Waiting for an appointment, and looking up at the tv in the lobby, it’s a surprise @thebloggess.bsky.social on Today talking about her latest book! You did great! Loved the advice on what to do if you’re depressed and someone tells you to smile. ;)

Also chatted with a former WB Games dev about the much-missed Infinite Crisis. And cheerfully hung out with Linda Carlson and Rich Weil after their annual panel. Always good to see them, and Linda is the senior CM on EverQuest Legends! I gotta play this game!

Just saw a random person with a 5th anniversary @officiallotro.bsky.social hoodie passing through the Westin lobby at PAX.

My first PAX East pro-tip this year is for the exhibitors: If you don’t have and overhead sign, leave your booth number sign up or otherwise keep it visible. People don’t memorize the show floor maps and the internet in there is overburdened. Was late to an appointment cos I couldn’t find them.

Since last year, the Boston Convention Center got a rebrand due to being renamed after late Boston mayor Thomas Menino, so the initials are now MCEC. It’ll take a little to get used to, but it’ll be fine. He seemed like a decent sort overall.

Now I play my first game at PAX: Who Do I Recognize First?

I exist! Hello from Boston!

Solid W here.

Gonna finish up Lamordia on R1 in @ddounlimited.bsky.social and then see what other trouble I can get into on twitch.tv/ddostream - There'll be some DDO points giveaways! :)

Cheezwhiz, it's not supposed to be 87 degrees F where I live at this time of year. Storms rolling in later into tomorrow, and that'll break it for awhile.

🗓️ An exclusive Rivendell Housing preview is coming tomorrow on D&Co du Milieu! 🧝 Q&A with Scenario & Iceman, screenshots, data and more 👀 Stay tuned. #lotro @officiallotro.bsky.social #lotrofamily

Made this last night, but let it percolate through YT's systems first, so here ya go, the Month Late Midnight Collector's Edition Unboxing Video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI9v...

HOLY FUCK, IT'S ACTUALLY HERE! It wasn't supposed to be delivered until Monday... and the shipping box was actually badly sealed (i.e. not sealed at all!) and the shipping label clearly identified what this was, so this could have gone VERY badly, but IT'S HEEEEEEEEERE!

No stream tonight. Hip-deep in a crafting project and need that time to work on it.

Spring Savings! Special sales through March 26! 30% off Astral Shards 40% off Traveler's Terrific Trunk LIMITED TIME: 50% off Select Supporter Packs - Mechanized Warrior's Coffer & Astral Traveler's Coffer #DDO

Since the news is already out there, and others have done graphics, here's my graphic! Might make another one later. :)

Time to get back to the festival and maybe find some frivolity in @officiallotro.bsky.social on twitch.tv/lotrostream - Got a sweet gift from a dear friend to show off, and we'll take a look at what's next for me in LotRO. Come join me! #LotROCreator

No sleep til level cap! Time to get the main past the finish line and see what's next in @worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com on twitch.tv/druidsfire! Also have a fun story to tell about what happens if Alliance strays into the Horde-only side of Silvermoon. :)

The LOTRO game worlds will be unavailable on Thursday, March 19th from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Eastern (-4 GMT) to release Update 47.2. Find the release notes on LOTRO.com: www.lotro.com/update-notes... #LOTRO

There is still time to unlock a trove of free questing! Available through March 24th use the Coupon Code NATURAL20. Get more info on DDO.com: www.ddo.com/news/ddo-gat... #DDO

HOLY FUCK, MY MIDNIGHT CE IS ACTUALLY IN FEDEX'S HANDS AND IS ESTIMATED TO ARRIVE ON MONDAY.

The DDO game worlds will be unavailable on Wednesday, March 18th from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Eastern (-4 GMT) for weekly maintenance. Thank you for your patience, and we will see you back in the game soon! #DDO

Downtime Thursday this week Note: We will not have our weekly downtime tomorrow (Wednesday) this week. Instead, we are working on a game update for Thursday. We will have downtime and release notes tomorrow. Thanks! #LOTRO

Oh, well, they finally sent me a new tracking number. Let's see if it updates by tomorrow. It has the same exact status as my previous tracking number - label created, not yet picked up.

To post more widely - I personally have no interest in the whole DLSS thing beyond my raging antipathy to genAI in general. I'm also not interested in having to take out a second mortgage just to play video games, which is what all this genAI has done to the GPU and RAM markets. :P

A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one... ... AHHHHHHHHHH, LET'S GOOOOO!

Exclusive Interview: Lord of the Rings Online's Upcoming Rivendell Housing Aims To Create A More 'Cozy' Neighborhood Experience @officiallotro.bsky.social www.mmorpg.com/interviews/e...

Let's check out what changes they did to the 10th Anniversary and run the 20th Anniversary, and then maybe some Chill of Ravenloft later. Also a @ddounlimited.bsky.social points giveaway on twitch.tv/ddostream

My favorite things about the new stuff in the @officiallotro.bsky.social Spring Festival: - The new Stoor dance - Bill Champagne's new music piece - The Welshness - The alliteration in the Musicians' quest bestowal - Cindy Robinson's demented laugh as that one hobbit dancing by the beehives

I'm back from my travels! Time to kick off the first of many Sunday learner dungeons with the Dojo team so grab a drink, pull up a chair, and let's catch up : www.twitch.tv/halyonix

My FB feed is full of three things: steak videos, political posts (of a kind I favor), and today, posts about the new Firefly from Nathan Fillion. I'm sorry, mate. It's great you're excluding Whedon, but Baldwin's still on board, so hard pass. I wasn't a fan of the original to begin with.

The universe has an opportunity to do the funniest thing today...

Beware, beware the Ides of March.

It's been 28 days since I got the original notification that my WoW CE had a tracking number. 6 days since they said they were sending me a replacement, using the same tracking number. 3 days since they sent me a new survey. No CE, no answer to my question why it's the same tracking number.

Time to head back to Middle-earth and whip up some questing to earn the new Stoor dance on a couple more alts and also farm for BACON PIE. Need to get that consumable bauble, goshdarnit! :D Head on over to www.twitch.tv/druidsfire and chill!

For pi(e) day, I'm having cherry pie with my supper. :)

Can't believe this name was available.

It's Friday the 13th, so we're gonna go hang out with the hobbits, doing the new Spring Festival quests in @officiallotro.bsky.social on twitch.tv/lotrostream

Will I finally leave Eversong Woods? Maybe? Let's keep plugging away at the MSQ and see where @worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com Midnight takes us tonight. www.twitch.tv/druidsfire

The Spring Festival has arrived! Learn more about the new questing and new rewards in this year's festival in our guide on LOTRO.com: www.lotro.com/guides/lotro... #LOTRO

I'm kinda amused how many things Blizzard lifted from LotRO of late. Sure, ideas aren't necessarily unique, but LotRO had cosmetic outfit slots well over a decade. It has also sold a premium currency used expressly for housing purchases. Oh, and the main Blizz housing dev used to work @ Turbine.

Here's a better version of the new Stoor dance available in the Spring Festival in @officiallotro.bsky.social!

Hi, I'm Dianna! I specialize in Production and IP + Partnerships. 🔥 Owner of @thesecretlantern.bsky.social 🌞 Freelance game dev (spots open ✨ at this for almost 20 yrs. ✊🏽 believes the industry should unionize ❤️ we should be kinder to each other Portfolio: solo.to/grlpants #WhatAGameDevLooksLike

I wish hobbits would stop chucking rings (or each other) into volcanos... www.youtube.com/live/gXKuUyK...

The LOTRO game worlds will be unavailable on Wednesday, March 11th from 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM Eastern (-4 GMT) for maintenance and to release Update 47.1. Find the release notes on LOTRO.com: www.lotro.com/update-notes... #LOTRO

The DDO game worlds will be unavailable on Wednesday, March 11th from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Eastern (-4 GMT) to release Update 78.1. Find the release notes on DDO.com: www.ddo.com/update-notes... #DDO

Time to handwave those Monday blues with some @ddounlimited.bsky.social! Got some DDO points to give away as we start up session 7 of Let the Dice Decide on twitch.tv/druidsfire!

Everything is just pissing me off today. Being tone-policed by one person, by being word-policed by someone else when I complained about the first, by Blizz Gear Store CS apparently not able to provide good CS, by having to do someone else's job at work, and gas prices 3 wks before a 13-hr roadtrip

Called Blizz Gear Store CS. The agent blamed FedEx, saying that they'd been having problems with them, then said they would work to get a replacement order set up. Until I see the email with the replacement order number, I'm just gonna shrug here and see what happens.

Strongly suspect that as this war and its negative effects escalate, we're gonna see a massive increase in disinfo and unsourced "news" - starting right the hell now. PLEASE don't share "breaking" news from rando or disreputable accounts who provide no links.