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Sunday, November 9th, 2008I just tried to log into World of Warcraft for the first time in weeks only to be greeted with the “account frozen” message. They suggested that I should go add some more time to continue playing. I guess that the old credit card I had on my account expired and I haven’t updated it [...]
On Herbs and Patches
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008I haven’t had time to actually play the post-patch 3.0.2 World of Warcraft yet, but I did take the time to log in and auction the bank full of herbs I’ve been hoarding in anticipation of this patch. I have to say, it’s immensely satisfying to see stacks of herbs that I bought for 30 [...]
Life > Game
Sunday, October 12th, 2008I looked at my blog yesterday and realized I hadn’t made a post in almost two weeks. As someone who did a daily post (sometimes multiple daily posts) all through my last year of college, it’s a little weird to go that long without some input. It’s not that I don’t have stuff to say [...]
So It Begins Again
Sunday, September 21st, 2008Even though I’m not playing Warhammer Online right now, I’m definitely intending to go pick it up eventually. I’m focused on getting my WoW mage to 70 for Wrath, but once I do that I’ll go buy it and give the full retail version a go so I’m not just basing my knowledge on beta, [...]
Why Do You Read Random Battle?
Saturday, September 20th, 2008I just read Jaye’s latest post over at Journeys with Jaye, and it got me thinking about the writing I’ve been doing here at Random Battle. The focus of this blog has never been very much about my personal gaming sessions, but I also don’t consider this a hard news blog. I’m certainly not posting [...]
Experimenting With Ads
Saturday, September 13th, 2008You may have noticed over the last two weeks that ads have started appearing on my site. It was a small experiment on my part to see how lucrative it was. When I started Random Battle, I had made the decision to not have ads on it because I find them distracting and annoying. However, [...]
Free Subscriptions to Online Games for Bloggers
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008I haven’t really paid attention to what people have been saying in response to Tobold’s full disclosure post (wherein he publically stated that he got a media account for Warhammer Online), but based on the hubbub at other blogs it sounds like people are being pretty negative about it. I completely agree with Mr. Jennings [...]
Housekeeping Stuff — New Links
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008I just went through the links on Virginworlds and a number of the more obscure sites I read and added a whole mess of new gaming blogs to my Google reader. Too many to list, actually, or I would. Any that don’t get pruned will eventually show up on my sidebar anyway.
I like to do [...]
Twittering Like a Madman
Monday, August 18th, 2008So, I finally downloaded Twhirl at the insistence of a friend who told me that I couldn’t really experience Twitter properly without a client like that. He was right. I was shielded from it before, protected in a soft cocoon of ignorance. Now I’m hopelessly, shamelessly, hungrily addicted. I’ll be commenting on game and book-related [...]
Passing Time Until Lich King
Monday, August 11th, 2008The more I see about the upcoming changes to World of Warcraft, the more excited I get about Wrath of the Lich King. For all of my complaints about WoW, it’s still my favorite MMOG by a wide margin. Now that they’re bringing in some of the few UI mods I actually use into the [...]
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