http://geldonsgaming.blogspot.com/Lines of reason from a generation X core gamerennoreply@blogger.com (Geldon Yetichsky)Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:22:54 PSTBlogger http://www.blogger.com66125http://geldonsgaming.blogspot.com/2008/08/relocating-hosting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Geldon Yetichsky)Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:53:55 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7168605864153569088.post-1409773606829336492008-08-05T17:53:55.853-07:000I’ve decided to make the jump from geldonsgaming.blogspot.com over to WordPress. http://dsob.wordpress.com/ The reasons are severalfold, but mostly have to do with my disliking the inability to...http://geldonsgaming.blogspot.com/2008/08/final-rpg-play-strategy-let-computer.htmlGamingnoreply@blogger.com (Geldon Yetichsky)Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:59:57 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7168605864153569088.post-26529801592553205922008-08-02T14:59:57.595-07:002After only about a year and a half of the game being released, I finally got my hands on Final Fantasy XII - the solo-play PS2 game after the Final Fantasy that was a MMORPG. I guess FFXII still...http://geldonsgaming.blogspot.com/2008/07/dumbening.htmlGamingnoreply@blogger.com (Geldon Yetichsky)Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:59:23 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7168605864153569088.post-74717489817729346902008-07-31T14:59:23.615-07:000Like out of some kind of cheap summer horror flick, it is upon us like a ravenous monster threatening all of gaming kind. No one knows where it comes from or completely understands the nature of the...http://geldonsgaming.blogspot.com/2008/07/dangers-of-safe-gaming.htmlGamingnoreply@blogger.com (Geldon Yetichsky)Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:03:04 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7168605864153569088.post-54094463229811369362008-07-27T22:03:04.734-07:000Lately, I ran across a thread in The Escapist Magazine forums: "Most suicidal moment in gaming that actually worked." Therein, the poster proposed that people compile a list of awesome game...http://geldonsgaming.blogspot.com/2008/07/playing-numbers-why-many-rpgs-fail.htmlGamingnoreply@blogger.com (Geldon Yetichsky)Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:13:33 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7168605864153569088.post-54203308151368638512008-07-27T20:13:33.224-07:002I was feeling in a slightly MMORPG-ish mood, so I took EverQuest 2 for another spin before my free trial ran out. I had forgotten just how beautiful the game was. Once you get over the squat...http://geldonsgaming.blogspot.com/2008/07/loosen-up-squishypants.htmlLifenoreply@blogger.com (Geldon Yetichsky)Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:14:11 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7168605864153569088.post-28482906292164229592008-07-27T20:14:11.451-07:000My latest major changes to this Blog have been to cut down on this: Mentally, of course. Basically, by writing about whatever I was playing lately, I fell down a slippery slope. I was writing...http://geldonsgaming.blogspot.com/2008/07/graphicjam.htmlOriginal Musicnoreply@blogger.com (Geldon Yetichsky)Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:36:05 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7168605864153569088.post-17708234321779742012008-07-22T10:36:05.492-07:000The fat of this Blog has been rather savagely trimmed. No longer will you see entries here that serve as a sort of journal of what I've been playing lately. Not unless it's a game that I think...http://geldonsgaming.blogspot.com/2007/01/more-adventures-in-telon-prehistory.htmlGamingnoreply@blogger.com (Geldon Yetichsky)Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:13:33 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7168605864153569088.post-76537636386603005942008-07-27T20:13:33.225-07:000I've come to believe there are two main aspects to be found in a good Massively Multiplayer Role Playing Game: Click To See Full Entry Aspect 1: A MMORPG has to be an entertaining game. This is a...http://geldonsgaming.blogspot.com/2008/07/self-improvement.htmlLifenoreply@blogger.com (Geldon Yetichsky)Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:14:11 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7168605864153569088.post-70329083101387482182008-07-27T20:14:11.453-07:000A lot of people like to suggest that willpower is 100% mental and you can pull yourself up by your bootstraps in the worst condition. They're dead wrong. We're only mortal, and our our bodies are...http://geldonsgaming.blogspot.com/2008/07/precursor-demonstrating-dynamic.htmlGamingOriginal Game Developmentnoreply@blogger.com (Geldon Yetichsky)Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:13:33 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7168605864153569088.post-45913990601690350612008-07-27T20:13:33.226-07:000Before I once again dump Neverwinter Nights 2, possibly never to pick it up again, I'm considering taking a run at the editor. I'm not completely new to NWN2 development, having familiarized myself...http://geldonsgaming.blogspot.com/2008/07/good-evil-im-one-with-camera.htmlGaming Gemsnoreply@blogger.com (Geldon Yetichsky)Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:04:21 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7168605864153569088.post-24875664033031134882008-07-21T23:04:21.923-07:001With over 40 days left until Fall 2008 semester begins, obligation seems too far off to worry about, and I end up so lost and purposeless that it's a prominent problem that interjects itself before...http://geldonsgaming.blogspot.com/2008/07/is-pc-second-banana-platform-now.htmlGamingnoreply@blogger.com (Geldon Yetichsky)Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:13:33 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7168605864153569088.post-30164617972015632952008-07-27T20:13:33.227-07:000I enjoyed the movie Wall-E, it's one of those Pixar movies that manages to tug the heartstrings of kids and adults alike. Plus, the quality of the computer graphics are so mindbendingly good that I...http://geldonsgaming.blogspot.com/2008/07/virtual-fashion-slaves-and-mercenaries.htmlGaming Gemsnoreply@blogger.com (Geldon Yetichsky)Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:40:37 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7168605864153569088.post-5162522745754716002008-07-22T10:40:37.231-07:000"The World Ends With You" is indeed proving to be a pretty solid Square-Enix title. I'm not going to bother writing out a whole review about it, but I will mention a few features I found cool: They...http://geldonsgaming.blogspot.com/2008/06/more-original-hack-music.htmlOriginal Musicnoreply@blogger.com (Geldon Yetichsky)Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:00:14 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7168605864153569088.post-77294567098549982372008-07-21T23:00:14.203-07:000I've mostly been trying to figure out if there exists a character in which I can enjoy Neverwinter Nights 2 with lately. You won't see many entries on that because I saved them off-Blog as drafts --...http://geldonsgaming.blogspot.com/2008/05/victory-of-roboincarnate.htmlOriginal Fictionnoreply@blogger.com (Geldon Yetichsky)Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:56:22 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7168605864153569088.post-47955079320517787492008-07-21T22:56:22.986-07:000Nature was twisted, dragged upright into humanoid-shaped monsters, out for blood. This was the Devouring Earth, commonly found throughout parts of Paragon City and the Rogue Isles: walking figures...http://geldonsgaming.blogspot.com/2008/05/creative-content-fridays.htmlOriginal Musicnoreply@blogger.com (Geldon Yetichsky)Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:52:50 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7168605864153569088.post-75891991727040681672008-07-21T22:52:50.859-07:000Another little thing I threw together using Ableton Live and some sample loops. "Cosmiquik." It's not your typical beatbox rhythm (though it's largely hacked together out of included sample loops).http://geldonsgaming.blogspot.com/2008/05/early-impressions-gta-4-age-of-conan.htmlGamingnoreply@blogger.com (Geldon Yetichsky)Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:13:33 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7168605864153569088.post-50482274980680990602008-07-27T20:13:33.228-07:000Grand Theft Auto 4 has created quite a bunch of hype, and I suppose that's relatively justified, as it is indeed a thoroughly entertaining game. However, contrary to it being a GTA thing, I'm...http://geldonsgaming.blogspot.com/2008/04/darkstar-anticipation.htmlGaming Gemsnoreply@blogger.com (Geldon Yetichsky)Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:41:39 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7168605864153569088.post-27270011874951513392008-07-22T10:41:39.705-07:000The semester is not quite over yet, I'm down to a finals week and two fairly hefty assignments to finish before then. However, it seems I've some rather awesome games to play now and in the near...http://geldonsgaming.blogspot.com/2008/04/eve-dev-real-money-trading-is-bad-mkay.htmlGamingnoreply@blogger.com (Geldon Yetichsky)Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:13:33 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7168605864153569088.post-83351331347271834582008-07-27T20:13:33.229-07:000Back when I used to hang around forums, I'd often get in disagreement with pundits who feel that Real Money Trade (the trading of in-game items for real money) is the way of the future. To an...http://geldonsgaming.blogspot.com/2008/03/brain-games.htmlGaming Gemsnoreply@blogger.com (Geldon Yetichsky)Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:41:32 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7168605864153569088.post-71515106193135622572008-07-21T22:41:32.782-07:000Not everything I have to say is new. (In fact, I imagine that just about everything I've written is going to seem old to somebody.) However, a lot of what I write here are significant things in the...http://geldonsgaming.blogspot.com/2008/03/sins-of-simplified-empire-game.htmlGamingnoreply@blogger.com (Geldon Yetichsky)Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:13:33 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7168605864153569088.post-52187054824834990462008-07-27T20:13:33.230-07:003For the most part, I'm enjoying Sins of a Solar Empire, but I can't help but notice that there's not all that much to it. Click To See Full Entry Your typical 4X Genre game is usually a game of...http://geldonsgaming.blogspot.com/2008/03/grow-games.htmlGaming Gemsnoreply@blogger.com (Geldon Yetichsky)Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:39:21 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7168605864153569088.post-55800924176550148712008-07-21T22:39:21.799-07:000I ran across an interesting Internet phenomenon today: "Grow Games." Before I knew it, 2 1/2 hours of my life were gone. This solution video would rob you of the challenge if there was one. The...http://geldonsgaming.blogspot.com/2008/03/virtual-obligation.htmlGamingnoreply@blogger.com (Geldon Yetichsky)Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:13:33 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7168605864153569088.post-26769835452538218772008-07-27T20:13:33.231-07:000An interesting tangent on a post I wrote up today lead to writing it into a Blog entry because, after all, truly interesting tangents are something I need more of around here. Here's the scenario:...http://geldonsgaming.blogspot.com/2008/02/designing-real-life.htmlLifenoreply@blogger.com (Geldon Yetichsky)Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:14:11 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7168605864153569088.post-80765067108288814272008-07-27T20:14:11.456-07:000Lately, if I give my mind sufficient idle cycles, it may meander over to matters of social commentary in ways that only high gas prices and an upcoming presidential election can. Considering how...http://geldonsgaming.blogspot.com/2008/02/city-of-heroes-2-announced.htmlGamingnoreply@blogger.com (Geldon Yetichsky)Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:13:33 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7168605864153569088.post-32780905895742315112008-07-27T20:13:33.232-07:002Okay, it's actually called Champions Online, but it's functionally everything Cryptic wanted to do with City of Heroes if they were remaking it. From their features page: Click To See Full...