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A wild Obscurecast appears

September 29, 2011

Yes, I have been very quiet this year – despite predicting that I would be a very active poster in the summer. Oops. However I have re-discovered my enthusiasm for games and gaming in general again, and even went along to the Eurogamer Expo in London this year. As a result Obscurecast is back, with a brand new third co-host – Razerbug – and of course myself and Gazimoff. Next week we hope to have spinks of Spinksville on the show to discuss more Eurogamer Expo nuggets of goodness. We also plan to have a roundtable on the fantastic...

Moving on

July 7, 2011

Some of you may be aware that my posting over at WoW Insider has been sporadic, both in frequency and dare I say it: quality. The trouble is that when I accepted the position I had quite a lot of free time, and very little notion of that changing any time soon. I was looking forward to Cataclysm, and all the joys of raiding new content. Fast forward to now, and I’ve had to move twice since then. My partner has moved back to Holland, where the job market is better. I’ve had to move in with my parents...

Plans and regrets

January 1, 2011

There is a lot going on in my head and in my life at the moment. One of my worries since becoming a blogger has been being able to back up my assertions and research with some real experience. Self confidence really helps when you’re supposed to be someone worth listening to. Unfortunately I tend to waver between having it and not having it. On top of the world and killing the charts one moment, then my smile turning upside down as a warlock or a rogue shoots past me. The inevitable self questioning begins – is that the...

This isn’t a 4.0.1 survival guide for elemental shaman

October 11, 2010

I’m sorry, I’m trying to get my existing guides replaced. So no 4.0.1 survival guide for elemental shaman yet. This is okay, though, because I already wrote a guide over at WoW Insider. Secondly you can check out the TotemSpot elemental guide if you want some variety. I also understand that Masanbol is beavering away at the EJ Theorycraft Think Tank post, getting it ready for Tuesday/Wednesday. So there is plenty of info out there. Podcast news If you hadn’t already noticed, I’m now a co-host over at the Obscurecast on a ‘for the foreseeable future’ basis while Stu is on...

I have some news

September 23, 2010

I’ve been a bit quiet here at mentalshaman for a few reasons. One was that the Women in WoW stuff had ballooned in other places I frequent, and frankly I was feeling drained. Secondly my job has been extremely busy and stressful. nNormally I can whack up a post before I start work, or do it during my lunch/coffee breaks. However what I like posting about, intersectionality wise, requires a lot of focus from me, lest I attract those wishing to attack a straw feminist rather than actually wishing to read my opinion. So there was this elemental columnist...