Sparking my Lost Love for the MMO Genre
I think this is going to be a difficult post to write. There’s a lot to unpack here for myself, before I can hope even to begin articulating it to you. You see, for the most part, my gaming preferences…
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Three Days with Lost Ark
Lost Ark is down right now. It went down for a 4-hour maintenance window to prepare for general availability about 9-hours ago. So I suppose now is as good a time as any to come up for a breath of…
Time to Loot Journal: January 2022
This has been a month of monsters in the best possible way. Despite not coming out until Jan 13th, almost mid-way through the month, Monster Hunter Rise has absolutely dominated my gaming this month. I finished the final story mission…
Lost Ark Launching with More Content Than Anticipated and People Aren’t Happy About It
The January Lost Ark Update finally dropped (normally it comes early each month) and, amongst other things, it has confirmed there will be more content included from the get-go than anyone suspected. The thinking was that we’d get Tier 1…
The Challenge of Picking a Main
I’ve spent large swathes of time the last couple of days alternating between researching Lost Ark and Monster Hunter Rise class/weapon options. Monster Hunter Rise is certainly the more pressing of the two to make a decision on, as it’s…
Western Lost Ark Gets a Release DateWait, didn't it already have one?
Look, I won’t lie. I thought the western Lost Ark release already had a date. Steam has been telling me to expect it March 31st 2022 for a while now. Although as I look at it again right now, it…
Time to Loot Journal: November 2021
I have something of a… plan forming. A project plan. Plans are something of a unicorn around here. Generally flying by the seat-of-my-pants is more my style. So this is significant! Mark the date! Which date? Oh- er… Unsure yet!…
Time to Loot Journal: October 2021
We are crazy close to the end of the year now. There are only seven weeks, more or less, before the company-wide end-of-year break. And boy, oh boy, am I excited for it. Even if Auckland is still in lock-down…
E3 2021 So Far
Did you guys know E3 was going on? Because it is. It’s a whole thing! I even put together some E3 predictions as part of a collaborative post over on WCRobinson’s blog. A bunch of us submitted predictions across a…
Lost Ark Won’t Take My Money
Or rather, Amazon Games won't take my money for Lost Ark. Nor anyone else's money if they happen to come from New Zealand or Australia.
Lost Ark Coming West at Last?
Probably. This news isn’t new — I first saw the announcement some four or five days ago. But despite some outlets at the time claiming it was for sure Lost Ark, I couldn’t find any source explicitly saying so. I…