Weekly Foundry Quests -- February 11, 2015

After running into Ian Darksword entirely by accident (Guard Frinko will back me up on this!), he agreed to help us run through a few foundries this week. Bringing some much-needed insight into Forgotten Realms lore to our lore-less duo :)** The Redcap Snatchers by @hustin1**** Who doesn’t still wake up in cold sweats with “WITHER YOUR LIMBS!” ringing in their ears after finishing that Sharandar campaign? I know I sure do. It’s why I hired a powrie companion to follow me around, hoping that familiarity and the sudden draining of all my action points at random times will dull the pain. ...

February 12, 2015 · 7 min · 1327 words · Tipa

Playing now...

I just know that everyone asks themselves, probably several times a day, “Just what is Brenda listening to, RIGHT NOW?” Wonder no more. Hooverphonics’ “2 Wicky” is on tap.Hooverphonic - 2 Wicky Music video by Hooverphonic performing 2 Wicky. (C) 1996 Sony Music Entertainment (Belgium) S.A./N.V This was posted on Google+

February 10, 2015 · 1 min · 51 words · Tipa

Besiege! Done with the current official content...

Besiege! is still in alpha, and most of the maps and challenges aren’t ready. I finished up what there is of the main campaign – the first island – and had a lot of fun coming up with weird machines to bring the war home to these poor jumping people. I’ll pick it up again when the next island opens up. #Besiege Besiege! Finishing off the first world. These are my solutions for the last few maps of the only currently officially shipped maps. There’s ...

February 8, 2015 · 1 min · 90 words · Tipa

Besiege! Watch the skies!

Silly, stupidly addictive game. Went back and tried to conquer a previous level with the power of flight. And a little later – a mobile blender? #Besiege Yet more Besiege! A few more bespoke Besiege creations. Haven’t yet found the über siege weapon that will kill all th This was posted on Google+

February 7, 2015 · 1 min · 53 words · Tipa

Besiege! Love at first siege...

I love “builder” games like Minecraft and Kerbal Space Program. When I saw the zany creations from Besiege (available from the developers http://www.besiegethegame.com/ or Steam Early Access) I knew I had to get it. I’m pretty far from making the incredible creations I see everywhere… but I have some ideas… #Besiege Besiege Cannon Test Just playing around with one of the first levels of Besiege, where you build your own bizarre siege ...

February 7, 2015 · 1 min · 77 words · Tipa

Weekly Foundry Reviews -- February 5, 2015

Well, this week the Foundry wasn’t being kind to us. First I, and later Kasul, couldn’t open the final chest for two of the foundries, so we couldn’t both leave reviews. And one of those foundries refused to finish at all! And another foundry, previously featured – twice! – had clearly been broken by some foundry change and couldn’t be finished. Still, we did what we could. Part 1: Silver Thieves by @waldo79 ()* ...

February 5, 2015 · 9 min · 1747 words · Tipa

DCUO: Valentine 2015!

New Valentine’s Day event for 2015 in SOE’s Daybreak’s #DCUO . In this one, tragic lover Mister Freeze has decided to take advantage of the invasion of Metropolis by the Star Sapphires to steal some of their amethyst crystals to power his freeze tech. Hey, cheaper than diamonds. Will he finally be able to rez his cryowife? Not if Star Sapphire Carol Ferris has her way. But, in the charming uselessness shared by most of DCUO’s iconic heroes and villains, Star Sapphire, with her magic ring and complete control over the emotion of LURRRRVE, must nonetheless ask four random players to help take down Mister Freeze, whose only power is his freeze gun. ...

February 3, 2015 · 2 min · 238 words · Tipa

SOE dropped by Sony, becomes Daybreak Games

http://www.reddit.com/r/h1z1/comments/2ujaaj/sony_online_entertainment_becomes_daybreak_game/ This is … very sudden.Sony Online Entertainment Becomes Daybreak Game Company • /r/h1z1 Dear Players, Partners and Friends, Today, we are pleased to announce that we have been acquired by Columbus Nova, an investment management firm… This was posted on Google+

February 2, 2015 · 1 min · 42 words · Tipa

Guild Wars 2: Team Spode invades GW2!

Guild Wars 2: Team Spode took its first steps into Guild Wars 2. This was always going to be a stretch – we have six core players, and the maximum group size is five. We were playing on Tarnished Coast, one of the busiest servers in the game, so zoning out of a city could leave people in different instances. So Jovan (Blighted) opted to play his high level character while the rest of us grouped up in Divinity’s Reach, busted some dance moves, then set out into the wilderness to fill some hearts. ...

February 2, 2015 · 2 min · 303 words · Tipa

Traipsing about in Shroud of the Avatar.

Traipsing about in Shroud of the Avatar. It’s working. I didn’t see any other players, but every available housing plot I came across was all bought up. Ye shall know them by their claims…. This is definitely an explorer’s game. Though, I did like their “Deck”-based combat – instead of having all your skills available (which is an option), you can opt to have your skills randomly chosen from a deck of skills that is automatically made or made by you. That was pretty cool. ...

February 1, 2015 · 2 min · 223 words · Tipa