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A nice, crispy salad

So I’m here at work, eating my lunch (a chicken strip salad, if you must know), and contemplating my future with gaming. Not that you really needed to know that, but I thought I would share. Anyway, regarding that salad… 1 Half bag of chopped lettuce 1 medium Tomato, diced 1 Chicken strip, cooked Cook […]

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I’m an Idiot, and so are YOU

I really enjoy playing Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games (MMORPGs), as a general rule, as do millions of other people just like me. Except they aren’t just like me. If anything, they are more often than not, completely unlike me. They are idiots. Walking examples of the Dunning-Kruger Effect. Absolute trash, to be quite honest. […]

Loot Mechanics Podcast

On the Horizon – Loot Mechanics #233

We’re all about upcoming gaming projects this week! Intro (0:50) – Our week, in brief. Main Topic (2:28) – Let’s talk about a great new TTRPG on Kickstarter, “Omega Horizon“. Video Game News (22:45) – Let’s talk upcoming gaming projects! Wrap (48:00) – Final thoughts. Music from https://filmmusic.io “Pixelland” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC […]

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Well, that didn’t last long

Recently, I have talked about my desire to return to “World of Warcraft”, despite all of my disdain for Blizzard and the game itself. I talked about “Addictive Nostalgia”, the recurring nature of cycling from one MMORPG to the next, and so on. In the end, I found it to be a near-certainty that I […]

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Well, that didn’t take long

So much for going back to playing Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games again. After a couple of weeks of delving back into the MMORPG scene, while taking a break from playing solo tabletop roleplaying games, I realized something rather profound: TTRPGs are just superior to MMORPGs. They simply are. Now I know, this is probably […]