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Category Archives: Gaming Culture
Wizard 101 Pictures
Yesterday the folks at King’s Isle gave me permission to post screenshots from Wizard 101. I didn’t post yesterday, because when I logged on to get some nice screens, somehow I ended up fighting trolls instead of taking pictures. Anyway! … Continue reading
Posted in Game Reviews, Gaming Culture, New Jersey
Tagged beta, Game Reviews, Google, Harry Potter, King's Isle Games, kingsisle, mail, moving, new game, New Jersey, Stick, Wizard 101, World of WarCraft, WoW
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Wizard 101
I was predisposed to like the new Wizard 101 game. It’s not exactly a secret that I love Harry Potter, and the game promises to be a wizard school MMOPRG. The game is adorable from the first loading screen. They’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Game Reviews, Gaming Culture
Tagged beta, casual games, Game Reviews, games, General, glasses, Harry Potter, King's Isle Games, kingsisle, new game, random, Stick, teaching, wee ones, Wizard 101
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Playing Democracy
Democracy 2 has a bit of a slow start, because with so many options and so many possibilities it’s hard to get a handle on what everything does. It’s a government strategy game, which isn’t a new genre, but Democracy … Continue reading
Game Connection, Waffle House
When I first visited Raleigh, for Stick’s brother’s wedding, I found slow southern chattiness surprising, but I’m really enjoying it right now. I’m so proud of my Chinese skills but really I’ve just mastered the simplest essentials, I can’t really … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, Books, Gaming Culture, North Carolina
Tagged back in the US, Books, China, chinese, d+d, family, game connection, game culture, games, gaming, new game, North Carolina, Raleigh, Stick, tabletop games
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Essentials Of Life
The Beijing air grime that settles on everything has caused some issues with our DVD player, CD drives, laptop fans and probably our lungs, too, but they don’t give error messages. Stick’s CD drive has been extra tempermental recently, and … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, Gaming Culture
Tagged China, Chinese life, mac, mail, packing, Stick
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Gaming In A Strange Land
I’m really excited to be working with the CN Reviews team, joining Elliot Ng, David Feng, Min Guo and Kai Pan. CNReviews is a thoughtful discussion on tech, travel, trends, the China blogosphere, and the crazy adventures when East meets … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, Gaming Culture
Tagged China, China blog, CNReviews, East meets West, Eric, gaming, mail, reading, tech, travel
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New Year’s
My cousin Andrea sent this to me, before I even told her that we spent most of New Year’s Eve one-more-turning with Civ4! We did take a break in the world-conquering action to go out to dinner with Manfred and … Continue reading
Posted in Gaming Culture
Tagged China, chinese, Chinese life, e3, Eric, Haidian, Stick, World of WarCraft
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Night Elf Seeks Gnome for LTR
On a completely unrelated note, I just found out there’s a World Of WarCraft dating site, where WoW gamers can, er, hook up. I’m not making this up, it’s called World Of DateCraft. The site’s pretty new, with beta warning … Continue reading
Posted in Gaming Culture
Tagged beta, dating, ThumbGods, WarCraft, World of WarCraft, WoW
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One More Turn
Yesterday Stick and I picked up the new Civ 4 expansion. I don’t know how it is yet, but I do know that when I woke up about around 6AM, Stick was sitting in front of the computer saying he … Continue reading
Summer Issue of Bleech Magazine
My article on gaming and dating is in here! PS. It’s Bleach, not Bleck.