Guild Wars 2 – Things I do and see different now
I’ve been immersing myself quite a bit back into Guild Wars 2 over the last month and one thing I noticed was: I play games very differently today than I did five years ago. Partly because I learned a lot more about MMO mechanics in the meantime, and even though GW2 does quite a bit
Time to meme a little bit
There was a meme going around on twitter and we thought the questions were interesting enough to put all the answers together in one place. So without further ado: 1. Very first video game: Anna: 1. First game must have been Tetris on the Game Boy – I got one when they came out
When winning is not everything
A few weeks ago, I tweeted this here: (J) Sometimes, when the team is nice & playing well together, supporting & listening to each other, losing doesn’t even matter. #Overwatch The more I play, the more I stand by these words – and I’d like to add that by now I prefer a good team
Fear not this night – Anna plays Guild Wars 2 – Again…
Guild Wars 2 and I have a quite long, if not really that elaborate, history. I played the original Guild Wars way back when (I think around when Nightfall came out) and… well… suffice to say that I didn’t get very far because I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. Up until then
Spreading the word
We’ve had some great feedback to our last blog post and received amazing recommendations which I felt were only right to share with you all. Some I’ve heard of, other I played myself and all sound really great. Before I list the recommendations, I want to add a video by Pop Culture Detective that Rahel
The violence of it all – recommendations anyone?
A few days ago, I was talking to Anna about how tired I am of the violence in games. It’s not that I am against violence per se in gaming – I still am a very joyous player of Overwatch and don’t shy away from other ‘shooting’ adventures at all, sometimes no or barely a story is
“Ah, music, a magic beyond all we do here” – More Favourite Gaming Soundtracks
A little over half a year ago I wrote a blog entry about some of my favourite video game soundtracks and why I love those particular pieces. I had to cut myself off to not turn it into an endless post with 50+ recommendations, but now, a few months later I thought it might be
Understanding Solomon Island
Trying to make sense of all the tiny story bits… Spoilers for all of Solomon Island! So about a thousand years ago the Wabanaki tribe was under attack by Mayans who wanted to wake “the serpent under the blue mountains”. (A leftover from the Mayan attack are the Ak’ab who are mythologically from south america.)
The Secret World Legends – A Newbie’s Impression
As some of you might remember from my post about MMOs last October, I’m not really a big MMO gamer. But since it’s free to play and comes highly recommended (and I was in a bit of a slump gamewise), I decided to give The Secret World Legends a try. So far, I haven’t regretted
Secret Societies in TSW – How to choose?
This weekend The Secret World re-launches into a free to play model called Secret World Legends. It ist, content wise, the same game but has undergone some changes. Mainly to combat, progression and accessibility. Combat has been redone completely, quests have gotten a better flow to guide you through the story at the appropriate pace
Gaming Nerd Girls
Anna and Julie, friends and fellow gamers with a passion for elaborated headcanons and RPGs in general, often known for fangirling extensively. Expect political correctness, for we are proud Social Justice Warriors (or rather, Mages) and feminists.
