Slappy the Cool on Tour

For the first in my Telon Sunset series, here’s Mallendis the Shaman and Slappy the Cool breaking it down all over Telon 🙂  (ahem the low levels areas at least!)  The whistle is still obtainable via the Isle of Dawn starter area or the in-game store.  I did this video partly to commemorate the fun…

lotro and me

So I’ve ended up cancelling my sub for lotro.  It’s partly due to the fact that I’m finding it hard to settle in any MMO (I think the upcoming Elder Scrolls Online may be to blame for that!)  However it is also partly due to the current state of the game.  I did write a…

A long farewell to Vanguard

Well even though I guess everyone has heard the news about the impending closure of Vanguard by now, I’ll link to the official statement, the FAQ about SOE all-access and the Reddit AMAA (Smedley) thread anyway.  Even though I never made Vanguard my MMO ‘home’, I am truly saddened by this news.  Although I’ve never…

Happy 5th Year Blogoversary to me!

I can’t quite believe that I’ve been blogging for 5 years now.  It’s always been a very simple little blog with a respectably small audience – thank you to all of you who read and comment here 🙂  I’ve got to know some lovely fellow bloggers and although I am a bit quiet (I really…

Replaying Elder Scrolls: Oblivion

When this was originally released (back in 2006) I was so excited.  Dimzad was excited.  It had been 4 long years since Morrowind and 10 years since Daggerfall…  We were more than excited really… we bought new PCs so that we could enjoy the sublime graphics and they were well worth it.  That view when…

geeky apps

Recently I found some great gaming-related apps on the google play store. Star Trek To Do Agenda.  I just love this, it looks good, the sounds are great.  If it had repeating tasks, I would find it hard to choose between this app and… TaskHammer.  Another to do list, this time with repeating tasks.  It’s…