I have not heard of Reckoning until recently, when the media starts to pick up on this upcoming western role playing game. Some label this as one of the most anticipated games in 2012. Wow, really? So I gave the demo a try. Now, before I get into that, here is a little background for [...]
Entries Tagged as 'For the Geeks'
Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning – A Demo Play
January 31st, 2012 1 Comment
Tags: Kingdoms of Amalur · pc gaming
Chinese New Year TV Marathon – Seeker, Confessor, Shu Qi, Ayumi, Alice, And More
January 25th, 2012 No Comments
Contrary to everyone’s belief, Cynthia and I did not spend 4 days in front of our computers playing our favorite online game. We have hardly touched that game during this holiday. Ha! It is for the love of Chinese tradition (hard to explain so we shall leave it there). It is a rare opportunity to [...]
Tags: Alice · Ayumi Hamasaki · PS3 · Shu Qi
Are You Ready To Tank Deathwing, Version LFR?
January 9th, 2012 No Comments
Quite recently, Blizzard the creator of World of Warcraft has done something rather innovative to a 7 years old online game. They put together a mechanism to automatically matchmaking 25 random players from around the world to form a raid to slay dragons and more. This is a five times expansion of the existing 5-man [...]
Tags: Blizzard Entertainment · Cataclysm · World of Warcraft
Deathwing Must Die (And He Did, A Few Good Times)
December 26th, 2011 No Comments
A choir. I shall use a choir to illustrate what raiding in an online gaming environment is like. In any given choir, think Christmas Caroling if you may, there is usually one organist or a few guitarists who set the key and pace of the performance. The music draws attention but it alone does not [...]
Tags: Blizzard Entertainment · Cataclysm · World of Warcraft
Diablo III Beta – Part 1: First Impression
November 19th, 2011 No Comments
I am grateful, to say the least, when I received a beta key from Asiasoft, the new distributor of Blizzard Entertainment games in Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore. Thank you Asiasoft! I tried to ask when the Collector’s Edition of Diablo III will arrive in Singapore and they said Soon™. It’s OK. I am a patience [...]
Tags: beta testing · Blizzard Entertainment · Diablo · pc gaming
Nokia Lumia 800 & 710 – First Impression
November 15th, 2011 2 Comments
It has been a while since I last attended a Nokia’s media event for the bloggers. My personal schedule seems to be in conflict with Nokia’s calendar lately for some reasons. I have been anticipating Nokia’s next generation smartphone. Suffice to say, I am happy to be able to make it for the Lumia event [...]
Tags: blogger event · nokia · nokia event
Enduring The Heat – A Journal Of Regrowth And Molten Front
August 2nd, 2011 4 Comments
I still remember where I was on the 261st day after Cataclysm. I was outside the Royal Bank of Stormwind when I spotted a new poster on the Hero’s Call noticeboard. It said: The Guardians of Hyjal, led by Archdruid Malfurion Stormrage, seek brave heroes to assist with a full-scale assault on the Firelands. Willing [...]
Tags: World of Warcraft
Online Gaming Is Good For You! (Alternate Title: Troll Dungeons Reloaded)
July 19th, 2011 3 Comments
I cannot think of an activity that works my brain as hard as what computer gaming does to me on a near daily basis. Don’t get me wrong. There is nothing wrong with passive activities such as watching TV. It is good to relax our minds after a long and tiring day of work. I [...]
Tags: World of Warcraft
So You Need A Cheat Sheet For WoW Cataclysm Heroic Dungeons?
May 12th, 2011 2 Comments
How time flies! Half a year has passed since the advent of Cataclysm. In this fantasy universe, something has gone wrong in the core of the world. Elementals emerge from within causing fire, flooding, earthquake, and lightning in a worldwide scale. Coincidentally, in our real life, we face similar environmental threats at a global level. [...]
Tags: Cataclysm · mmorpg · World of Warcraft
So I Bought Two Sony Ericsson Xperia arc
April 5th, 2011 6 Comments
You smart readers out there. Looking at the photo above, which wireless phone do you think is mine and which one is Cynthia’s? I’ll tell you in just a bit. After I have seen the phone at one of the blogger events, I was sold. After I have brought Cynthia to preview the phone at [...]
Tags: Sony Ericsson · Xperia