Playing with Friends
I’m a Facebook convert. It took me a while to get into the full swing of things, but I find that I like to check Facebook periodically throughout the day. It’s a low-intensity way to keep track of...
View ArticleFake Plastic Rock
We’ve been rocking out with Rock Band for over a year, now. It’s fun for the whole family, or at least, those of the family who manage to secure a fake plastic instrument. There are advantages to being...
View ArticleRogue Impressions
Melissa has been grooving on the jewelry thing for a couple of years now. It’s an activity she enjoys, both the design/layout/planning and the actual act of putting it all together. Which is a good...
View ArticleViolent Video Games and Kids
This post is the result of a school assignment Teleri had. The original assignment was to write a "letter to the editor". She modified the assignment to be a blog post. The topic, position, and...
View ArticleLook Ma, I'm Famous
Two developments in two different life aspects both went live today. On a personal level, an article by a friend of mine in an online gaming magazine mentions me by name. Also, I’m the one with the...
View ArticleThe City of Heroes Wentworth's Cash Machine
I don't know why I'm sharing this, except that I like talking about cool things I've discovered. I risk shutting down a pretty consistent influence generator here by doing so, though. Although it's...
View ArticleNoticing Subtle Effects
I've played City of Heroes for a good long time now, so it is always interesting when I notice some "new" effect or subtlety. Today's example is the occasional death mask that appears in the smoke from...
View ArticleA Useful Macro for City of Heroes
You'll often find two powers in City of Heroes to be mutually exclusive such that turning one of them on will turn the other off. My favorite example of this is Super Jump and Combat Jumping in the...
View ArticleFirst Impressions
My last couple of posts have been pretty City of Heroes centric and I'm afraid that this one isn't going to be any different. I'm going to pick on some poor schmuck this time, though, so at least I'm...
View ArticleCity of Heroes Mission Maps
This is simple tip for City of Heroes. This one is pretty trivial and more in lines of "stuff I think about that nobody else would."In City of Heroes, your mission map can do more than just tell you...
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