VRYKERION

Category: Gaming

Video Games, RPGs like D&D, Other MMOs

  • Killing All the Things in Mass Effect 2

    So with Mass Effect 3 coming out in… *looks at Xbox 360 screen*  T-3 days?  Whatever. Tuesday. I’ve decided to do one last play through of Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2.  I’ve heard through the inter-web-o-sphere grapevine that the Normandy in ME3 will feature a memorial wall for all the people who have died…

  • Mourning a Fallen Friend

    I was going to write about the SW:TOR slicing nerf. Actually, the post is already done. But I decided to hold off a day or two to post it because A) I wanted the inital net rage to die down a bit and B) I’ve posted a lot of SWTOR related stuff recently.  So today…

  • Lowered Expectations

    Today, I feel like giving advice.  I rarely do this, and people often ignore it or get offended that I am doing it.  This is not some ultimatum, just some random musings culminating in an explanation that reinforces a viewpoint that may or may not cause you to go “Huh.”  You have been warned. So…

  • Cyrodil: Where Everybody Knows Your Name

    So I’ve recently been replaying my way through Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion because…  well, you know why.  Anyway, I’ve just got around to finishing the main quest lione and something occurred to me.  Everyone in Cyrodil is eerily up to date on current events. I help the secret emperor that no one knows about defeat a…

  • Remembering to Play the Part

    One of the first things a role player will try to beat into your brain is to always separate player knowledge and character knowledge.  It’s one of the most basic tenets of role playing.  Just because you know Ner’zhul became the original Lich King, doesn’t mean Sir Awesomeman the Paladin of Stormwind would. The other night at…

  • Designing My Perfect MMO

    Here’s a thought exercise.  Given an unlimited budget and no concerns about customers/deadlines/etc, what would you do to make your perfect MMO?  Kind of a fun thought right? Ultimate wish-fulfillment.  But the underlining psychological effect of giving you an idea of exactly what game would work for you. After all, you will ultimately judge every…

  • Photo Fun: Hipster Cultists

    There’s a bit of a running joke in our D&D group.  See in 4th Edition, The Chained God Tharizdun, is kind of portrayed as the long lost evil deity whose name has been lost to the ages because he was imprisoned at the dawn of time.  His true name is rarely if ever spoken, and most don’t…

  • Link: Nintendo’s Biggest Jerk?

    Alright, confession time folks.  I never finished Twilight Princess.  *dodges thrown vegetables and a shoe* I know, I know.  To be fair, it wasn’t because it was a bad game or anything.  In fact, I rather enjoyed it gameplay wise.  The story wasn’t bad either.  I really liked Midna.  Still, there was something.  Something that…

  • Offroading in Albion (or How I Learned to Love Fable)

    When you think of infamous liars in history a few notable examples come to mind: Chicken Little, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, actually most politicians – but there’s one name that gets uttered in gaming circles with such utter contempt and cold cutting bitterness that only begins to…

  • What Doesn't Kill Ya: My D&D Injury System

    Recently I had a new Dungeons & Dragons 4e campaign start, my first in over 6 months that I was DMing and the first time I had DMed a game since actually getting to sit on the player side of the screen.  Needless to say it made a big difference.  One thing I really wanted…