Looking back through old GW2 screenshots... I wonder how Rasmus is doing all these years later? Watching, waiting in the shadows for his time perhaps? 🙃

Want some nightmare fuel? ANET brainstorming designs for GW1 Asura... From Bobby, Colin and Z's Extra Life Stream earlier, go watch for more mad concept art.

Honoured to do some JPs with the GW2 devs for ExtraLife. Super sleepy so fell a fair bit but JPs are some of my fav GW2 content so this was pretty amazing 💜

Getting a little late over here in the future but I wish everyone at ANET well in hitting those milestones and hope to catch some more of the stream tomorrow :) Oh and listening to Chloë speak about the VoE finale fight design... chef's kiss, that was such a fun encounter!

I love AEW.

Interested in checking it out but the video shows pretty simple single player combat so I'm a little hesitant. Oh and it's time to fess up: Never played a Horizon game :/ One(two) of those that I have just never gotten around to playing but hope to soon. Along with GoW... damn I'm behind the times!

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It's Mattias, it's not clickbait.

Out of curiosity I followed these two unnamed castaways for a little bit. They reached the water's edge and one after another knelt. Man VoE has some crazy attention to detail 🥲

When they announced Wednesday I was intrigued but I never imagined I'd be saying that it has some of the best storytelling I've ever seen from a series. The way seemingly random characters and events come together at random intervals, those larger threads later merging is... masterful.

So it'll be a little bit before I jump into GW2 Homesteads but it's already super clear that the game needs more natural set pieces 😔 Hills, slopes, caves, tunnels, valleys, waterfalls etc each with variants for rock types coverings (grass/moss etc). I'd also like to see more flooring and walls.

Glad I'm working (should be working) rather than playing GW2 because if I head to Shipwreck Strand any time soon I'm just going to be humming this the entire time...

The fact that the BBC resignations due to impartiality are in part due to covering trans issues too positively just baffles me. I stopped using the BBC News site as they kept platforming bigots like Linehan and JK. There's not a 'both sides' argument to be made, trans people exist. It's a fact 😔

VoE story finished (for now). Still have to do the 2nd meta and a few of the side stories but I feel like I can give my impressions so far. EoD has been my fav expac for a while. Maps, story, events, the feeling of being taken on an adventure, the lore past and present and the features added.

"No delivery guys that's cool, you can just leave the boxed up bed downstairs. I don't want to make you heave them up to my 4th floor flat." Delivery guys leave. Notice box 1 weighs 50kg. "Oh that's fine, I can just decant." Box 1 is entire headboard.

Today off work, hoping to get the VoE story finished. Saw my first minor spoiler earlier and being it's 10 days after launch that's on me tbh. I've got one or two things to say about the expac...

Seeing @austinup.bsky.social's VoE review and not being able to watch it (as I'm not caught up with the story as yet) is frustrating but for anyone well versed with the Skill Up channel seeing the word 'strongly' in the title is a VERY positive sign!

Played a little more VoE today but not as much as I'd have liked after a long work day and spending bloody hours trying to get paint stripper off of a wall hanging decoration. Horrible stuff. That 2nd pic my real life self mirrored Aven's thoughts... "Is that... a freaken T-Rex?!"

A little tired and suffering with some family annoyances this evening so I'm not playing too much VoE but I've poked my head into Starlit Weald for an hour and I'm just lost for words. Both these maps so far are up there with the best they've ever designed, genuinely in awe...

Found the 3rd JP this morning when exploring, this map just gets me! Screenshot isn't of the JP, don't want to ruin the surprise for anyone. (my self-imposed exile from scrolling here and anything GW2 related goes on for another day. Checking out the 2nd map later though!) #GW2 #VisionsOfEternity

I've spent the entire week in the first map. Granted I've not played for extended periods but the events just feel so fresh I'm having a great time! Ran into a story blocking infinite loading screen though so popped in a bug report... more than happy to wait though! #VisionsOfEternity #GW2

Change one letter, ruin a candy (sweet!) Cadbury's Hairy Milk.

Okay one more screenshot because I spent 30mins earlier trying to match the colours of my new skimmer (Wavehawk) to that of a nearby hermit crab. For reasons. #GuildWars2 #VisionsOfEternity

"Guild Wars 2 looks so dated, it's ugly and has no soul." - Idiot who has no damn clue. (I'll give it a few days before I start posting more as to avoid visual spoilers but fuck me is this first map beautiful)

Sitting here tired AF from decorating for a week, keep loading up the Visions of Eternity launcher (oh hai Scruffy!) then... closing it again. It's like having duelling swordsmen in my head. Rapiers in hand, one shouting "DIVE IN!" with each thrust and the other "There's no rush, my friend."

As is custom I change up Aven's colours going into a new expac. With Visions of Eternity showing the beach life I had to incorporate Oasis into the look with some sandy beiges and deep greens for the foliage. Highlights of red for the whole Inquest'y thing. A little more bold than my JW look.

First two episodes played of Dispatch and yeh, this world has hooked me already. Less a game and more an interactive animated series but the art is gorgeous, the humour just my thing and the acting is great. Huge 'Invincible' vibes which is never a bad thing. Looking forward to the next episodes!

Replaying the Janthir Wilds story, I think my views on the final patch severely tainted my view of the expac. Up until that point it delivered so much in terms of world building with the Lowland Kodan, level design, calling on past lore and creating new stories, a great mix of fun and dark themes,

Sometimes you just need something that's super dumb, very silly but has that little bit of heart and some great acting performances and Twisted Metal S2 is exactly that. Kinda shocked at the CGI quality as well, it makes a change to see lower budget series with a great effects team in charge.

Made a little friend today while out shopping 😊

This is what peak fitness looks like plebs.

"Paint fumes in the bedroom, maybe I can make a little nest in the cluttered living room? It'll be FUN! Like a sleepover but less room and more loneliness!" Narrator: Dan proceeded to have one of the worst sleeps of his life, eventually decanting to the cold hall at 4.30am. It was not much better.

The aim is to have my bedroom decorated and everything tidy by GW2's VoE launch, today I'm doing the thing where I pretend I know what the hell I'm doing having never used an electric sander before. I am definitely making a difference to the skirting boards. Mhm, for sure I'm doing the thing right.

So I was wrong with the location of Castora however if a certain someone were to, you know, fall into the ocean near Balkor's Camp in Skywatch and get pushed south west by the current they would hit a certain land mass... 🤔

So uhh I've been around GW2 long enough to see some strange bugs but this one is new 😆 Came out of an instance with some kind of super speed and hitting into any incline keeps me at that new height. Just hope I don't get reported for no clipping or something!

Decorating the bedroom... so this is my living room life for the next week or so 😑 Trying to do a little a day and it'll get done eventually but I'm already starting to feel claustrophobic!

Not too into roguelites and I really dislike Vampire Survivors. It's cluttered and really not my thing but hey, Megabonk has a silly name and it's got some hype. Play 2 games, switch it off but ehh... I'll give it a bit longer. It's unfair to judge so soon. 4.5hrs later... "NEED MORE BANANAS!"

Today I learned there's a Scottish dish called 'Rumbledethumps' and I feel like a better person for knowing that. If you're even slightly interested in historical British cuisine HistoryOnToast is a great channel to check out.

Been thinking a lot about GW2 Homestead design ideas recently along with watching some Walking Dead and that translated last night to one of the most vivid dreams of an environment I think I've ever had, kudos brain for coming up with that! Can best describe it as a futuristic pleasure resort...

I'm a little behind with TADC but I instead gave the Knights pilot a watch and... wow. In 20 odd minutes it's got me invested in a brand new world and the characters within it. Really hope this is picked up for a full season. I love that Glitch exists. Creativity at its very best.

Elonian Jerk Poultry with Canthan Lotus Fries and dip. First time making (and eating) Lotus root and they would NOT crisp up. Also... not sure if my thing! Chicken was tasty but had to use my oven as I'm not sure a BBQ would be great for a 4th floor flat 😅 #GuildWars2 #Cookbook

Peacemaker S1 was a little all over the place but it had some heart and Cena was the absolute perfect casting which is never a sentence I thought I'd say. S2 though with Gunn at the helm feels... more special. The human side amplified, it did a much better job at making me care for the characters.

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Going back through old posts (deleting my light gun posts, don't ask) and this one made me chuckle! From 'possibly not my thing' to my 2nd favourite game of all time and one I'm still watching playthroughs of. Honestly back then I just thought Clair Obscur looked pretty and that I'd give it a go.

My dearly departed mum had a fire recipe for macaroni cheese and after all these years I decided yesterday to make it once more. Keep the recipe alive. Ingredients: Macaroni. Cheese. Instructions: Cook macaroni. Add cheese. Oh I forgot to say, my dad was the cook of the house.

Why am I linking this obscure bit of British news? Case in point why billionaires are actually evil. This absolute fuck of a person is suing the UK gambling commission for not awarding his company the licence to run our UK lottery.

"Oooh Eastbourne Bonfire Society are having their annual fireworks show, might pop along. Something different to do this evening!" *hears fireworks going off outside* "Oh... they moved it to an earlier time. Ok good, thanks."

This morning I had plans for a bedroom redesign fixed in my head. This beauty I spotted in the charity shop while looking for shelving has turned that on its head... Bedside tables have to go... back wall shelves not needed but shelves above table wanted... hanging plant positions changing...

Waiting in the pharmacy for a prescription this morning they have a new stand in there with a bunch of aftershave and perfume testers. I was bored waiting in line. I now know where 86 year old men get their cologne from and I'll carry on knowing until I have a shower...

I've been looking at glass chandeliers on Amazon and now it's recommending me Jesus. Am confused.