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About Me
- Dàchéng
- Stormwind, Azuremyst Realm (EU)
- 大成
I'm a mage on the Azuremyst EU WoW realm. I started writing because I couldn't easily find many blogs relevant to beginners like me. I'm still writing just for the fun of it.
Blogs I Read
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GW2 Elegy and Requiem Armor Collection Guide - GW2 Elegy and Requiem Armor Collect Guide. This is a work in progress. The Convergence of Sorrow I:Elegy To start this collection, you will need to finis...4 hours ago
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Ice Cream For Crow : First Impressions of GW2's "A Star to Guide Us" - When I posted a sour, pessimistic reaction to the recent trailer for *Guild Wars 2*'s next Living Story episode, I confess I was hoping to be proved wrong...6 hours ago
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All Things Geekery Podcast S2E8: Forsaken Story Review - Welcome to Season 2 Episode 8 of the All Things Geekery Podcast – Forsaken Story Review! In this episode, the Geeks jump back into Destiny 2 and do a deep ...6 hours ago
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Wargaming to Open UK-Based Studio - Posted on Wargamings home page. Located in Guildford, the office will be working on a new IP Wargaming is pleased to announce the opening of a new office i...7 hours ago
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Seattle Clings to Hope while Arizona sees it Fade Away - Dreams are still alive in Seattle as pinch-hitter Daniel Vogelbach hit a grand slam in the 8th to power the Mariners past Houston and keep their slim pos...9 hours ago
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Can We Trust a Torchlight MMO? - …because of WoW, and all the dumb money and all the publisher pressure, there’ll be lots of games that shouldn’t have been MMOs but would have been great b...10 hours ago
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Why Not Account-Wide Rep? - “The only metric we care about as a development team is whether you’re having fun.” Ion Hazzikostas Why Not Account-Wide Rep? I’m looking forward to watchi...10 hours ago
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Gamers are dumb - I was reading an article about the recent lootbox stuff in Europe (forget which article/site) and was amused by how many comments were cheering governments...11 hours ago
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Battle for Azeroth: Alliance Leveling Guide - Having played through multiple alts, I’ve worked out my best ways of leveling through the zones. General notes: The goal of this guide is to provide clima...11 hours ago
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Spider-Man Complete - That was both quick and satisfying. I wish I could say there are spoilers, but Spider-Man is like 60 years old (1962), and if you don’t know that Otto Octa...11 hours ago
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World of Warships: Submarine Details & Halloween Port - The community wanted submarines since day one, but it was very difficult to find the right design to implement them. Seems Wargaming has found a way that ...13 hours ago
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Neverwinter: Ironclad - So with the initial rush and excitement of Battle for Azeroth settling down — and my own efforts to settle into a new house and area — I felt that this was...14 hours ago
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Borrowing Systems - This mornings post is going to be a little weird. Just getting that out up front. Yesterday I spent some time thinking about the Azerite Item system and ...15 hours ago
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Nudging Moral Choices in Games - How game developers might use a bit of psychology to better structure moral choices.15 hours ago
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Non-Pejorative “Ameritrash” - The term “Ameritrash” has some pretty clear negative connotations, although I think of it as a technical term contrasting with Eurogames. Eurogames tend to...20 hours ago
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More thoughts on Island Expeditions - Since my last post on Island Expeditions, I've done a bunch more. I do them on Heroic difficult now. Most of the time we win, but I have had a couple of lo...23 hours ago
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A new streaming podcast! - I'm doing something new! I'm teaming up with a friend of mine who does streaming and we're doing to play games and chat in a podcast type format. We'll sta...1 day ago
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Blood Bargain - I wanted to post about the Bargain questline. So, if you haven’t managed to get through the Zandalari Forever line, I would suggest you don’t read further ...1 day ago
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The Omen (2006) - Director John Moore is no stranger to remakes, having produced a new version of The Flight of the Phoenix in 2004. Remakes per se are not necessarily a bad...1 day ago
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The Dragon Prince - I watched the entire first season of The Dragon Prince on Netflix this weekend. I had stumbled across it because I was bored and wanted to see if the Big N...1 day ago
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Unto Metal Revealed – Kumara – Chapter 6 Part 2 - “Oh, it seems like sometail brought back a foul mood,” Amethyst said as I stormed into the store. I gave her a grunt and pushed on, beyond the back of the ...1 day ago
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Hurricane Florence Passes - It’s going to be a busy week for me with a trip coming up in two days, but I wanted to drop an update about seeing the other side of Hurricane Florence pas...1 day ago
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Beta for Azeroth - The expansion honeymoon phase is over for the WoW playerbase, and the rabble is’a rousing. To which I say, “about goddamn time.” The latest fuel on the fir...1 day ago
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Destiny 2 is Pay2Win - I'm joking. Mostly. The term Pay2Win has been misused so much, that it has become nearly meaningless. So when I made an observation of facts in Destiny 2, ...1 day ago
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Horde catch-up #WorldofWarcraft - Our small circle of World of Warcraft friends have mostly been Alliance-focused over the eleven+ years we’ve been playing together (with some gaps), but we...1 day ago
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Demolition Rocket - *Time for another short article. I feel I should give a quick explanation on why we're getting so many quick and dirty emergency articles these days. I cur...2 days ago
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Bitesized Questing - I’ve not been playing as much BfA as I’d like as I’ve not been feeling up to much for yet more boring health reasons that I won’t get into here. Any time/e...3 days ago
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More Catching Up! - So much to talk about, so little time these days. Or when I do have time, I totally goof off. I have a good hour tonight to jot down some words! We've b...3 days ago
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My BfA levelling adventure - How has it been a month since Battle for Azeroth launched? Holy moly time passes quickly. I suppose a bit part of that is about how completely flat out I’v...5 days ago
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Tucker’s Toys in Boralus - Tucker’s Toys in Boralus is a tiny little gem of a toy store with 2 little details that make it a great place to visit and explore. The first reason is on ...5 days ago
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Go Your Own Way - I don't think you're wrong, you know. — 🌊 Sarah 📝 Shonky Gubbins 🌊 (@AlternativeChat) September 13, 2018 She’s not. Continue reading →5 days ago
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Blog Challenge #39: To-do list for BFA - Z and Cinder are asking about my to-do list for BFA in this challenge topic. Honestly, I don’t particularly have a very big list at this point. I tend to e...6 days ago
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S3E36 - Marvel’s Spider-Man - “Thwip Thwip” - *Marvel’s Spider-Man on PS4* In this episode: - This week we discuss Spider-Man on PS4 by Insomniac! Void may have done a super deep dive into this ...6 days ago
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Micael Priest - Really broken up over the news that Micael Priest has passed away. Such a sweet man, so ridiculously talented and totally a symbol of an Austin that has f...6 days ago
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So long, cupcake! It was fun while it lasted - The recent announcement of NCsoft pulling the plug on Wildstar has sent the MMORPG sphere reeling ever since the news broke last Thursday. Veterans of th...6 days ago
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In Other News.... - Although it was not as directly impactful to me as Wildstar shutting down, there was other MMO news last week: EVE Online developer CCP was sold to Pearl A...6 days ago
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PvP - How War Mode makes PvP Fridays more interesting - Well, it just turns us into dreadful trolls, really. War Mode, that is. I may like my PvP but I have no desire to be War Mode-ing all the time. I have limi...1 week ago
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My Little Scythe: Review - Scythe for Kids My Little Scythe started as a fan project for the larger Stonemaier Games Scythe. You can see the Board Game Geek page where Scythe was giv...1 week ago
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Battle for Leveling - It's been a few weeks since the release of Battle for Azeroth, and I have finally completed leveling my Horde and Alliance character. As with most recent r...1 week ago
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When Is an MMO Really Dead? - One of my favourite scientific mysteries is the debate over what constitutes death. You might think that’s a simple question to answer, but it’s not. Peo...1 week ago
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Hunter Transmog: Dark Iron Hunter - It’s been a while since I did a transmog post, but now that I’m a Dark Iron Dwarf I’ve been trying out some new stuff. I posted this one on Twitter and a b...2 weeks ago
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We Now Return to Our Regularly Scheduled Programming - Blaugust is officially over after today and i am so absolutely relieved. As someone who posts maybe three times a week on a good week, this month has been ...2 weeks ago
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The First 120 - I decided to take my DH through BfA leveling first, and it was a good choice. Sure, it took *forever* to kill anything but I only died twice – yes, you rea...3 weeks ago
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World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth – Battle for Lordaeron (Alliance) - Spoiler alert One of the better scenarios in the game Giving myself a good amount of time before writing up my thoughts, my stance on the Battle for Lordae...3 weeks ago
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Screenshot Saturday: This Week in Games - *Everquest 2* This fight took place in The Caves. I'm working the caves with my Fury. I'm trying to find my way up one more level from where I am, and wh...3 weeks ago
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Dinner - Had dinner with old C64 legends yesterday. From left to right it’s – Trap of Bonzai, Jeff, Duck LaRock of Camelot, Snabel of Camelot, Scarzix of Offence, C...3 weeks ago
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Tholgrin’s Introductory Guide to Smacking Things, Part I: Attacking - Or, So You Want to Be a Melee Perhaps you’re new to Dungeons & Dragons Online. Perhaps you come from a long line of spellcasters and are just now branch...3 weeks ago
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Treasures of Kul Tiras and Zandalar - In Battle for Azeroth, there are six new achievements to collect so be sure to loot all ten treasures that count towards each zone. Generally, I only rec...5 weeks ago
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What happened to you, Sylvanas? - I was going to pen a few words about the recent "Sylvanas burns down the world tree" drama, but I kept putting it off, public opinion kept meandering, and ...1 month ago
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Official Ranking of the 24 EFL Championship Team Mascots - With the wonderful news that my beloved Bolton won their match (an away match! Against a newly relegated team that are one of the favourites to win the div...1 month ago
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Bittersweet - 2018 has been a very mixed bag so far. In March, my Father died. It was hardly out of the blue as he had lung cancer but still it managed to catch me off g...1 month ago
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The waning moments of Legion … - I find myself coming here and reading old posts. Back when stories were told and poems were frequent. Yeah, not by me, those other guys. I don’t like my la...2 months ago
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Artists of Azeroth Zine Contributions - Many, many moons ago, I submitted both writing and artwork to a World of Warcraft fanzine called ‘Artists of Azeroth’. Since the published hard copies are...2 months ago
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Darkstar in the Wattpad Rankings - Sorry that I haven’t been super active here lately. Most of my free-time creativity has been filtering towards making content for Second Life. I’m still po...3 months ago
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Tinker Bits III: Scourge of the Skies Steampunk Metal Meeples - OK, we’re live! Thank you all for stopping by and checking out the preview last time, and please spread the word on this project! We’re looking forward t...4 months ago
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Anniversary scavenger hunt guide – year 11 - Just when you thought they were done, they throw you one more, and these may be some of the most difficult and most widespread hunts we’ve seen. This set t...4 months ago
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Fifth Times the Charm – Pixels & Dice #64 - Today we talk about our experiences with “Dungeons & Dragons” 5th Edition, what we like, and how we feel it compares with some classic pen-&-paper roleplay...4 months ago
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The Blog Has Moved - Just a notice that posts will no longer be updated at this URL. If you would like to continue following the blog, and stay up to date on other content cre...5 months ago
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Map Strategy: Airfield - Airfield is a love hate relationship for many. On the surface it has multiple routes and flanks to use. It is also largely mirrored on both sides givin...5 months ago
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How I Stay-at-Home Dad | Year One: A to Z - Devlin is turning a year in a few weeks. I thought it would a good time to look back at the first year and my life as a stay-at-home Dad. Over the next m...5 months ago
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Happy (Con)trails - Well, well, this place has gotten a bit dusty. *looks at the last post* DECEMBER! I have been neglectful, even missing my blogoversary. True that RL has k...5 months ago
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Mortal Empires, Part XX - Druchii Incursions - Previous: *Mortal Empires, Part XIX - Star Crossed Lovers* With the Chaos invasion well in hand, Franz turned his attention to two other pressing matters. ...5 months ago
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Winterfest 2018 Report - Here’s a pile of pictures and commentary from Winterfest 2018. This was the 21st year of the event but my first in attendance. I had a magnificent time and...6 months ago
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Developer Tales: Aggressively Moderating Aggression - One of the things that I loved about my work on Eon Altar is it taught me a lot of other skills and brought to me many different experiences that I didn't ...6 months ago
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Rage Against the Barbarian - I have been thinking about barbarian a lot lately. As part of an endeavor begun here with the invoker, I have doing a fresh archetype pass for all the clas...7 months ago
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Thinking About Those NPC Alliances – Grey Moon - One thing that I have noticed in DDO is the number of alliances that our characters make with various NPC characters. One of these alliances is with the Gr...7 months ago
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Best of Both Worlds - I want to share an example of how where I game has a way of merging with where I live, where I vacation and where I choose to be when not “at the keyboard”...11 months ago
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Rumblings in the Nexus… - Um…hello again! Yes, yes, I know it’s been a while. An unconscionably long while. But last week (ish), as I’m sure you’re all aware, the Nexus stirred and ...1 year ago
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Postcards From Azeroth: July 2017 - Hi guys! I’ve been trying to convince myself to blog since my last post so give me a little slap on the hand for going so long. That’s how habits are for...1 year ago
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Pantry Name and Shame: Curry - This guest post was written Max Nash, who is on Twitter at Morality_Police. We’re also, like, married and stuff. Liore and I are in a never-ending war with...1 year ago
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Back? Maaaybe - Turns out self-hosting wasn’t such a great idea. Maybe I’ll start posting here again, now and then. Though probably not in rhyme.Filed under: Misc., Site T...1 year ago
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That’s it folks. - So my one year of Ancient Mana is coming to an end. After debating with myself if I wanted to pay for a new year, my laptop basically died. Meaning I had...1 year ago
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A Bedtime Story, or How I Came to Love Tuft & Needle, the Company and the Mattress - This blog was a restart for me when I moved back in with my parent’s a few years ago. My previous blog was so gaming-focused that real life never felt on-t...1 year ago
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My Secret Shaker Shame - I have a terrible confession to make: for all of my harping on over the years about how fad foods make me angry, I’ve succumbed to probably the worst fad...1 year ago
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The potential of the e-sports industry (and the people who don’t understand it) - Dear e-journal, Whilst my studies previously had a diminishing effect on my activity on Gamers Decrypted I am now finding that for the next two-three wee...1 year ago
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WoW Weekly: Dear Lord, It's Been a While - *WoW Weekly is a biweekly-ish, self-absorbed look into the things I've been doing inside the game and out. From mount farming and r...1 year ago
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Here Be Dragons - Pic opens in new tab: My Magic DragonKnight. He is the coolest ever :D I know “everyone” is stamina nowadays, but that´s no fun so we keep on going ;) I st...1 year ago
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The Story So Far - Art by SleepingFox - This is the story so far in pictures. What I played, what I enjoyed the most, and how things changed. It's weird to me that I have people in my guild that ...1 year ago
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Legion of love! - This morning I was reading a post on Blizzard Watch about act of kindness in wow. It struck a chord with me because I recently start to do some group conte...1 year ago
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Resetting Markets to Make Gold in Legion - First off, I guess I should explain what I mean by resetting markets. When someone tries to undercut the lowest price on the market but leaves a large gap ...1 year ago
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Legion is well done and I like it - *In fact, I play it a lot right now. Already 3 days /played at level 110.* Now, there’s a real possibility that it can’t keep me long-term, like every exp...2 years ago
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God Eater Resurrection: A Very Fantastic Value for $0 - Many, many months ago, Rhiss tried to talk me into playing two games together. One of them was Battleborn, where Rhiss failed. That one got to a point of “...2 years ago
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DDO Players – Mystic Vale Review - Mystic Vale comes to us from Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG) On the surface it’s a Deck Building game, but like an onion (Side note I hate onions) it h...2 years ago
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Simply Understanding - In life you choose your path. There are things you don’t put in the way, but you choose to either hurdle them or avoid them. You can hurdle it by screaming...2 years ago
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The Division, Overwatch, and Occupying Time - Dear Reader, The Division continues to be denigrated in various media outlets, and I continue to play it and enjoy it all the same. I’ve been pretty consi...2 years ago
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WoW Token Pricing - I just saw something that makes me want to capture it in a post. Over on WoW Token Info. The buy price of a token in the U.S., today, is 41,699 gold. In Eu...2 years ago
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F*!#in' Up - What does World of Warcraft have in common with Microsoft? A general inability to do good expansions/OS releases one after the other. Using my rough calc...2 years ago
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Earn Cash While You Shop or Surf The Internet - One of the biggest problems of moving to a new country is finances. I can't work here in St Louis yet as my work permit is still processing and the cash ...2 years ago
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The Summer Wind ... - *... came blowin' in from across the sea* Time has moved on since the summer and we’re now smack in the middle of autumn. My summer this year was simply ma...2 years ago
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Gamescom 2015 Toys to Life Report - I spend most of my gaming time these days on toys to life franchises, which I am slowly introducing to my 2-year-old daughter as a way to populate her doll...3 years ago
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[Bloggy Xmas] [Gaming Communities] But above all, be kind! - Thanks to Syl at MMOGypsy for organising a BloggyChristmas Advent calendar and sequence of blogs. So we’re all going to be talking about community! Like a ...3 years ago
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The Big Project: WoW Machinima film starring Anna Chancellor, Jack Davenport, Joanna Lumley, and BRIAN BLESSED - So yes – the big project that took me away from the Melting Pot is FINALLY OUT! TRAILER – Death Knight Love Story Pt 1 – Jack Davenport, Anna Chancellor, J...4 years ago
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Not a chance. He's taking the fall for their internal culture coming to light.
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