Category Archives: Gaming

More Farmville stuff

So, note to self – never post your profile link in the “looking for neighbors” thread on the Zynga boards unless you’re open to being swarmed. I did exactly that on my “FB game only” account and ended up with almost 200 friend/neighbor requests in a only a few hours.  While it’s been pretty cool [...]

Social Gaming

So, I’m an online gamer, but particularly since I was laid off in October 2009, I’ve started playing social games such as Farmville much more often.  Partly because it’s really easy to slip in some time on the farm in between filling out internet job applications.  Partly because even though they are called “social” games, [...]

Gaming and the Never Ending Story

I’ve been thinking about stories lately, mostly how they end.  I’m currently reading the Malazan Books of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson (fantastic series!) and am about half way through the planned 10 books now.  The ending will be a complete unknown because it’s not been written/published yet, so I have something to look [...]

EQ2 Decorating – Yimenee’s Magic Manor (5 room)

Yimenee’s home, done in May 2009, was my first experience with the Qeynos style 5 room house.  I’d been dying to try my hand out at decorating one of these homes and Yim obliged.  With some plat in hand and my own carpenter skills (I leveled these up so much creating items for his home) [...]

More from EQ2’s Refer-a-Friend Program

It’s a really good idea, actually.  Seeing how it works in action now, the whole concept is well thought out and can give newer players a huge boost to catch up with long-time existing players.   And the benefit isn’t just one way, as I mentioned in my other post.  Just grouping means each of us [...]