Category Archives: MMORPG

Arachnophobes beware…

Posted on November 18, 2023 by Telwyn

So, we were playing Baldurs Gate 3 recently and came to a point where our Warlock PC could use his Speak with Animals ability to talk to a giant spider <shudder>. My long-honed bloggers instincts told me to take a … Continue reading →

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A different kind of nostalgia #LOTRO

Posted on September 23, 2023 by Telwyn

I wrote some years ago about being mostly, immune to MMO nostalgia: at the time I was talking about the trend for “classic” servers and playing older incarnations of still live MMORPG. Well, I realised last night as I played … Continue reading →

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Extended afk

Posted on July 4, 2022 by Telwyn

Just a quick note to state the obvious, I’m on an extended hiatus from blogging and online gaming. Potentially life changing news came in late May – the long-desired exit plan from my country may, finally, be coming to fruition. … Continue reading →

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That whole Twitter thing…

Posted on April 26, 2022 by Telwyn

Apparently I’ve had a Twitter account for gaming since Feb 2016, longer than I’d have remembered to be frank. I read Twitter fairly regularly to get my highly curated and ecclectic mix of gaming, ttrpg and language specific content (mostly … Continue reading →

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Cautiously optimistic on Dragonflight #WorldofWarcraft

Posted on April 19, 2022 by Telwyn

I’m breaking radio silence to post about the World of Warcraft expansion announcement that I just watched live on YouTube: Dragonflight (offical site page). Regular posts won’t resume until mid-late May due to work commitments but a new expansion for … Continue reading →

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Where does the time go?

Posted on March 23, 2022 by Telwyn

I find myself perplexed at how quickly days go by. I’m not sure if it’s the pandemic (ongoing/aftermath) or age or just being busier than ever. I was away last weekend so no post and suddenly it’s nearly two weeks … Continue reading →

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WASD love

Posted on March 12, 2022 by Telwyn

I realised something recently that may be a result of my specific gaming history: of the many hours as a teenager, student and then early career 20-something playing endless hours of various 90s shooter, action RPG and similar first-person PC … Continue reading →

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To upgrade or not (Windows 11)

Posted on March 8, 2022 by Telwyn

My gaming laptop has had some issues recently, in part because I’ve not done the standard fix for any more serious Windows performance or reliability issues – I’ve not reinstalled Windows on this laptop since I last replaced the hard … Continue reading →

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Bless Unleashed coop thoughts

Posted on February 27, 2022 by Telwyn

Having played some more Bless Unleashed as a trio I have some thoughts to share on just how good a MMORPG Bless is when playing partied-up with friends. In general the game is good fun to play in this mode: … Continue reading →

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Accidental difficulty #SWTOR

Posted on February 20, 2022 by Telwyn

My recent first brush with SWTOR’s Onslaught content made me think some more over difficulty for solo or story content in MMORPGs. I’m not used to finding that much difficulty in solo content in SWTOR, at least outside of heroics. … Continue reading →

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