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2018 I HAS REVIEW – Q3

January 9, 2019January 9, 2019IseyActivision, 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…

Post Blaugust Era – September Preview

September 2, 2014September 4, 2014IseyBlaugust, BlogNation2 Replies

Funny thing about habits is that you miss them when you aren’t doing them (I quit smoking over two years ago). That is the way I felt when I missed what would have been my 32nd consecutive post. Much like hitting the gym, a day of rest is a good idea now and again. OF course,…

WildStar’s Fast and Dramatic Decline

August 31, 2014August 31, 2014IseyBlaugust, Carbine, ncsoft9 Replies

I am getting the feeling my other report (Wildstar’s Slow and Undramatic Decline) was a bit too optimistic. Perhaps the sky is falling after all (at least on Nexus). Be prepared for some hard hitting journalism today on the final day of Blaugust. Exhibit A First – the President of Carbine, Jeremy Gaffney, announced this…

I Has Blog Title

August 30, 2014IseyBlaugust, 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…

I Win X-Com

August 29, 2014August 29, 2014Isey2K 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…

Happy Birthday to I Has PC! 6 Years Old!

August 28, 2014January 7, 2015IseyBlaugust, BlogNation, General5 Replies

Belated. It was yesterday. This is a nice reminder that I am terrible at birthdays! August 27, 2008 was my first blog post ever. I can’t fully recall why I started blogging – I was spending a lot of time on various blogging sites and my comments kept getting longer and longer. I think I finally decided that…

Ice Bucket Challenge

August 27, 2014IseyBlaugust, 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…

Death, Taxes, Gaming.

August 26, 2014IseyBioware, Blaugust, Comics, Cyanide, Super Heroes, TellTale Games4 Replies

“The only guarantees in life are Death and Taxes” is one of those old quotes that stand the test of time. Having been playing a lot of X-Com lately I caught myself doing something that I regretted afterwards which made me think about death in gaming a lot closer – and I realized I didn’t…

Bloggers are Old

August 25, 2014April 10, 2017IseyBlaugust, 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…

X-Com vs X-Com

August 24, 2014Isey2K Games, BlaugustLeave a Reply

Kenny vs. Spenny was a pretty funny and really silly (ie: dumb?) tv show. The basic premise was two best friends that would do entire shows against each other, in competition, for anything you could really think of. Some non-Emmy nominated content: Who can stay in a haunted house the longest? Who would make the best soldier?…

Steampowered Hoarding

August 23, 2014IseyBlaugust, 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…

C=64

August 22, 2014August 22, 2014IseyBlaugust, 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…

21 Gaming Questions

August 21, 2014IseyBlaugust, 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…

YAR!

August 20, 2014February 27, 2015IseyBlaugust, 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…

Start With Why

August 19, 2014IseyBlaugust, 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…

Ask and Ye Shall Receive (the 1%)

August 18, 2014August 18, 2014IseyBlaugust, Carbine5 Replies

Below is an excerpt from a post by Carbine Studios’ Jeremy Gaffney on why the 1% is important. Here’s some quick philosophy on the subject (still in the office at 6pm Sunday so I’ll have to be brief): We do believe in catering to the 1% (actually a few different 1%’s). We spend more than 1%…

Diffusions in MMO Gaming

August 17, 2014April 10, 2017IseyBlaugust, 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…

Half Time Housecleaning

August 16, 2014IseyBlaugust3 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…

Confusing Sales

August 15, 2014Isey2K 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…

Au Revoir WildStar!

August 13, 2014April 10, 2017IseyBlaugust, 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…

5avourite 5ives

August 12, 2014April 10, 2017IseyBlaugust, Blizzard1 Reply

On the heals of 10 questions on WoW, I admit that my favourite pastime in WoW is 5 – man dungeons. It used to be raiding, but I don’t have the luxury of that kind of time anymore. That post got me thinking about which 5 mans in particular stuck out for me – so…

Be Verwy Qwiet – We Hunting Zombiesh-Type-Creatures!

August 11, 2014August 11, 2014IseyBlaugust, EA2 Replies

I picked up Dead Space a while ago (for free, thank you EA) and have been picking away at it. Throughout the first hour of Dead Space I realized something. I haven’t said a single word. Actually, my character hasn’t even made a sound. I don’t even think he grunts or groans. That’s odd. I can assure you, that…

10 Answers About WoW

August 10, 2014August 11, 2014IseyBlaugust, BlizzardLeave a Reply

Like many bitter exes (that keep going back) I have done my fair share of beating up WoW on this blog although it always came from a place of “tough love”. I learned of 10 Years – 10 Questions through Tales of the Argonaut (hat tip!) but the direct questions are asked over here at Alternative.…

Gender Stereotyping My Dogs

August 9, 2014April 10, 2017IseyBlaugust, General2 Replies

Blaugust has been fun and I am surprised I made it this long. I already have made more posts in August than all of July. I find myself writing a bit quicker, and leaving it all on the page. My old style was write most of it, leave it, revisit, edit edit edit… now It’s…

WildStar’s Slow and Undramatic Decline

August 8, 2014IseyBlaugust, Carbine3 Replies

This is not a “the sky is falling” Chicken Little recount of what I see going on in WildStar- this is a general feeling and mood about the game. Read a lot blogs, forums, and even fan sites and there is an underlying thought that subs are bleeding and the bugs and hardcore nature of the…

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