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How Much Time Played is Enough to get an Impression?

October 21, 2020

Recently I made a post regarding Amazon’s New World preview event and my experiences there. I got a lot of push back because having only played five and a half hours is apparently not enough time to give a first impression. I didn’t hit max level and do every single piece of content, so how can I have any opinions about the game? Part of me thought that it might be fanboy rage because I dared to say anything critical (despite saying overall that the game looks good), but it still seems worth while to examine the criticism.

In this post, I’m going to discuss the differences between a review and a first impression as well as what is a fair amount of time to experience a game before making some sort of judgement about the game or it’s systems.

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Gamer Art

Gamer Art: September 2020

September 28, 2020October 14, 2020

Honestly, I don’t know if this will end up being a regular feature, but, if it is, you could expect a random selection of cool gaming-related artwork I’ve seen in the past month or so. Share/comment if you like.

Without any adieu whatsoever, here’s the art.

Color Cosmology Chart v2 (World of Warcraft). Art by ATJ2K19 on Reddit. Originally found HERE.

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From the Web

From the Web: 50 Most Frustrating Video Game Moments

June 4, 2014

This video from buzzfeedpot is spot on. Though, admittedly, there was a few references I didn’t get. Did you get them all?

Mist of Pandaria

Valor Upgrades and Why I Hope They Stay Gone

February 20, 2013

Patch 5.1 brought forth a fantastic (or so I may have seemed at first) new feature – gear upgrades with points. This feature allowed a player to take their piece of gear (as long as it met item level requirements) and upgrade it up to 8 item levels with justice points for blues or valor points for epic pieces. This gave players the ability to continue to use their valor points long after they had already purchased or surpassed the valor gear available. In this way, players could keep gaining more power for their characters even if they have incredibly bad luck with drops. Heck, I’ve been able to upgrade my Raid Finder Sha Touched weapon to be nearly the item level of getting a normal drop and above the Mogu’Shan Vaults two-hander that I’ve had no luck on. So why, when I heard that patch 5.2 would remove the valor upgrade vendor, was I happy to hear about it? And why on earth would I hope they stay gone? (more…)

Polls

Polls: Video Games Youtube Channel

December 21, 2012

A friend of mine is considering starting a YouTube channel about video games (practice towards a career option). I thought I’d do them a favor by posting some polls to see what you (potential viewers) would like to see.

So come one and all! Make your voice (or click) heard! This is your chance to help encourage (or stop) a new gaming channel and it’s content.

[polldaddy poll=6785994]

[polldaddy poll=6786008]

[polldaddy poll=6786003]

Feel free to leave any other feedback in the comments – what would make you follow a YouTube channel?

Daily

Daily Thoughts: Did MoP Really Kill Alts?

December 14, 2012

I’ve read a lot of posts since Mists of Pandaria was released that Blizzard killed players ability to have max level alts (multiple characters) and have to wonder what merit there is to those arguments. As a player who had leveled one of every class to max level I can safely say that I feel a similar burden of almost any altoholic. My goal is always to have my characters raid ready (at least entry-level raids) and took all of my 10 characters into raid finder at least once. So here we find ourselves in Pandaria, a land with endless adventure (or work as some call it) and an additional class. Blizzard removed the cap on daily quests and made reputation gains important, added pet battles, added challenge mode dungeons, put 3 raids in the first tier, added scenarios, added a farm (ridiculously addictive somehow) on top of what we already had. With so much to do, is there any time for alts? The answer that I’ve found: Maybe. (more…)

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