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When I created a new character in WoW, I assumed it was an alt. That is to say, I didn’t assume I’d be playing him very much at all. I had my mage. I was a happy man. He was created as Siönis back in 2015. I almost exclusively ran dungeons with the character, leveling up…

For the past several years now, I’ve taken a day near the beginning of the new year to talk about the video games that are moving through the family cycle and elaborate a little bit on why we’ve chosen each one. Battlefield 1 Let’s face it; the Battlefield games were feeling a bit much the…

In 2006, I made my very first character in World of Warcraft. A fire mage from Stormwind who was ready to set out on great adventures across his digital world. That was over ten years ago, but last night I logged my character and thought about what would come next. My wife’s character, Iliera, is…

  “A Mary Sue is an idealized and seemingly perfect fictional character, a young or low-rank person who saves the day through unrealistic abilities. Often this character is recognized as an author insert or wish-fulfillment.” – Wikipedia In other words, a Mary Sue is generally a character who should not be able to accomplish tasks,…

For the past three months, life has been so very different. With our daughter’s birth, I was able to exercise Baby Bonding Leave, which granted me up to 12 weeks of leave to… well, bond with our baby! I took a little of that time up front, then went back to the office for a…