What Two Decades of Videogames Have Taught Me! Read it at Hubpages.com now!

Well, hello there! Have I been missed?

I took a two week hiatus to get some personal life stuff straightened out and to start working on a videogame. The videogame is going to be a sci-fi action RPG. Given that I'm using a game engine, don't expect it to be cutting edge, as I have beginner's programming skills. With that said though, I'm chipping at it a bit at a time, so at least you'll be able to feel the love. :P

In other news, I have published my 99th hub over at Hubpages.com. It's all about things I have learned by playing videogames for two decades. If you want to read it and get a few laughs (I hope), check it out by clicking any part of this sentence.

Also, I've been playing Dragon Quest IX on and off, and have acquired Mortamor's Map. Unless your party is over level 75, I don't recommend even looking at him. He hurts something fierce! Wi-Fi has been very kind to me as well by allowing me to acquire a bunch of weapons I otherwise wouldn't be able to get.

That's without mentioning the EIGHT birthday cakes and party poppers I got for my special day in Dragon Quest IX as well. :)
Darned developers thought of everything, didn't they? :D

Anyways, I hope you guys (and girls) are doing great and having lots of fun! As for me, I'll be signing off for now. :)

Until the next time, take care and have fun! ;)

-Winterfate

Dragon Quest IX Wifi Get!

The title says it all! :)
But, first I must apologize for this long hiatus. Most of the break was forced due to the loss of my old internet connection, but the rest of it was me being too lazy to update. :P

Of course, that's the bad news. The good news is that my new connection allows me to connect to Wi-Fi, so now I can access the DQVC in DQ IX! Isn't that awesome?


Speaking of which, this week is the High Seas Sale, or Pirate Week as I so plainly call it, so sail over to the DQVC if you have access to Wi-Fi so you can check out what's up for barter, argh! ;)

Connecting to the Wi-Fi also allows me to download the extra quests that have been released for the game since its launch, and now I can use Sellma and Patty in my party, if I so choose to.

In other cool news, I've used one of my two Starcraft 2 trial passes to get my dad some playing time. We played two games today and he enjoyed it, so I'll see if I can't get him a copy of the game. But, that has to be after I get some more money in my pocket!

That's about it from me for now...


Oh wait, one more thing. I wrote up an article at Hubpages related to Facebook Integration that may prove an interesting read. If you want to check it out, click on any part of this paragraph.

Ok, now I'm done for real for now. Take care and have fun guys and girls! ;)

-Winterfate

Dragon Quest IX - Legacy Boss Hunter: Dhoulmagus up at HubPages!

As usual, my over-descriptive post title explains itself. :P

Dhoulmagus is the third Legacy Boss I have unlocked in Dragon Quest IX. Murdaw is much more annoying at level 1 than Dhoulmagus is though, or maybe my party is just a bit too strong now, lol. In either case, feel free to check out the article by clicking any part of the sentence.

In other news, I finished watching the third season of the Global Starcraft II League today. I was pretty surprised that the Protoss actually took the win in that tournament considering all the whining I've been reading about them being horribly underpowered. :P

I guess the official forums will all be like inb4terranisUP now since Terran remains the only race not to have won a single GSL tournament. Sometimes I miss Starcraft 2, until I remember how Blizzard has butchered customer satisfaction just to make a few more bucks.

Of course, one could argue that I'm worse than the average forum goer considering I seem to whine about Blizzard at regular intervals. Me, who paid a deposit to reserve the game TWO YEARS before it came out. Yeah, I used to be a Blizzard fanboy. All the more reason to be pained with their current agenda.

Anyways, I don't really have much more to say today, so I'll just bid you farewell and hope you have lots of fun.

-Winterfate

Dragon Quest IX: VUST - Armamentalist's Fource Hub at Hubpages.com!

As the title of this blog post states, I've released a new article over at hubpages.com. The ninth installment of my Vocation Unique Skill Tree series (or VUST, for short) talks all about the very interesting and unique physical attack buffing Armamentalist skill tree, called the Fource.

This is my 91st hub, and my 87th videogame hub, so I want to take a moment to thank everyone who has been reading my articles for all of this time. Your continued readership is much appreciated. :)

So, feel free to check out the article by clicking on any part of this sentence. :)

If you read my previous blog post, you're probably wondering why I wrote this one up first. Well, the truth of the matter is that it's easier. I can write about skill trees any day, but to write about a Legacy Boss, I prefer to have some hands-on experience, which means actually fighting him a few times to get some details I can work with. Murdaw, however, refuses to drop Dhoulmagus' Map. They must be in cahoots to stop me from talking about Dhoulmagus. But, I'll wrest the map from Murdaw's control one of these days. Once that day comes,  you can expect a blog post linking to that article as well. :)

Anyways, that's all from me for now. Take care and have fun! ;)

-Winterfate