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2018 I HAS REVIEW – Q3

Posted on Author IseyPosted in Activision, Arenanet, Beta, Blaugust, Cyberpunk 2077, D&D, Destiny, Developers, Dungeons and Dragons, EA, FPS, IHASPC, Life (and Interwebs), Magic The Gathering, Paladins, Personal, TellTale Games, WildStar, Wizards of the Coast, World of WarcraftLeave a Reply

July 2018 Posts: 6 Games: World of Warcraft. Magic The Gathering: Arena, Warriors of Waterdeep, Other Media / Non Digital Games: Blaugust Summertime is more time outside time, less gaming time, and even less blogging time. I started a series about some World of Warcraft Specs that I thought would be really fun to include/play…

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I Has Blog Title

Posted on Author IseyPosted in Blaugust, BlogNation4 Replies

A fun and side product of Blaugust has been bloggers finding various topic-filling days and sharing them with one another. These community style posts are great – it’s part “getting to know you” and it is always fantastic to see the varied, differing and interesting viewpoints in and around BlogNation. With a couple days left…

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I Win X-Com

Posted on Author IseyPosted in 2K Games, Blaugust2 Replies

Lovely game. I think there were some great opportunities to flesh out the plot and story much deeper but perhaps that wasn’t core to the tactical “sim” from the outset. The production quality, gameplay, and spirit to the original was kept well in tact and exceeded my expectations. I wasn’t sure if it would live…

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Ice Bucket Challenge

Posted on Author IseyPosted in Blaugust, BlogNation8 Replies

A phenomenon is sweeping the world right now. Kids, adults, politicians, celebrities, baristas, judges, landscapers – hell, just about everyone – is dumping a bucket of ice water over their heads. After doing so, they nominate some friends to also dump ice water buckets over their heads (typically within 24 hours). All of this bucket…

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Bloggers are Old

Posted on Author IseyPosted in Blaugust, BlogNation10 Replies

One of the interesting observations about reading through the various “Influential 15s” that was circling around not too long ago and the more recent “21 Questions” in the past couple of weeks is that it really shows the age of most people blogging. We are an old bunch! The Starting computer/first game for the TOP…

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Steampowered Hoarding

Posted on Author IseyPosted in Blaugust, Valve5 Replies

 I am staging an intervention. Yes, for you. I know, odd that you just randomly came to this site and realized that there was in intervention just waiting for you? Don’t leave – stay. Here, I wrote a letter about my feelings and I am going to read it to you. One moment, Dr. Drew…

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C=64

Posted on Author IseyPosted in Blaugust, CommodoreLeave a Reply

Funny how we are sometimes reminded of how things were. The 21 questions post from yesterday really had me looking at my gaming roots with question #(whatever the question was) and I thought long and hard about my Vic-20 and C-64. I googled M.U.L.E (one of the best games I recalled from those days) and…

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21 Gaming Questions

Posted on Author IseyPosted in Blaugust, IHASPC6 Replies

Questions are fun! Especially about gaming. I found this through the tech-support friendly Welsh Troll who links the original author and other bloggers there as well. Off to the races! When did you start playing video games? I started playing video games right when the Commodore 64 came out. I had a family member who…

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YAR!

Posted on Author IseyPosted in Blaugust, GeneralLeave a Reply

YAR! is a nostalgic MMO word for me. YAR! Was the rallying cry of my EQ test server guild, The Grove. Anytime anyone logged in there was a /gu of YAR! And usually the same number of responses per number of guildies on. I carried YAR! to DAOC and again to WoW in the guilds I…

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Start With Why

Posted on Author IseyPosted in Blaugust, General2 Replies

I try to read a book a month. These books are mostly non-fiction and are business or personal growth related. I love thinking in general (its a gift, I tell you) and as such picking up books and reading and learning feels like I am developing both personally and professionally. Someone once told me that…

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Diffusions in MMO Gaming

Posted on Author IseyPosted in Blaugust, General1 Reply

I just read an amazing book and while I am saving that for another entire post one part stuck out to me. That part was in regards to the explanation behind how, and what rate, new technologies spread throughout societies. That explanation is called the “Diffusion of Innovations” and was written back in 1962. It was…

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Half Time Housecleaning

Posted on Author IseyPosted in Blaugust3 Replies

At the midpoint of Blaugust I am taking a breather. It’s been a flurry for 16 days but a LOT of fun – I find the daily posting isn’t too tough even though I had a couple travel days for work AND a couple travel days with family last week. It has been fun because…

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Confusing Sales

Posted on Author IseyPosted in 2K Games, Blaugust2 Replies

I understand the mindset behind the Steam sales – a lot of times they are games that have been out for months – if not years, so getting $1.99 for a $19.99 game past it’s prime has some sense behind it – because normally, you would just get zero. Regardless of what customers you piss…

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Au Revoir WildStar!

Posted on Author IseyPosted in Blaugust, CarbineLeave a Reply

Zero surprise to anyone that reads hear semi-regularly that I was headed down this path. WildStar has some potential and the business model is pushing me away further than the game itself. IF it was buy to play +expansions or free-to-play I’d be exploring Nexus. It’s neither and I don’t feel right paying for a…

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