July 2007 Entries

I'm Not Totally Addicted

65% Technorati tags: Quiz, Addiction, Blogging

posted @ Friday, July 27, 2007 10:08 AM | Feedback (1)

The City of Heroes Wentworth's Cash Machine

I don't know why I'm sharing this, except that I like talking about cool things I've discovered. I risk shutting down a pretty consistent influence generator here by doing so, though. Although it's true that very few people read this blog, it is also true that a dozen or so of those who do will be on Champion server where I play—so spreading this information risks killing ye ole cash cow. Still, for what it's worth, here's how I pull down around a million influence in roughly an hour every now and then in City of Heroes by purchasing enhancements at...

posted @ Thursday, July 26, 2007 2:39 PM | Feedback (3)

Noticing Subtle Effects

I've played City of Heroes for a good long time now, so it is always interesting when I notice some "new" effect or subtlety. Today's example is the occasional death mask that appears in the smoke from a Circle of Thorns sacrifice ritual. You can just barely make it out in the screen capture below. Technorati tags: City of Heroes, Effects, Circle of Thorns

posted @ Monday, July 23, 2007 2:18 PM | Feedback (1)

A Useful Macro for City of Heroes

You'll often find two powers in City of Heroes to be mutually exclusive such that turning one of them on will turn the other off. My favorite example of this is Super Jump and Combat Jumping in the Jumping travel power set. Since Combat Jumping is a useful defensive power, my characters that use jumping to travel pretty much always have one or the other active at all times. As useful as they are, however, it is a pain to have both of them in your action bar at the same time. You only have ten assignable "hotkeys" active at...

posted @ Sunday, July 22, 2007 2:48 PM | Feedback (0)

ADD Means

Not wanting to do something you know you want to do. Technorati tags: ADD

posted @ Friday, July 13, 2007 1:22 PM | Feedback (6)

Let Me Hear Your Body Talk

I'm thinking I can cut back on the life insurance now. Woohoo!$4425.00The Cadaver Calculator - Find out how much your body is worth. From Mingle2 - Free Online Dating Technorati tags: Quiz, Cadaver

posted @ Friday, July 06, 2007 7:18 PM | Feedback (2)

Surviving the Inevitable

Being mildly anti-social has it's perks, I guess. Picked this up from an oblique reference from Mr. Bathtub. 53%   Technorati tags: Quiz, Zombie, Apocalypse  

posted @ Friday, July 06, 2007 7:02 PM | Feedback (1)