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Currently Playing: World of Warcraft

Favorite Game of all Time: X-men Legends

Platforms: PC, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, DS, Sega Megadrive, Nintendo Game Boy

Favorite Genre's: Action, MMORPG, RPG, RTS, Puzzle, CCG, Sim, Table Top

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Movies: Star Wars, Serenity, Fantastic 4, X-men, 300, Natural Born Killers

Television: Scrubs, Doctor Who, Torchwood, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Firefly, Heroes, Stargate SG1

Books: Wheel of Time Series (Robert Jordan), Foundation Series (Isaac Asimov), Roleplaying Books (Shadowrun, World of Warcraft, Champions), Manga (Chobits, Death Note)

Bands: More of a song person than anything, but I like Green Day, Avenged Sevenfold, Hoobastank, Trivium and System of a Down a lot.

About Me: I'm a 21 year-old general geek girl, starting a Computer Games course at University in September

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Email Address: shimmergeek@hotmail.co.uk

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Lately I've seen a lot of argument surrounding PvP gear in World of Warcraft. Many PvE'rs are complaining because of the new gear available in PvP with the release of each new Season of the Arena. Here's my own personal view on the subject:- The Origin of the Argument Personally, I think the primary reason for PvE'rs complaints seems to be that they cannot compete with other players wearing this gear in PvP. This seems to lead them to believe that the gear is overpowered - si… Continue

Posted on March 30th, 2008 at 11:36am — 11 Comments

Ballad of Black Mesa

Random video I found a wee while ago :) Hope you like!

Posted on March 22nd, 2008 at 12:08pm — 3 Comments

Indie Love

I've always liked cute little Indie Games. They may fall short of major titles on things like graphics, audio, length etc - but while major game studios tend to keep churning out the same thing with glossier packaging; one aspect in which Indie Game Developers are unrivalled imho, is originality and gameplay. I fear that the following list will be huuuuuge.. but here are some of the many, many gems I've discovered. Desktop Tower… Continue

Posted on March 16th, 2008 at 8:00pm — 1 Comment

WoW! How to Love it!

I don't really know where to start... and if you're installing World of Warcraft for the first time, you probably won't either! Even if you've been playing for a while, it can be hard to figure out how to get the most enjoyment out of the game. Perhaps you're dissatisfied with your character, or you're not having fun with the activities you're doing. Maybe you love what you're doing but aren't sure ho… Continue

Posted on March 15th, 2008 at 10:02pm — 6 Comments

Living in my own little World (of Warcraft)

Today I made a big decision... I only dinged 70 a few weeks ago (I'm oh-so-slow when it comes to levelling - this was the product of a year and a half's effort) but I was already in gear well past the Kara minimum (7 or so epics) and I am (if I do say so myself) a skilled… Continue

Posted on March 14th, 2008 at 9:00pm — 5 Comments

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At 11:43pm on April 24th, 2008, Jeremy said…: Thank you for your comment. After consideration I have to admit you made good points, and I was probably to hard on WoW in a couple of areas. It is still my fav MMO, and a great game. I'm a Blizzard fan as well, so that may have something to do with it :P