tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132667512024-03-28T23:29:07.657-04:00Heartlessgamer.com gaming blog. MMORPGs and more!Heartlessgamer.com gaming blog. MMORPGs and more!heartlessgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02809717223567961650noreply@blogger.comBlogger161715tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13266751.post-65423477600519484742024-03-28T10:56:00.000-04:002024-03-28T10:56:05.845-04:00Should I? Path of Exile<p> Should I?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyJJJXOTZuSndbXsmIb-Ks0WRBXzQPGntU6_ENQFKUnmm16gkCf-67MerVhijUG2AqPlgCBWVOKuNjOq_EZ04PrEmQry8EAKr0OAYVRzQ8i8EVg5AMk4yyZHKX8UWXGmN96aTMg55P_vFcDIqU7MGxZMnbvPzPyD9C09jzm37PnCIkgnw1cEDm0A/s659/poe%20install.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="An image showing the steam store page to install and play path of exile" border="0" data-original-height="135" data-original-width="659" height="66" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyJJJXOTZuSndbXsmIb-Ks0WRBXzQPGntU6_ENQFKUnmm16gkCf-67MerVhijUG2AqPlgCBWVOKuNjOq_EZ04PrEmQry8EAKr0OAYVRzQ8i8EVg5AMk4yyZHKX8UWXGmN96aTMg55P_vFcDIqU7MGxZMnbvPzPyD9C09jzm37PnCIkgnw1cEDm0A/w320-h66/poe%20install.png" title="An image showing the steam store page to install and play path of exile" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>heartlessgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02809717223567961650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13266751.post-48515971249324346172024-03-27T11:19:00.001-04:002024-03-27T11:19:34.382-04:00MMORPG Alphas! MMORPG Betas! Oh my!<p> 2024 is shaping up to be a big MMORPG year. Along that line new alphas and betas are coming soon for Throne & Liberty global launch and Pax Dei!</p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWqW2mijuRSBtLDfijZnXGZpvUjJ-rUJUBlifdJFpbahtjteh-wJHCTuXNXlXrp-AN35t9L3EC_dHymrNFVO2gCwQbWbtU2XHtcl-NkQa0Q-0pLlP1M4nGd_HWdu7mNvOicABoL7Y8ayaH-T94bV4IC-IDulEuzlaRRp1pifOgygYq0U1qVKiaMg/s474/throne%20and%20liberty%20logo.png" imageanchor="1"><img alt="throne and liberty" border="0" data-original-height="228" data-original-width="474" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWqW2mijuRSBtLDfijZnXGZpvUjJ-rUJUBlifdJFpbahtjteh-wJHCTuXNXlXrp-AN35t9L3EC_dHymrNFVO2gCwQbWbtU2XHtcl-NkQa0Q-0pLlP1M4nGd_HWdu7mNvOicABoL7Y8ayaH-T94bV4IC-IDulEuzlaRRp1pifOgygYq0U1qVKiaMg/w320-h154/throne%20and%20liberty%20logo.png" title="throne and liberty" width="320" /></a></div><br /> First, <a href="https://www.playthroneandliberty.com/en-us/news/articles/confidential-closed-beta-test-announcement" target="_blank">Throne & Liberty has announced their long awaited global beta for April 10th</a>! More details below:<br /><p></p><p></p><blockquote><i>The upcoming Closed Beta Test will start on April 10 at 1PM PT (8PM UTC) and run until April 17 at 1PM PT (8PM UTC). Selected players will receive their invitation via email on April 2, and will be provided a code via email on April 4 with further instructions on how to participate.</i></blockquote><p></p><p> I've signed up and am hopeful to make the beta. I have a lot of interest in Throne & Liberty as it seems to be on of the few games really striking for the "massive" portion of MMORPG. For some folks a PvP fight with 1,000+ players may seem muddled but to me it sounds fun.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF9gw5CghR_cv_aoyQGhGK5kixGhBrZ54BpNnObB_Snaj9_A6oH0FIltnscLryHTDAlVLobRwEH1WpPZTAGBwivg8uMWOL0l-fZZEJS2BxqeEOeNKr2bC6ZhCWMikkqYZ5FHmxl5rth9Q0GypsBTe4h0U0IzjFQtezvoq3CP3sDV6TvMBassor1g/s474/pax%20dei.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="pax dei" border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="474" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF9gw5CghR_cv_aoyQGhGK5kixGhBrZ54BpNnObB_Snaj9_A6oH0FIltnscLryHTDAlVLobRwEH1WpPZTAGBwivg8uMWOL0l-fZZEJS2BxqeEOeNKr2bC6ZhCWMikkqYZ5FHmxl5rth9Q0GypsBTe4h0U0IzjFQtezvoq3CP3sDV6TvMBassor1g/w320-h180/pax%20dei.jpg" title="pax dei" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p> Next up is Pax Dei with their next "Wilderness Alpha" phase coming. Check the <a href="https://playpaxdei.com/en-us/news/game-updates/wilderness-alpha-a-look-at-what-weve-been-working-on" target="_blank">news post</a> for more information. If you end up signing up for alpha access feel free to enter my referral code "heartlessgamer_friends".</p><p><i></i></p><blockquote><i>We just announced that our upcoming Alpha will start on April 23rd. In this post, we want to explain the delay and provide more details on what our teams have been working on during the past few months, as well as what you can expect to test this time around.</i></blockquote><p></p><p> The team looks to be making good progress with the game; specifically on the RPG side. The sandbox building side looked to be in pretty good shape from previous alpha testing. With this new alpha there is a hefty set of changes to animations, skills, and thus combat is changing. The animations of the prior alphas was not polished so looking to see the changes.<br /></p><p> They also have new dungeons which look much better than the caves of the prior updates.<br /></p>heartlessgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02809717223567961650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13266751.post-27707731845137658582024-03-26T11:53:00.006-04:002024-03-26T11:53:30.897-04:00New World: Merge Day and Community Q&A<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2IuLoMeIX5tBCmg3BI6RmF3ITpu3WWUZgKh-1_7bRaHiIHhYmVtwwYL6oetCNcGjavCc1tW1EsRx4TRwCgvghZb0PWJ5vAsif-SLde9sumqt7MddjNxwSnMhu_rx61Rbd1Mw56Z6WZ3Rq9UR_4jsW6AIAC6r6B-KbGO8D7HpHmxtr9QSKw_1b7g/s800/new_world_logo_thumb800.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="New world mmo logo" border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2IuLoMeIX5tBCmg3BI6RmF3ITpu3WWUZgKh-1_7bRaHiIHhYmVtwwYL6oetCNcGjavCc1tW1EsRx4TRwCgvghZb0PWJ5vAsif-SLde9sumqt7MddjNxwSnMhu_rx61Rbd1Mw56Z6WZ3Rq9UR_4jsW6AIAC6r6B-KbGO8D7HpHmxtr9QSKw_1b7g/w320-h180/new_world_logo_thumb800.webp" title="New world mmo logo" width="320" /></a></div> New World is gaining momentum again. The server merges are scheduled for
tomorrow, March 27th. Following that, the Season 5 update will be
released next week on April 2nd. Additionally, the March community Q&A update has been released. Let's dive in!<p></p><p> First, the server merge that is relevant to me. US East/Castle of Steel is merging into Valhalla. I am not deep into the server politics or war scene anymore so that aspect is irrelevant for me (though I am sure it will cause some grumpy faces for others). What I like about merge days is the interruption to my daily routines.</p><p> I have a consistent set of open world runs I like to go on. I am not talking about elite chest runs; I am talking more about areas of the world I like to hit up and usually do so the same time every day. With the merges I will get to see new faces and as I'm PvP flagged 90% of the time that means the fight may be on!<br /></p><p> Also with merge days comes the collision of trading posts. In the past I'd have spent the better part of the week before merge scouring for deals to buy low and sell high post merge. This time around I am not putting that level of effort in but I do have stockpile of stuff ready for merge day. I am also sitting on 300,000+ gold which is 200,000 short of the cap for gold so I can't generate too much wealth until the Season 5 update when gold cap updates to 1,000,000.</p><p> The developers also took time away from Game Developers Conference (GDC) to give our <a href="https://youtu.be/J1RAqIoiXMQ?si=IaBTNUogo00zqUzN" target="_blank">March community Q&A</a>. </p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/J1RAqIoiXMQ?si=IaBTNUogo00zqUzN" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><br /></p><p> I found this update to be refreshing and it restored some hope. Nothing major was said but the team was more blunt in their responses which was helpful. For example the team finally said "we are not working on adding daggers to the game" vs past statements that were wishy-washy such as "we think daggers are cool yadda yadda" which lead players to keep asking for updates on daggers.<br /></p><p> In that list of more definitive statements the team confirmed:</p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Daggers, as noted, are not being worked on</li><li>They are working on PvP updates for the game; more to come in the June announcement</li><li>They are NOT talking about the June update at this time</li><li>They are NOT working on a new OPR (outpost rush) map</li><li>They are NOT working to change town buffs</li><li>They are going to get rid of the perfect salvage pop up</li><li>We will get cross server 3v3 arenas in 2024</li><li>They believe they have a fix for the title spam on changing game modes for Season 5 (4/2)</li></ul><p> For me these answers were a breath of fresh air. I liked the answers. I continue to enjoy that the team confronts negative feedback and "stick to their guns" on topics. I am frustrated like other players we have to wait for June for the next big info dump but at least they are confirming PvP is part of that update. They seem excited about the big announcement so that gets me excited.</p><p> This time next week we'll be playing Season 5 and fighting in the new combat code/animation system. I am glad they chose 4/2 instead of 4/1 so we can all be spared the April Fools jokes should another delay occur.<br /></p><p> <br /></p>heartlessgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02809717223567961650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13266751.post-15734181659818594932024-03-25T06:00:00.001-04:002024-03-25T06:00:00.354-04:00Steam Backlog: Borderlands 2<p> <i>This post is part of my running series: <a href="https://www.heartlessgamer.com/2023/03/my-steam-backlog.html" target="_blank">My Steam Backlog</a> (see all <a href="https://www.heartlessgamer.com/search/label/MySteamBacklog" target="_blank">MySteamBacklog tagged posts</a>).</i></p><p><i> </i>With the lull in activity for New World I am back at it in my backlog of games on Steam. Today I booted up Borderlands 2 and an hour later uninstalled it. Here's my thoughts.</p><p> This was actually my second go around at Borderlands 2 and it didn't take long for me to remember why I stopped playing the first time around. For context, I loved the original Borderlands. It was a fast looter shooter and was
over before it overstayed it's welcome. Borderlands 2 on the other hand
bogs down as soon as you start. The looting and shooting is still
there but there is a good bit of waiting inbetween.</p><p> To go along with the waiting I also had some technical issues. Changing resolutions and windowed kept causing the game to not launch properly. Then while playing, no matter the settings, I kept getting stutters intermittently. Mouse sensitivity was all over the place and I was never able to figure out what was up between the game's settings and my mouse's DPI settings. I don't have issues in other games.</p><p> Throw in technical issues and an early reminder starting a new game that there is a bit of waiting and I was bored fairly quickly and moved the game to uninstalled. For the purposes of my Steam backlog though it is off the list! Glad I picked it up in a sale :)</p><p> Some screenshots:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0tNMm1CUB9VAYp-pzGE1-EpeT4sBot_7wYq79VWzSpywAeesrbjhrd83CvEKczTDQrW8ymVjyh7Q2Ij3LtB58Be5QuJ45pYSUAgfp9RvYxKlt54OtBsevGLTdRjgwIqWuY53BSMcK5qVzZn1JG5iHw9YMt-AVZK2bNlM7_PjWT2CjsYyyBuV1Cw/s1920/2013-07-14_00001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="A screenshot from the game Borderlands 2 on PC" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0tNMm1CUB9VAYp-pzGE1-EpeT4sBot_7wYq79VWzSpywAeesrbjhrd83CvEKczTDQrW8ymVjyh7Q2Ij3LtB58Be5QuJ45pYSUAgfp9RvYxKlt54OtBsevGLTdRjgwIqWuY53BSMcK5qVzZn1JG5iHw9YMt-AVZK2bNlM7_PjWT2CjsYyyBuV1Cw/w400-h225/2013-07-14_00001.jpg" title="A screenshot from the game Borderlands 2 on PC" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh... ah... pretty sky!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWEXbg32o1uBACDV6KBDgJjLWH0GrWruQggDVMOJ26YCig_twDzjOT_YS3L4Ut_fBdohhyphenhyphen9cZ53gU6z18rWNgmoPUSbBh4ClAYeAQX_XIbDiSQaYfSGxJtJLQhgpO7XBvlZXPo15MNECTrinD40ODWAFNlpfrV5pE0nqjskOpU2CP5UR7k2Imvdg/s2560/20240324101441_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="A screenshot from the game Borderlands 2 on PC" border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWEXbg32o1uBACDV6KBDgJjLWH0GrWruQggDVMOJ26YCig_twDzjOT_YS3L4Ut_fBdohhyphenhyphen9cZ53gU6z18rWNgmoPUSbBh4ClAYeAQX_XIbDiSQaYfSGxJtJLQhgpO7XBvlZXPo15MNECTrinD40ODWAFNlpfrV5pE0nqjskOpU2CP5UR7k2Imvdg/w400-h225/20240324101441_1.jpg" title="A screenshot from the game Borderlands 2 on PC" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I do like the intro screens but they are a bit too common to start the game out.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaBaieFXpLDRj-HufvtKMe6Mf6zvNrykg-rb6va7vv9h6weWkyzVhyzhsEXxIQo16NFsfmOm2iGUtCwL9uA8DvApwKSGMCRWMKsYnAE0Vi9uZ6CVjoIfoXmnYKFRUcccx7HoKzi17IgIFbv4V6PuzYxM8tc3Lf62UwrfK9jJwfMQUXAJmIQKCo8g/s2560/20240324102427_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="A screenshot from the game Borderlands 2 on PC" border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaBaieFXpLDRj-HufvtKMe6Mf6zvNrykg-rb6va7vv9h6weWkyzVhyzhsEXxIQo16NFsfmOm2iGUtCwL9uA8DvApwKSGMCRWMKsYnAE0Vi9uZ6CVjoIfoXmnYKFRUcccx7HoKzi17IgIFbv4V6PuzYxM8tc3Lf62UwrfK9jJwfMQUXAJmIQKCo8g/w400-h225/20240324102427_1.jpg" title="A screenshot from the game Borderlands 2 on PC" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I do like the intro screens but they are a bit too common to start the game out.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvph7C1FL9Ccln0IXgPmZ_TEhyphenhyphenpx9ZSCd5EyyP8a7x9gVy0KJ9wFLh08RGUK1hsteelBBymm_jM6aYlqjLXqQhSb0G_wOeK1u7EXH72A2D7Qk7c0lbrRSC8BbT1lN1bx6CrjnKXMdSHIEIThWO-BOkhSwedBnJ1q1644pguliIxRmIPwYXnDe4YQ/s2560/20240324102537_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="A screenshot from the game Borderlands 2 on PC" border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvph7C1FL9Ccln0IXgPmZ_TEhyphenhyphenpx9ZSCd5EyyP8a7x9gVy0KJ9wFLh08RGUK1hsteelBBymm_jM6aYlqjLXqQhSb0G_wOeK1u7EXH72A2D7Qk7c0lbrRSC8BbT1lN1bx6CrjnKXMdSHIEIThWO-BOkhSwedBnJ1q1644pguliIxRmIPwYXnDe4YQ/w400-h225/20240324102537_1.jpg" title="A screenshot from the game Borderlands 2 on PC" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh look a quest where... all I do is... wait?<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW7ReYMzPU3cYgRoRymupT3LuuEQm_DZcMX-FScBo9QKeQ4-kmzFGijpc1o8zWckhSsG6ELhm8NBvMuMB1Ubl1ribvjvkltJ2dDM10vKr6ZyS0CPuoCLSFKPuRNXIBg4sJfAFtdoxOmxB-ljr-jUwA4o1Zlw-E4SUJm2xydP49bY1usdRVEOLcpA/s2560/20240324102554_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="A screenshot from the game Borderlands 2 on PC" border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW7ReYMzPU3cYgRoRymupT3LuuEQm_DZcMX-FScBo9QKeQ4-kmzFGijpc1o8zWckhSsG6ELhm8NBvMuMB1Ubl1ribvjvkltJ2dDM10vKr6ZyS0CPuoCLSFKPuRNXIBg4sJfAFtdoxOmxB-ljr-jUwA4o1Zlw-E4SUJm2xydP49bY1usdRVEOLcpA/w400-h225/20240324102554_1.jpg" title="A screenshot from the game Borderlands 2 on PC" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh look... another quest where all you do is... wait?<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP6CGhIeSxrjaZRx0i1VYBC8anFi5sS_LyYVq05yGYcCVPHIlRZE0Utuc7zgjUu01ci3wT6qgE_nHWScL9yYefk_k9aGOWak_8WTxlBxsYcD7NvgjXeKsoE-LM6Kql1UMETEKx7Odi1Sk7GryZMgQ4lFSo1iwTtrd-rxaoeIVa5yh94AR0s8L3fA/s2560/20240324103915_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="A screenshot from the game Borderlands 2 on PC" border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP6CGhIeSxrjaZRx0i1VYBC8anFi5sS_LyYVq05yGYcCVPHIlRZE0Utuc7zgjUu01ci3wT6qgE_nHWScL9yYefk_k9aGOWak_8WTxlBxsYcD7NvgjXeKsoE-LM6Kql1UMETEKx7Odi1Sk7GryZMgQ4lFSo1iwTtrd-rxaoeIVa5yh94AR0s8L3fA/w400-h225/20240324103915_1.jpg" title="A screenshot from the game Borderlands 2 on PC" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I do like the intro screens but they are a bit too common to start the game out.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYcqbKFIriBE4Mj0bl1a8v6LY2Odoz_QQKLqDxdQTkywaPRH4jXXfKMsU0nTnP9Rv4v1NeovKoW85xciUz3cJDrXczve4xAIT1ZGzd9yj16JqHlluju8d7CsW-77LUzYwDSV1EZNb18me7BZaa_3OBQQfu8iVHRSGX2BIJ5glq72ixJAcDJqP7dA/s2560/20240324104106_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="A screenshot from the game Borderlands 2 on PC" border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYcqbKFIriBE4Mj0bl1a8v6LY2Odoz_QQKLqDxdQTkywaPRH4jXXfKMsU0nTnP9Rv4v1NeovKoW85xciUz3cJDrXczve4xAIT1ZGzd9yj16JqHlluju8d7CsW-77LUzYwDSV1EZNb18me7BZaa_3OBQQfu8iVHRSGX2BIJ5glq72ixJAcDJqP7dA/w400-h225/20240324104106_1.jpg" title="A screenshot from the game Borderlands 2 on PC" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By the background you can see I was in the middle of shootin' when this game tip popped up freezing the action.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>heartlessgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02809717223567961650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13266751.post-75276666172588767392024-03-24T07:24:00.002-04:002024-03-24T07:24:37.750-04:00Spring Break Recap<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIIWEuseAeVoUK2ucXr2vaVRDC1BjoPuTkkXVDxemtiJ6Zmdq6EEQksUsQTP7ki52LSpm2KE-UWrrXPPy57wgm9moJRmDMVu34gXshR7i32v-gvTUteC5lYg5M4e86OeTgSOtQSp5XkOa2SFzJ6ZcZDmOtdpolRbPuBluThDDyDxmqITbcSK_bIQ/s600/Untitled.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The box cover of Ticket to Ride new york board game" border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIIWEuseAeVoUK2ucXr2vaVRDC1BjoPuTkkXVDxemtiJ6Zmdq6EEQksUsQTP7ki52LSpm2KE-UWrrXPPy57wgm9moJRmDMVu34gXshR7i32v-gvTUteC5lYg5M4e86OeTgSOtQSp5XkOa2SFzJ6ZcZDmOtdpolRbPuBluThDDyDxmqITbcSK_bIQ/w320-h320/Untitled.png" title="The box cover of Ticket to Ride new york board game" width="320" /></a></div><br /> I'm back from Spring Break. We hit the aquarium, zoo, museum, and a Lego Discovery Center. Oh and I reminded the family of my gamer greatness by winning at <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/253284/ticket-ride-new-york" target="_blank">Ticket to Ride New York</a>. Also lots of fishing; got my kids onto a school of crappies. Love watching the 5 yo catch fish back to back to back to back to back to back (easily caught 100 of them through the week).<br /><p></p>heartlessgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02809717223567961650noreply@blogger.com0