Generational Reflections
Lately I’ve been noticing I’m getting older. Just yesterday Daan asked me: how long ago do you think 1997 was? It felt like it has been three years, while in fact it’s been twelve! My generation is growing up and it’s time for some generational reflections. We’ve been labelled generation Y, a generation that has been analysed and defined. Yet the latest research by the UN about child well-being might throw these definitions out of balance.
WoW Life: Moonkin Druid
Although Feral (dps) is supposed to be the best spec for leveling druids, I’ve recently respecced my druid to Balance and leveling has never been this easy! I can hit myself in the head for not doing this sooner. Balance offers you the possibility to let your druid function as a caster with high dps, so it does major damage, yet it’s also a ranged class with weaker armor than Feral.
WoW Life: the first few weeks
A lot has happened this week in my WoW life: I’ve transferred my level 69 feral druid to Eonar, I’ve started a Death Knight, I’ve changed many professions on my different characters and – the most important thing – I’ve joined a guild!
Other Highlights IGF 2009
To close my coverage of the IGF’s finalists I wanted to highlight some of the most interesting designers and games in the rest of the competition. There weren’t that many amazing games left, but Dyson and Blueberry Garden managed to spice things up and lift my spirits. I take a closer look at them in this post. Next to that I’ll discuss some of the more promising, yet not so inspiring finalists as well.
IGF 2009
An overview of all my posts about the IGF 2009.
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Snuggems and Numnums
Since a while I’ve been playing World of Warcraft again casually. I haven’t picked up any of my previously loved characters, because I wanted to start with a clean slate. This means beginning from scratch and going through all the horrors of levelling again! My current characters are Snuggems, level 25 male Tauren hunter 9/7/0 (going for Marksmanship in the future, with a few points in Beast Mastery), skinner and leatherworker and Numnums, level 10 female mage 0/1/0 (going for all-fire), enchanter and tailorer. I want to start another shadowpriest and maybe even a warlock, but for now I’ll enjoy playing Snuggems and Numnums. If you want to join me in-game, go to the Eonar European server (horde). I’ll write something about my experiences playing WoW for a second time soon!
