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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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WoT: 2025 New Year Calendar — Day 12 (December 12) - • 1 Mentoring License• 50 Gift Coins for the “Winter Raid” event• 3 Universal Booklets • 1 Large Christmas Box for opening 12 calendar windows. The post W...8 hours ago
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Pandemic Horde is Shutting Down, Key Corps to Fold into The Initiative - The word out this morning is Pandemic Horde is giving up on whatever plans they may have had and are shutting down, with the remaining central corporations...12 hours ago
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The Classic Toon RPG is Returning with a New Second Edition - Prepare your anvils, pack your oversized mallets, and get your best ‘Zat’s all folks!’ ready! The legendary tabletop roleplaying game Toon: The Cartoon Rol...17 hours ago
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Rare Currency Burned - Good Morning Folks! This is another one of my “progress reports” for the Keepers of the Flame league as I work on wrapping up various challenges. If this...19 hours ago
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Attack of the Murder Floofs - In case you aren't aware, Bhagpuss of Inventory Full has an annual Advent Calendar of music, culled from all ends of the Internet. I honestly don't know ho...22 hours ago
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LOTRO: Back into the belly of the urban beast - With a slightly sinking heart — because I know what lays ahead — my Lore-master rode into the metropolis of Umbar. Headache-inducing maps and confusing nav...1 day ago
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Gaming status December 2025 - As expected, my gaming in the last month was dominated by Europa Universalis V, with over 180 hours spent in the game, and another bunch of hours spent on ...1 day ago
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The Haunted Doll’s House (2012) - The Haunted Dolls House is a short film based on a story by M.R. James about a unique antique that is subject to supernatural phenomenon. Adapted by Stephe...2 days ago
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Physical Stress - I’m about 5 days away from a major project milestone, the initial delivery. Quick rewind, I onboarded to this project in September, did some homework, and ...2 days ago
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Of All Time - I was browsing a Reddit thread called “We haven’t seen a good space opera game where you play a spaceship commander with a loyal crew since 2012”. The imag...2 days ago
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No Guild Housing for Me, I Guess - Housing has arrived in modern WoW, something Blizzard Watch referred to as "the biggest week for Warcraft since 2004". My feeds are filled with screenshot...2 days ago
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Critical Role Characters – Campaign 4, part 2 - It’s part 2 of this series and we’re heading off to the Seekers table! I’ve learned since starting this series that Brennan’s style for placing people was ...4 days ago
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FFXIV and Other Games: A Blogger’s Update - I’m dissappointing each and every one of my subscribers, I know :) But there’s a lot happening IRL, and I’ve just recently came back to gaming. See for you...6 days ago
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Recommended posts, 2017-2025 - It’s been over five years since the last time I gathered up recommended posts in one place and added them to the menu above. I figured I was due. As usual ...2 weeks ago
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The Veylric Divide - Part II – When the Twilight Broke Itself Great kingdoms rarely fall from the outside.It is within—where whispers are sharper than swords—that ruin is born....1 month ago
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Blaugust 2025 post 7 and I Ramble - On Day 21 of August, I publish my 7th Blaugust post… Today, I took a look around and found a few things that interested me. Rather than pick one and dive...3 months ago
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Dream Garden, for your Cozy Game Consideration - The newest game from indie duo Campfire Studio, Dream Garden, plans to release later this year on Steam. A new narrative trailer released today detailing...4 months ago
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My Pathfinder 2E Beginner Box improvements - Watching a recent Ronald the Rules Lawyer Youtube video I noted his critique of the Pathfinder 2E Beginner Box potentially feeling too “basic” for more exp...8 months ago
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The State of Dark Patterns in Game Design (Teaser) - How do some games systematically get players to do things not necessarily in their interest?9 months ago
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Checking In - It's been a while since I last posted. Not much change in what I'm playing though. *World of Warcraft* The new patch just dropped. It's pretty fun. I'm ...9 months ago
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A Tale of Three Dusts - The video game industry is undergoing some dysfunction and disrepair of late. Despite Chinese games like Black Myth: Wukong selling well, and “free to play...10 months ago
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Videogame Radio and Soundtrack Spotlight - Over the holidays I’ve been listening to a lot of retro VGM, as well as catching up with some newer soundtracks. A recurring favorite of mine in this conte...11 months ago
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Real People - Hey everyone. What are you still doing here? Ah, I suppose you could ask the same of me. Not too long ago, Zubon came to town and we were able to spend som...1 year ago
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Twelve Years in the Making! - All this goofing off finally paid off! Son of Galleon is mine! I don’t know why but I always enjoyed going back to Pandaria for this mount, in fact I’m pre...1 year ago
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2024 Convention Plans - After the year’s convention season wraps up, I like to start planning for ]next year’s events. These get slotted into DEFINITE and MAYBE bins, with the und...2 years ago
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What is Blaugust? 2023 Edition - I jumped right into the previous post without actually explaining Blaugust. So... what is it? Blaugust is an excuse to get people blogging... in Augus...2 years ago
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The Trials of Czech Heavy Tanks - Czech Grind Again By: IrmaBecx So the update has dropped, and the big news is of course a new tech tree branch. I’ve kind of been slacking off lately, spen...2 years ago
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The Other White Meat - Slipping in a bit under the wire for poetry month, I know — despite the best of intentions, this month has ended up getting away from me a bit. Since I do ...2 years ago
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Dragonflight: Gathering - Dragonflight: Gathering My main is a miner (and engineer) and has been working at it since the expansion began. My fresh-and-simple Evoker is an herbalist,...2 years ago
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Tank: The Next Generation - Some weeks ago I ran the design a tank competition. The number of entries was rather low, as in, only two designs. One design came in, on the last day, a...3 years ago
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Football Manager: A (Weald)Stone’s Throw Away - Oh let’s just pile right on into it shall we? WREXHAM (predicted finish: 12th) TWELFTH! Currently third in the league but with a game in hand over the team...3 years ago
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Why It’s Been Quiet Around Here - Yeah, it’s been quiet around here. Not because I’m not working on this blog… but rather because I’m doing something insane. I’ll just say that I’ve not bee...3 years ago
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FF14 – The Best MMORPG? - I’ve seen/read lots of discussions comparing WoW and FF14 with arguments for and against the never-ending opinion wars of which one is the “best” MMORPG. S...3 years ago
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Liafa: Warlock Patron – Mantle of the Abyssal Knight - After sitting on this for over a year, I finally wrote the Mantle of the Abyssal Knight warlock subclass for my home game. It's meant to be an alt.hexblade...3 years ago
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8 Great Free-To-Play Online Video Games - When money is scarce, it is more critical than ever to get the most bang for your buck. It can be difficult if you’re a video game fanatic, and games can...3 years ago
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New Darkstar Site Launched! - See the new Darkstar site here! I’m happy to announce that the newly-designed Coming of the Darkstar site has been launched. Similar to the re-make for Nef...4 years ago
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Back to Final Fantasy 14 - Since the last post here I’ve been mostly playing Final Fantasy 14, having joined the many in quitting WoW over Blizzard being… New Blizzard? Let’s not foc...4 years ago
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Chapter 23: Wild Rivers and Still Waters - Mira groaned as she struggled to pull herself into the realm of consciousness. The back of her head felt like it was being stabbed by a thousand needles....4 years ago
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Promotions - POKER DAILY PROMOTIONS See calendar for monthly list. Bad Beat 100% Oneida Casino funded. Bad Beat increases $200 per day. Play Texas Hold’Em to be elig...4 years ago
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Kunze-Panzer & K-91-PT Back-to-Back Ace Tanker Battles | World of Tanks - via https://youtu.be/-p7IrqcSZQc The post Kunze-Panzer & K-91-PT Back-to-Back Ace Tanker Battles | World of Tanks appeared first on WoT Guru.4 years ago
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6.0 Vengeance Juggernaut PvE Guide by Aizo - Class Introduction Vengeance is a damage over time (dot) spec of Juggernaut, in 6.0 meta wise it’s in a quite finicky spot, since on one side it brings a...4 years ago
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Top games and components for the holidays: - Top games and components for the holidays: As we get ready for the holiday season, there are a plethora of gifting options that target all kinds of gamers....5 years ago
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Just chilling with other games - I haven’t been in WoW as much as I would usually during the end of an expac finishing off all the things I would like to finish, but I am well aware I won’...5 years ago
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That’s the Way Love Is - Oh look, it’s April. It’s also the month when Shadowlands will begin to be streamed, written about and plastered all Continue reading →5 years ago
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Looking back on Battle for Azeroth – Azerite, Essences & Gear - With BfA coming to end, I'm having a look at what worked and what didn't (for me!) when it came to gearing up.5 years ago
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20 Best Science Fiction Books Of The Decade,,,, - Writers and Plastic Artists who wish that their stories, poems, articles, essays, drawings and science fiction collaborations be taken into account for pub...5 years ago
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Happy New Year, 2020! - Happy New Year! May 2020 be a great year! Sharing some of my last shots of the year, up top is Rift and the rest are EQ. I still immensely enjoy both. Ri...5 years ago
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Shadowbarb Drone Guide - If you know me, you know it doesn’t take much to get me back to Uldum. In fact, there’s quite a lot that leads us back to the zone but a bug mount? Tell ...5 years ago
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Roleplaying Adventures - I'm now officially a roleplayer. My journey to the geek side is complete. I can now claim to be a video gamer, a board gamer, a miniature war gamer and a ...6 years ago
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Actual Blizzcon News Recap - After the last, admittedly pretty touchy-feely blog post, I figured it was time for something a bit more concrete and analytical regarding all of the news ...6 years ago
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Parting thoughts on another Blaugust - Another August has come and gone, and I've filled a month with posts and didn't miss a day by my reckoning! So it was a successful Blaugust... in that rega...6 years ago
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Day in the Life - I decide on the spur of the moment to leave my home in Darnassus and reach out to my real spiritual home of Stormwind but talk about pick your moments. I f...6 years ago
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Old School Grind Was the Real Participation Trophy - When people talk about modern conveniences in MMOs — like more accessible gear and better quality of life features — inevitably you’ll have some people c...6 years ago
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You can’t go home again… can you? - After much soul searching, I couldn’t justify going Night Elf…the human racials are just so much better for both PvP and PvE. I made the original Erinys wi...6 years ago
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Raiding - Heroic Za'qul down! - When we were trying it on Monday we seemed to be dying a lot from overlapping things - Dread, hysteria, manifest nightmares.... We weren't using our cooldo...6 years ago
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Hello Warcraft My Old Friend. I've Come To Login Again. - How did this place get so dusty? This feels emptier than the mage class hall. I'm joking; there's more people there than here. It's sad that it's creeping ...6 years ago
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Darkshore Warfront: First and Last time - With 8.2 dropping and seeing lots of blog posts and hearing friends talk about the new content, I thought I’d resub for a month and have a look at what’s n...6 years ago
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Associations: Teleporter Spheres - In Obduction, the excellent first person adventure game I completed last month, teleporting between domes replaced the matter in the shape of a small spher...6 years ago
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I Really Mean It This Time, Guys! - Short and to the point. I have made the decision to close down Levelcapped.com. Sorry, two readers; you don’t have to go home but you can’t stay here. Fact...6 years ago
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Ape Out – Monkey theatre for in between - Now the time has finally come and the monkey is let out of the bag. With Ape Out, top-down Klopper veterans and fans of liberally detached...6 years ago
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The current state of Hunters in Battle of Dazar’alor - I am pretty jealous of Warlocks right now. Imagine playing a pure DPS class where all 3 of your specs are not only competitive, but chart topping in the cu...6 years ago
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Getting Some More Questing in Over the Weekend, January 18th to 20th - Although last week my questing was lite, the weekend was a little more productive. On Friday, I dual boxed with Erdrique (Level 23 Bard/Fatesinger) and St...6 years ago
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Mythic+ Currency Added in World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.1 - Battle for Azeroth has been strange for me, in regards to mythic+ dungeons. In Legion, the dungeons were fantastic, and with the exception of a couple, I e...7 years 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 ...7 years ago
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Things I Wish I Had Known, Part II: The Embarrassing Stuff - In my previous post, I covered a lot of topics that I considered to be “things I wish I had known” when I started playing DDO… even with a lot of pen and p...7 years 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...7 years ago
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Ch-Ch-Changes - Moving to Wordpress As a thank you to Beej, I'm pimping his stuff. Because he's a great content creator, too!! When I first started up my Patreon back in ...7 years 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 ...7 years ago
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Solution to the Secret Stones - From March 21, 2018, a hidden chapter to the dwarven saga in the Lord of the Rings Online was revealed. Unlike the majority of the quests in this MMO, the ...7 years ago
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[IndieDev] Looking Back and Moving Forward - I'm starting a new job tomorrow, and am no longer the lead programmer for Eon Altar. For those who follow me on Twitter, this won't come as a surprise, but...8 years 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...8 years 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...8 years 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...8 years ago
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It's a Small World (of Warcraft) - Who likes an unrelated header? Yes you do! Yes you do! I don't know the best way to frame this, so I'll start with what I'd normally tack on at the end: ...9 years ago
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Level 50 Hero - At last my DragonKnight, who started his adventure first week in september, has reached level 50. And voilá 315 champion points instantly :D I took its tim...9 years ago
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Ding: Level 110! - I am so busy enjoying this expansion that I didn't update my status yet until now. Last week I reached level 110 after two days and about 20 hours of play...9 years ago
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Where to Find Foxflowers in Legion - Where to pick Foxflowers in Highmountain Last time, I recommended starting your herbalist in the Highmountain zone of World of Warcraft Legion because of...9 years ago
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The magic of Pokemon Go - Over the past few weeks people have been breaking their old habits and straying from their usual behavior. They have been taken to changing their normal ...9 years ago
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Hunter auto-targeting is back! Please take it away. - I've spent all my time since the pre-patch launched cleaning up thousands of BOEs, so today was my first day trying out group content since then. I jumped ...9 years ago
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What Happened to Battleborn? Some Thoughts… - I’ll just start with this chart, of the peak players of Battleborn on Steam for the last month. (Note: Steam only, I don’t know if reliable console stats a...9 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...9 years ago
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Where did the little fishie go? - It’s not behind the sofa… If by ‘fishie’ we mean this blog, and we do, then it did indeed ‘go wherever I did go’, and that means we are now […]9 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...9 years ago
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Leader Of The Pack - Playing the current WoW expansion, has left me with plenty time on my hands, the current content (Thanks for the content patch Blizzard). I have filled ...9 years ago
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Life in a New Land - In St Louis At Last - Early Morning View from the Diner Well, it's been a while since my last post but I'm happy to report that everything came together in the end and I made ...9 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...10 years ago
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Legion, here we come. - I think I can call it good now. My new 3-day mage will see all of Draenor’s dungeons. And flight is in hand. (With a Vial of Sands, the wife getting fligh...10 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 dol...10 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 ...11 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...11 years ago
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