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ghidorah's Avatar Picture ghidorah – December 09, 2007 04:50PM Reply Quote
thats right--games.

Tony Leggett (Moderator) – June 17, 2010 10:26PM Reply Quote
Not any prettier but better gear than last time:


John Willoughby – June 18, 2010 05:42AM Reply Quote
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
Big thing in Northrend, repeatable dailies that pay well and give you tokens that you can buy stuff with: heirloom gear, a squire, a mount for your squire, etc.

John Willoughby – June 18, 2010 10:54AM Reply Quote
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
Nice dwarf, by the way. I'll never see the like of that gear on my toons.

I was going to post my characters, but all those flash views loading would probably destroy the interwebs.

Night Elf Druid, Taeglin
Night Elf Priest, Evenshade
Blood Elf Mage, Firefey
Blood Elf Paladin, Lambent
Tauren Druid, Cowbelle
Tauren Warrior, Spartacow
Undead Warrior, Deathwrought
Blood Elf Rogue, Voidstalker
Troll Shaman, Busby
Blood Elf Death Knight, Anguish
Blood Elf Priest, Shrive

I've got a shadow priest at level 74, and another mage and a warlock at level 70. If I leveled them up, I could have a pretty strong ten man raid. Sadly, they're all equipped at a GearScore of around 3300, the best you can do with the Auction House and crafting.

Dr Phred (Moderator) – June 19, 2010 01:29AM Reply Quote
-Swine Flu free since...cough, cough...
And us iPad spork readers wouldn't see them anyhow.

John Willoughby – June 19, 2010 08:37AM Reply Quote
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
Yeah, I couldn't see Tony's dwarf the first time that I read his post. I guess it says something that it has been almost a month before I missed flash for anything.

John Willoughby – July 06, 2010 06:36PM Reply Quote
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
Blizzard has made the inexplicable (to me) decision that their game forums for Starcraft II and World of Warcraft Cataclysm will show posters' real world names, ostensibly to prevent trolling. They're trying to build some kind of gaming social network, and my privacy is not a concern for them. I'll not be posting.

ddt – July 06, 2010 06:57PM Reply Quote
Heard about that through Pharyngula, which linked to Shakesville, which has a lot of women upset about being exposed to stalking.

It's a tough issue, taming anonymous assholery.

ddt

El Jeffe – July 07, 2010 12:57AM Reply Quote
What a journey.
Well, the gubmint might dictate real-world names with the trusted identity.

Tony Leggett (Moderator) – July 07, 2010 03:31PM Reply Quote
What they need is an "ignore" function and the problem of trolling goes away...

John Willoughby – July 10, 2010 10:28AM Reply Quote
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
Blizzard's backed off on the real name thing, for now. Here's an interesting analysis of their motives behind the attempt, and why the issue will probably return. I thought it made for a very good read.

El Jeffe – July 10, 2010 01:13PM Reply Quote
What a journey.
You'd think with their name, they'd be sympathetic to your concerns.

You know, bLIZZARD and you being a lizard and all. :)

John Willoughby – July 10, 2010 01:39PM Reply Quote
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
Ah, but I'm not a liZZard. The extra 'z' must make a difference.

Tony Leggett (Moderator) – July 10, 2010 04:21PM Reply Quote
This is a good summary/analysis too...

The last thing I want is actual people throwing bricks through my window because I was a "fail tank" (in the opinion of darthlegolas33 that is)

Tony Leggett (Moderator) – July 10, 2010 04:35PM Reply Quote

John Willoughby – July 10, 2010 06:55PM Reply Quote
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
Yeah, and Real ID is staying. Due to a bug, the only way to turn it off is to use Parental Controls to be your own "parent," making your own account a child account. Then it defaults to off, and turning it on or off will work. The only thing that Blizzard changed is that future forum posts won't require your real name to be displayed.

bahamut – July 14, 2010 09:59AM Reply Quote
Now that I have a lovely Mac Mini attached to my massive 46" TV, I would love to find some games to play with the kids. Any recommendations? They are 7 and 4. Also for a controller? I am thinking a Logitech cordless rumblepad. Any thoughts? We also do have a keyboard but a mouse is out of the question since it'll be lap held on the couch.

My daughter loves WoW, but I'm not sure I want to go down that massive route again.

John Willoughby – July 14, 2010 10:09AM Reply Quote
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
My kids like the Lego games... they play on the PS3 now, but I played Lego Star Wars with my oldest on a laptop a few years back.

Not sure whether the video card on the new mini is up to it, but it ought to be.



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YDD – July 14, 2010 10:24AM Reply Quote
On a screen that big.... how about Nethack or Zork? ;-)

johnny k – July 14, 2010 10:46AM Reply Quote
Install Steam and browse the game equivalent of the App Store. Lots of cheaper but quality indie games that kids may find pleasant.

El Jeffe – July 14, 2010 01:22PM Reply Quote
What a journey.
The lego games are the most recent ones that I will play. Don't really die and start back from beginning. I need that.

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