The Griffin's Crier

So, confirmation that 18 stories down isn't "delving too deep" (see: lack of balrog).

I would be way too unreliable to run anything. As to settings, I would recommend exotic/mystical/sinister locales such as Egypt, Baghdad, Morocco, native settlements and/or ruins in the Americas, the US Northwest (wilderness), India, Nepal, San Fran or NYC Chinatown, New Orleans swamps, South Pacifi...

My guess is that combat gets a lot nuttier as one levels up. I'm only level 6 or so now (one solo character and one I played with Zack). From what I'm hearing from podcasts, to really see the game's potential and best questing, you need to stick it out to above level 10. For me, the game opened up q...

Damon - I have a 7-day guest pass for you if you'd like to try this game out. Lemme know.

$60 to get started might be outside my price range. No free-to-play options? Nope, they went with monthly payments. Will remain to be seen if another MMO can make monthly work. I think WoW and EVE Online are the only two surviving with monthly. Damon - I believe that all those who have purchased ar...

Seems like a lot of the titles shown this year won't be out for a while. Glad to hear about Mirror's Edge 2 though - really liked the first one. Ditto for the new Tomb Raider.

In case anyone else starts playing this game, I chose Thunderfoot (PVE, Exile side) as my server. Have been doing a lot of reading about this guy, and I think this may be the one to scratch my MMO itch for a while. I was really hopeful for ESO, but it just didn't sound like the one for me. WildStar ...

Sooo, if I get to play anytime soon, I have a Priest, Pally, Druid, Shammy and Mage deck at level 10 or above, plus some cool extra cards from the few packs I've either won or purchased. Yay - sounds good! I am getting really excited to try Arena, but trying to hold out until I hit lvl 10 on my Sha...

Bob and Lance, where did you send your friend request? I see nothing in my inbox or junk filter for tmmazur@hotmail.com, nor anything on gmail. I checked battle.net but didn't see anything there for friend requests, nor did I identify anthing in-game on Hearthstone. I sent my request to the email a...

Wow, sorry to hear that. But I know that there are simply amazing hearing aids available now. My dad has really awesome (expensive) hearing aids. My dad's have made a big difference for him too. Having the phone transmit right to his ears via Bluetooth is pretty huge. He could never hear on the pho...

An Arena entry costs 150 gold, I think, and two packs are 200 gold IIRC. The minimum prize you earn for Arena is one pack, even if you get trounced. If you do better, then you can get a good bit more. So, it seems to me if one is playing solo (not with friends), this is the best way to build a card ...

Decks usually become significantly tougher once bought cards are incorporated. I have only played a little in Constructed, but it's pretty brutal with a Basic card only deck. I also noted that the "tougher" setting for Practice (AI) mode was also brutal since the advanced cards are include...

IIRC, you always get one pack for participating in Arena, even if you get trashed. It's essentially 100 gold for the pack and 50 gold for the Arena "experience", worst case scenario.

I'll friend you ASAP!

I've been considering that one too, since it's free to play. Agreed that the story was great. Sort of the same deal as WoW though - the combat is just too boring.

Cool. I have been playing a little WoW to get my explore on, but the gameplay is just so same-ol'-same-ol'. I think I'm ready for something else. Will see. If the game goes free to play, that will definitely help my decision, but may try a month to see what it's like. Game is ~$45 on Amazon now.