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Cake day: July 9th, 2023

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  • Every few months I get the itch to dive into an MMO. I drift around among many of the free to play offerings depending on what sort of world I want to inhabit. As is tradition for me this time of year, I’ve been rewatching the LOTR trilogy, and thus I’ve decided to hop back into Lord of the Rings Online.

    I haven’t played in years, but dusted off my level 10 champion and set about getting reacquainted with things. Thus far I’m having a really good time. There’s something quaintly nostalgic about this kind of tab target MMO. The whole thing is very cozy to me. Maybe that’s just my love of the setting and the opening areas being consciously pastoral, but I find it very easy to just zone out and churn through content in this game.

    I don’t know how long I’ll stick with it, as MMOs tend to demand more investment than I’m willing to give single games, but as of right now I’m having a wonderful time.



  • Right? Like, if I want to be as charitable as I’m capable of being, I could understand that sentiment if you are talking about your own official forums on your website. Like, sure, if you own the content and the forum, you have the power to determine what is and isn’t acceptable on your platforms. It’s a stupid determination, mind you, but it’s within your power. However the impression I gather from the article is that they’re referring to the Steam forums, which is absolutely asinine to me.




  • Jorphdan (the ph is silent) has dozens of videos exploring the lore of the Dungeons and Dragons multiverse. Those worlds have been the setting for enough videogames that I think it applies.

    You might also check out Eckhart’s Ladder. He focuses primarily on Star Wars but with some digressions into Halo and other science fiction universes.

    One of my personal favorite gaming essayists is Grim Beard, though his particular style may or may not gel with you. His videos are generally about a single game and often encompass a game’s conception, development, gameplay, reception, and legacy. It’s not exactly a lore channel, per se, but I feel like it might be in the ballpark of what you’re looking for.