adventuring in dungeons and kitchens
I spend a lot of time in my job looking at visual research, and particularly visual research of an architectural nature. So as I play games I often find bits of the game world that remind me strongly of something in our own world—a place, a building, a particular photo or painting. Now, I’m certainly […]
Read More Show me the research: Tamriel weaponryI spend a lot of time in my job looking at visual research, and particularly visual research of an architectural nature. So as I play games I often find bits of the game world that remind me strongly of something in our own world—a place, a building, a particular photo or painting. Now, I’m certainly […]
Read More Show me the research: the Jarl’s Longhouses of SkyrimTwo more observations about my button layouts in Final Fantasy XIV One other layout I use which is specific to the Bard (and the other two physical ranged DPS jobs, the Machinist and the Dancer) has to do with a set of abilities that are named after parts of the body: Head Graze, Leg Graze, […]
Read More Chunking Rotations AddendumUsing interaction design to customize my gaming experience Amongst players of massively multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPGs) there is a ritual, bordering on being an obsession, of selecting which keys and buttons will invoke your character’s various abilities during gameplay. I would like to use the lens of interaction design to suggest an approach […]
Read More Chunking Rotations and Pivoting ThumbsSince Mouser acquired sanies lupinus the all-natural way, it only seemed proper to do the same when I decided to take him down the blood-sucking path instead. So he got cured of his lycanthropy just in time for the new moon* and went roaming the dark dark countryside of The Rift. With a bit of luck (and some […]
Read More Turning to the dark sideAlso fun: picking up Skyshards in wolfie form.
Read More Master of my own lycanthropySo a while back we were running vet Wayrest Sewers with our guildies and discussing our roles and the archetypes we each used to guide us in playing our individual characters. After making led to the above funny discovery, the following discussion occurred: And The Gygax was born, to be applied when a group in a game that typically uses the Tank-DPS-Healer […]
Read More The GygaxMost. Awesome. Quest.EVER. Ok ok, maybe I’m indulging in a wee bit of hyperbole, but still: this was a really fun—and quite unexpected!—quest in AD. Good job, designers!
Read More Abecean Sea serpents are frickin’ awesomeAhab had his whale, Hemingway his rhino; in Greenshade we have a Great White Lion.
Read More The Pale Senche is deadWe pulled our friend Nat into ESO; she’s not only an MMO newbie but also pretty new to video games in general. Maybe this was throwing her into the deep end a bit, but hey, she’s a good swimmer. So potemathewolfqueen and I rolled new toons, and she’s playing a Breton templar healer. I’m playing a Bosmer (yes […]
Read More Replaying the Pact with a friend
pies & heavy armor 