Having created my Sims 3 Legacy Challenge Scorecard, I’ve started a legacy of my own. The family name is MacEpic, and I’ve dubbed the founder, Kevin, the Jolly Green Hobo. Name: Kevin MacEpic Favorite Food: PancakesFavorite Music: Kids’ MusicFavorite Color: Red Traits: Bookworm, computer Whiz, Family-Oriented, Lucky, Good Sense of Continue Reading
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Sims 3 Legacy Challenge Scorecard Spreadsheet
I recently acquired The Sims 3. A friend of mine then introduced me to the Sims Legacy Challenge, which was originally conceptualized for The Sims 2. The goal is to start a new game with one impoverished Sim owning a large plot of land with no house on it and Continue Reading
Making the Best Use of Recount, Part 6: Healing Done
This is the sixth in a series of posts about Recount, an add-on for World of Warcraft. It gathers and reports on data taken during combat. The Introduction Display Window Basics Damage Done Details The DPS Report Damage Taken and Friendly Fire Healing Done Healing Done The Healing Done summary Continue Reading
Showing Up to a Raid is Good Etiquette
Some World of Warcraft players have a chronic problem with accepting raid invitations and failing to show up to them. It’s a problem I’ve seen before in Dungeons & Dragons, as well. The player is of the “it’s only a game” mentality — since it’s only a game, it doesn’t Continue Reading
Making the Best Use of Recount, Part 5: Damage Taken and Friendly Fire
This is the fifth in a series of posts about Recount, an add-on for World of Warcraft. It gathers and reports on data taken during combat. The next two reports I cover, again clicking to the right in Recount, are not complicated. Their formats are similar to those of reports Continue Reading
Making the Best Use of Recount, Part 4: The DPS Report
This is the fourth in a series of posts about Recount, an add-on for World of Warcraft. It gathers and reports on data taken during combat. A Quick Note In my last installment I overlooked the most obvious part of the Damage Done window, which is the summary chart. It’s Continue Reading
Making the Best Use of Recount, Part 2: Display Window Basics
This is the second in a series of posts about Recount, an add-on for World of Warcraft. It gathers and reports on data taken during combat. Display Window Basics The main window is the only one you’ll ever see if you don’t play around with the addon much. It gives Continue Reading
Work in Progress: Final Fantasy Tissue Box Cover
In the process of working my way up in difficulty to the needlepoint projects I daydream about, I am making a tissue box cover. I’m pretty sure everyone who’s ever done plastic canvas needlepoint has done at least one of these, and by the time I finish this project I Continue Reading
Suikoden: Tierkreis Review for Long-Standing Suikoden Fans
This review of Suikoden: Tierkreis is specifically intended for people who’ve been fans of the Suikoden series for a long time, a discourse about how Tierkreis compares to the rest of the Suikoden games. It doesn’t cover the basics a normal review would give you, and it doesn’t involve any Continue Reading
SuikOh Noes!
I’ve been a fan of the Suikoden games for a long time. Even through the disappointments that were the third and fourth games in the series, I’ve retained, on the whole, a positive attitude towards the series. I haven’t played Rhapsodia (retitled Suikoden Tactics for its English release) yet, but Continue Reading