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Fear the armor! With my faithful Chocobo, Yupa, I scare away all invaders with my overpowering black armor. They thought they were getting the white paladin, the kind that would bring them mercy. This is not the kind of paladin they are getting. Kasul and I met tonight to advance the story a little bit. Last time opened up Thousand Maws, an experience neither of us really enjoyed. And, since there were no gear upgrades in the dungeon, no reason to ever do it again (unless it comes up in a random low level dungeon at some point). Since we’ve well outleveled the story at this point, we were hoping that tonight’s questing would get us a dungeon nearer our levels (me: 31, Kasul: 32). But no luck. The chapter we did brought us to a hidden desert town full of exiles rousted out of the nearby city now inhabited by undead and level 45 beastmen. ...

I went to bed with an issue moving from one shape to another in this TIS-100 program. I woke up with the solution.tis100 2015-06-13 08-57-30-58.avi Exposure Mask Viewer solution This was posted on Google+

I think you wanted to make that zero a four? If you ever thought back with longing to beautiful summer days spent filling out code sheets with a worn-down pencil and a well-thumbed processor instruction code book your only companions, well, Zachtronics’ TIS-100 might just be your worst nightmare. The thin plot has your Aunt Doris sending you a bunch of your recently-deceased uncle’s belongings, including the TIS-100 and its manual, the last thing on which he was working. Because of some cryptic hints in the manual, and because you have more curiosity than sense, you decide to recreate his work and discover the hidden purpose of this mysterious device. ...

I choose you, Chocobo! Back in FFXI, I was always kinda mad that I never managed to finish the super long chocobo quest before I gave up on the game in frustration (though not specifically over the chocobo quest). (It was because I could go days without getting a group). It was with some joy that I finished the REALLY EASY quest to get my chocobo license in FFXIV. All you need to do is run around and do a few fates, and boom! Enough seals to buy a chocobo license from the Grand Company we joined, the Order of the Flame. ...

I just don't like giants these days I don’t blog much these days. I blame Forge.gg. I stream the games, they pop-up on Forge with all the best clips I can find, and I figure, hey, if anyone is all that interested in what I’m playing –> Forge.gg is that way :-) (I stream as Tipa there). But, the video quality can be low, and I don’t know if anyone will bother looking, or, without much context, even what they’re seeing there! But, because Forge.gg doesn’t play well with FRAPS, I usually have FRAPS off, and Forge.gg on. So, no cool screenshots unless I swap them. And sometimes I do that. ...

The bigger they come... I wonder if everyone sees my butt like this at the end of a dungeon, or if they’re looking at their own character in some sort of heroic pose. It’s okay if it’s me they’re seeing, because I’m friggin Brienne of Tarth here. I look like a warrior. I love MMOs where it doesn’t matter if you’re a boy or a girl, if you’re a warrior, you look badass. ...

No Game for You This has been happening for a few weeks, now. The game has trouble connecting me to their account server. Eventually I get in, but if I ever return to the character selection screen, BAM. Eventually I can’t connect again. This can happen sometimes even when I do manage to log in. Neverwinter tech support sent me a tip sheet that was meant to help if I couldn’t connect at all. Even though I explained that wasn’t the problem. ...

Trouble at the Inn Since last I wrote of our adventures, we nearly met death in a dungeon guarded by a half dragon and a roper… which was pretty exciting. It was there that I learned that even immobile creatures will move to prevent Cloud of Daggers from hitting them. It was there I first learned that ropers – creatures that mimic stalagmites – can move, actually. Deadly creatures. I’m even looking at kobolds with new respect. And I say that as one who uses a kobold costume as part of her famous traveling show, “The Kobold and the Kanary”. Not a misspelling – Kanaries are like canaries, except with scales instead of feathers. and they weigh three tons. ...

Final Fantasy is such a different experience, that a bit more than a week in, I’m still not sure how I feel about it. I do LIKE it… but… wait, a little background. I’ve had this sudden insight lately that what I like best about MMOs is the leveling up. The max level grind doesn’t interest me at all. It used to, back in the EverQuest days. Back then, I loved seeing dungeons and raids again and again because each time, I’d be better at them. ...

When I got to Act III in Pillars of Eternity, I stopped. One of the first quests I got asked me to strengthen the future bloodline of a long-established family by culling its weak souls so stronger ones could take their place. The weak soul the quest giver had in mind was currently in a child. Now, in the Pillars world, past lives are a real thing, and death is not the end. Dealing with past lives drives the plot of the game. Aloth shares his mind with a barbaric woman from the past; the ranger companion is tracking down a reincarnated hero of her tribe; the protagonist and the villain of the game… well, no spoilers here. ...