Southeast later, it's time to try my hand at blogging again.  Maybe. We'll se...

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I know that we, as a species, often like to complain.  "Oh my back hurts," or "oh that person is so mean" or "oh I've been stabbed, why won't anyone help me?!"  Complain complain.  Star Trek O...

http://rpgwire.blogspot.com/2014/01/complaining-about-free-things.html

You want to Dota 2, but you're a noob?  It's ok, don't be afraid.  I've been playing for a while, and I'm still a noob.  Thankfully, there are ways to play the game that don't involve being pa...

http://rpgwire.blogspot.com/2014/01/i-want-to-dota-but-i-am-noob.html

It's been a long time since I posted anything, and I'll admit I'd pretty much given up on this whole "blogging" thing.  Job changes, life changes, lack of free time, lack of motivation, and a bi...

http://rpgwire.blogspot.com/2014/01/its-been-long-time.html

Guild Wars 2 is on the horizon -- not next month, and maybe not the one after that either, but soon.  Many people are interested in the game who have no experience with Guild Wars and the rich...

http://rpgwire.blogspot.com/2012/05/guild-wars-2-primer-part-1.html

So, finding myself with a little more time on my hands due to yet another job change, and a little more interested in talking about things with games like Guild Wars 2 and Diablo 3 on the horizon...

http://rpgwire.blogspot.com/2012/05/trying-this-again.html

Between work, family life, and more games than I can shake a stick at, I'm finding I simply don't have time to update this blog very often, and when I do I don't feel terribly inspired. So I'm ...

http://rpgwire.blogspot.com/2012/02/hiatus.html

Although most of my time is still being spent meandering my way through The Old Republic, when I feel the need for a break from blasters and lightsabers I've been exploring the options provided b...

http://rpgwire.blogspot.com/2012/01/transwarping-through-star-trek-online.html

A friend of mine recently read this post by Raph Koster.  He suggested (perhaps "demanded" would be a better word) that I write a blog post about it, and give my opinion.  Well, he's sort of g...

http://rpgwire.blogspot.com/2012/01/nature-of-mmo-gaming.html

Well, SWTOR patch 1.1 went live today and Ilum PvP has turned out almost exactly as I predicted in my previous post.  I really don't know what Bioware was thinking, or how the current implementa...

http://rpgwire.blogspot.com/2012/01/ilum-pvp-change.html

The "New Year's PvP Update" post on SWTOR.com mentions the following: >  Ilum will also become a major source of Valor. Valor buffs will > increase and decrease based on the ...

http://rpgwire.blogspot.com/2012/01/alarm-bells-ringing.html

If you can never lose, you can never win. This thought occurred to me as I was killing some time with Bejeweled 2 on my phone a few days ago.  I decided to try "Endless" mode, not really sure ...

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I think the easiest way to sum up Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) is like so: Take Knights of the Old Republic, increase the amount of content by an order of magnitude, add repeatable dunge...

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This will be a bit of a rambling post.  Shocking, I know, but bear with me here. One of the things I'm really enjoying about Star Wars: The Old Republic is the ability to make choices within a...

http://rpgwire.blogspot.com/2011/12/pondering-quests-and-swtors-future.html

Holy cow, there's a new Star Wars MMO?! Unless you've been living under a rock you probably know the release of Star Wars: The Old Republic is imminent - just next week in fact.  Early acce...

http://rpgwire.blogspot.com/2011/12/swtor-seven-levels-of-bounty-hunting.html

According to my e-mail invite to the Diablo 3 beta I am free (and even encouraged) to discuss my experiences as much as I like.  So I'm going to, starting right now. When I received my beta in...

http://rpgwire.blogspot.com/2011/12/diablo-3-not-sure-what-to-think.html

Before going any further, you need to go to the SWTOR site and read this .  It's a post by a SWTOR developer detailing the item modification system that exists in Star Wars: The Old Republic.  ...

http://rpgwire.blogspot.com/2011/12/moddable-gear.html

One of my gaming friends is still playing World of Tanks pretty seriously.  Last night before our little group started its weekly session of Lord of the Rings: War in the North (which after a co...

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I think my ramblings about SWTOR have overall been quite positive, but I do have a few issues with some of the design decisions they made in the game.  They're not really serious issues, so I'd ...

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Many people are positing that Star Wars: The Old Republic will kill World of Warcraft, that EA-Bioware expects it to kill WoW, and that it will be a complete failure if it doesn't kill WoW.  The...

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Isn't happening.  I spent several days scouring my hard drive for all the beta screenshots I took and couldn't find them.  Like many others, the screenshot functionality apparently didn't work ...

http://rpgwire.blogspot.com/2011/12/that-other-swtor-post.html

As I've been trying to convince my friends they really do want to play Star Wars: The Old Republic with me I've been describing certain game systems, features, etc. for them. As long as I'm going...

http://rpgwire.blogspot.com/2011/11/star-wars-old-republic-classes_29.html

Like practically every other MMO gamer out there I played in the Star Wars: The Old Republic beta this weekend.  I'll have a bigger post up later this week, but here is some of what I took away ...

http://rpgwire.blogspot.com/2011/11/swtor-quick-impressions.html

On Monday, with Tuesday gaming night fast approaching I found myself looking around for something more interesting to do with the gaming group.  Titan Quest had been ok, but felt pretty bland, ...

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I’ve played a fair few free to play MMORPGs by now, everything from oddball action fantasy games like Dragon’s Nest to traditional conversions like Lord of the Rings Online.  I’ve played g...

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