Friday, August 29, 2008

Site Feedback

Recently, I have reached some milestones with this blog. A big thank you to all the readers. So I figured now would be a good time to take a look at the blog and see if I need to make any adjustments.One adjustment I have been thinking about is the...

Thursday, August 28, 2008

I've got the power

"It's gettin' it's gettin' it's gettin' kinda hectic" - The Power, SnapI do not play play City of Heroe's/City of Villains much (Ardua does though!). I really like the concept of the game, but I just cannot bring myself to do the PvE grind to the level...

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

So bright, I gotta wear shades

"Needless to say, I was a little despondent about the meltdown." - Chris Knight, Real GeniusDuring the preview weekend, I decided to play a Bright Wizard. A bright wizard is a DPS focused caster class and also a pyro. I took him up to Rank 10 before...

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Vegas... Vegas... Vegas...

So I says to him, I said "Get your own monkey! hehehehehe" - Rusty, Vegas VacationWAR introduced a new looting system, dubbed the Vegas Loot system for use in their Public Quests (PQ). For a more detailed explanation of Public Quests, see this. This...

Monday, August 25, 2008

Monday Gripe: Nerf-herders

The first recorded call for a nerf in a video game came in 1972, with the debut of Pong. After the game, the losing player wrote a letter, on his typewriter, to Atari. The letter demanded that Atari shorten Player 1's paddle, as it was giving Player...

Friday, August 22, 2008

HowTo: Get Ventrilo to work with WAR on Vista

Today I had issues getting Push To Talk to work with Ventrilo and Vista. When in the game, the keypress I designated would not trigger Ventrilo to talk. After some thinking, I figured out what the issue is.The WAR client needs to run with Admin privileges,...

Thursday, August 21, 2008

How-to get WARdb tooltips

As you can see in this post, you can have your links show a tooltip (from WARdb) if someone puts their mouse over the link. I always found this useful in WoW (WoWhead), so I integrated it into this blog. It is pretty simple to do, all you need is...

Life of an Engineer

Coming into the Warhammer Online Beta, the Engineer class was the one I was most interested in. I even debated saving it for launch, but I could not resist. I took the Engineer up to Rank 11. Anything more and I felt I would be seeing too much. Please...

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Better Late than Never

I am speaking of my Warhammer Online Beta impressions of course! There are numerous postings for you all to read, so I will keep this one short and somewhat sweet. I have been in the CE beta for about a week now. I went into the game hoping for the following:Fun...

Monday, August 18, 2008

Monday Gripe: Trash

Monday, we meet again. You are the bane of the working mans existence. A perfectly pleasant weekend, ended by your arrival. Much like onions in my cheesesteak, you are not welcome. You have inspired a new Werit segment, where I will complain and moan...

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Sega and the Lost Room of Games

Much like a Hot Chicks room, I think we all could use a room like this in our homes. The folks over at Sega apparently stumbled upon a huge game archive, and I do mean huge. This 1 picture below does not do it justice. Be sure to check out the rest.See...

Friday, August 15, 2008

STO: Echoes From the Past

All the talk about Star Trek Online got my thinking about some of the past Star Trek games. One of my favorites was Star Trek The Next Generation: Echoes From the Past. It's name could be a bit shorter I suppose. It was a console game available on...

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

I can't play female characters

I am a man in my late 20's and have been playing games for close to 20 years now. In all that time, I can't remember playing a female character (except for Metroid of course). In fact, I do not even read books when they are told from a female characters...

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Werit is a Casualty of WAR

Recently, I have started to look around for a guild to join. When it comes to joining a group I am pretty picky. I consider becoming a member of a guild to be a big decision and responsibility. Guild hopping is not my thing, so I want to make sure...

Sunday, August 10, 2008

WAAAAAwwwww

First, a poem:Here I sit, brokenheartedI have gotten into closed betaBut am told I can only play lataI know, I know, I'm a dwarf and it is early. No Shakespeare here.So yes, I have gotten into closed beta due to my CE pre-order. That made yesterday...

Friday, August 8, 2008

Friday Question: Blogging and Character Name

This one goes out to all you bloggers out there:Will you play a character with the same name as your blogging hand...

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Warhammer, PhysX , and you

A while ago, Mythic announced that it would be using the Nvidia PhsyX middleware suite. PhsyX is really a set of software tools designed to enhance and streamline physics, allowing for a more fun and immersive experience.PhysX can use 3 hardware tools...

The last peaceful weekend

With the announcement of Collector Edition pre-orders getting into Closed Beta, this could be the last WAR'less weekend for myself and others. Lets take a look at the dates:Aug 9-10: Nothing, maybe closed beta downloadAug 16-17: Closed Beta, Open Beta...

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

WAR: Bad news for Greenskins

Looks like next week I will make a closed beta appearance!"5) Regarding the pre-order, Collector’s Edition and the Standard Edition, we are pleased to announce that we will also be inviting our pre-order CE buyers into our Closed Beta test starting next...

New toy has arrived

Destruction players may wonder: "Werit, what kind of monitor are you using when you are WTF PWNing us?" Wonder no more, for my quest is now over! Behold...I went with the 22" Samsung 2253BW from Newegg. It came out to $249, after a mail in rebate....

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

WAR: More delays

"Folks,A quick update:1) NDA lift is indeed coming very soon but not this week. We've still got a few things to knock off the "Must do before lift" list before I lift the NDA. But it is going to be sooner, rather than later. Still plenty of time to go...

WAR: RvR for all levels

In WoW, Battlegrounds are separated by level brackets, for example: 20-29, 30-39. It seems like a reasonable breakdown, not too broad and not too narrow. However in practice it does not work very well. What ends up happening is only players near the...

Monday, August 4, 2008

Warhammer Card Game

About a month ago, I said that WAR should have a CCG. Last week brought news of the Standard Edition Pre-Order, which included, a deck of Warhammer cards. Coincidence? I don't think so but Destruction will say, "Werit, there is no way they saw your...

Sunday, August 3, 2008

WAR: Marketing Failure?

While reading a thread over on WHA about a video released by gamespot, it occurred to me that the video marketing for WAR is awful. Nearly every 'official' video from Mythic or its blessed reviewers (i.e. Gamespot/IGN) is usually uninspiring and crappy....

Friday, August 1, 2008

WAR: Great gameplay video

Check it out, 10 minutes of quality footage:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=CDWPjvr2Hg4# Be sure to watch in High Quality. You get to see a myriad of skill descriptions. Some of them are VERY interesting. Also footage of the Giant PQ transitioning...

Book: The Name of the Wind

When not on the computer, refreshing various websites for news that never comes, I enjoy reading. One book I recently finished was 'The Name of the Wind' by Patrick Rothfuss. My favorite book genre, by far, is Science Fiction. This time I decided...

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