The World of Rho blog is going down for Realm Maintenance, in more ways than one. Thanks to Safe Shark Hosting and a slight creative change of direction, I’m retiring this blog name and continuing it on as… Realm Maintenance A little more on what brought about this change, and what the future holds, can … Continue reading
The Sad Story of Diablo 3 : Act 4
“And you, nephalem! Look below and see what your kind has wrought!” – Imperius, Archangel of Valor, Act IV Indeed, what has been wrought? We’ve slain ghosts and ghouls, banished hellish demonic brutes to parts unknown, all in the cause of being rid of the lords of the Burning Hells once and for all. However, … Continue reading
A Twitter WoW-valanche : “What does Chris Metzen Play in WoW?”
This just happened. It all began with a tweet from @Josefbjork asking the Loremaster of World of Warcraft this: @Josefbjork : @ChrisMetzen Do you play WoW yourself? What follows is a chain reaction of WoW community responses that I had the pleasure of being a part of. @ChrisMetzen : “@Josefbjork: @ChrisMetzen Do you play WoW yourself?” Less since Molten … Continue reading
“It’s Time To Fire Up… The Achieveatron”
Starting today, my first in an ongoing series of podcast segments is now live and part of the Something Suggestive podcast. Please check it out, and feel free to send your comments about it. Segment #1 is “The Argent Achiever,” full of information about the Argent Tournament for those who never took part. For my … Continue reading
The Sad Story of Diablo 3 : Act 3
“Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent’s fate.” -Sun Tzu, The Art of War After defeating Belial, The Lord of Lies who couldn’t lie his way out of a paper bag, the player character and caravan … Continue reading
Blue Snowball : Change in the World of Rho
We’re getting to the point where the release date for Mists of Pandaria is about to drop, and it definitely isn’t “too soon.” Over the last couple of months I had my fun with Diablo 3, got my money’s worth and started complaining about the story. Meanwhile, I was collecting a nice chunk of Battle.net … Continue reading
The Sad Story of Diablo 3 : Act 2
Last week I mentioned Deckard Cain’s death was too soon, Maghda’s presence was too Disney, and the Coven have their hands on some amazing teleport and portal magic. “I had to follow him. From that moment we travelled… east. Always… into the east.” -Marius, Diablo 2 Act 2 takes place in Lut Gholein. Wait, what? Didn’t we … Continue reading
Realm Maintenance : Split Decision
As of this post, Rho of Lightbringer-US is no more. He was found in the Eye of Eternity, frozen and electrocuted at the hands of the heroic Hagara. Rho is dead. Long live Rho… For the Horde! I’ve taken Rho the warlock out of Lightbringer-US, and brought him over to the Earthen Ring-US realm. For the … Continue reading
The Sad Story of Diablo 3 : Act 1
As I’ve mentioned before, my biggest gripe with Diablo 3 had nothing to do with the game and everything to do with the story. Before we go on let me just say that I thought the game as a whole was fine. It has its flaws, sure. It’s not Diablo 2, obviously. Diablo 3 is … Continue reading
The Sad Story of Diablo 3 (upcoming blog series)
Quick heads up to you folks that I’ll be writing a few blogs about my frustration with Diablo 3’s story in the coming days. Not setting a schedule because you know how real life can be… though I’m fairly sure you’ll see at least one or two posts within a week. As an appetizer, check … Continue reading
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