Attention, Tyrians! In celebration of the changing of the seasons (Soon™) and cleaning out my small collection of GW2 swag I’ve been meaning to hand out, I’ve whipped up a pretty spiffy contest for all you awesome people. What sort of contest, you say? Glad you asked! Theme: Uncanny Crossovers! – Take your favorite fictional [...]
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Elementalist 101 – Utility
October 3rd, 2012 
Belzan “Where does he get those wonderful toys?” – The Joker, Batman Elementalist Profession Series Part 2 In the first installment of the series I talked about the weapon skill bar with the intent of giving you, the reader, a sense of what each weapon and attunement felt like to wield. Today I will be talking [...]
Elementalist 101 – History and Systems
September 12th, 2012 Belzan Good ol’ Master Bronk taught me the benefits of superior firepower. He liked to say, “When it comes to besting the enemy, there’s no such thing as overkill.” – Asura Biography Elementalist Profession Series Part 1 So…you are considering making an elementalist in GW2? You wanna control the weather, eh? Make things go *BOOM* *ZAP* [...]
The Power of Choice
August 18th, 2012 Wedge Choice is incredibly important in all facets of life. Ranging from simple choices, like what to eat for lunch, to complex and life-changing decisions, like getting a new job or buying a house, our lives are dominated by choice. Many computer games (notably recent RPGs such as the Mass Effect series or The Witcher series) [...]
The World of Tyria; Meet your Guild Wars 2 Lore Heroes.
July 31st, 2012 ValerieAnneC As an avid explorer (no, my name’s not Dora, I’m talking Guild Wars 2, here), I find it captivating to walk around Tyria and discover places I recognize from the Lore – ruins from Guild Wars 1, villages rebuilt, cities still standing. I think it’s worth mentioning how far ArenaNet has gone to really make [...]
What’s in a Name?
July 18th, 2012 Wedge For me, naming my characters can be one of the most tricky aspects of character creation. I know that I’ll be spending many, many hours with my characters in game, so I want them to have a unique name that I can be proud of. With the launch of Guild Wars 2 rapidly approaching, I’ve [...]
The Archer’s Paradox: Rangers Then and Now
May 27th, 2012 Distilled The Archer’s Paradox describes the phenomenon whereby an arrow aimed directly at the centre of a target will invariably miss. The bowman must account for the flex of the bow, the wind and the myriad of other external variables each time they release an arrow if they want to hit the target every time. The [...]
Why Play the Engineer?
May 21st, 2012 Traverse 
Coming out of the first Beta Weekend Event and Stress Test, many of us got the chance to finally try the professions we wanted to. Some of us, undoubtedly, still have no clue what we’re playing. And some of us immediately knew what profession we were going to play as soon as we got through the tutorial. I plan to play the Engineer, a steampunk-inspired, gadget-wielding, elixir-chugging daredevil whose archetype is fairly untapped by the MMO genre. Here is a list of my 5 reasons to play the Engineer:<a href="”> Read More…
The Memoirs of Klaine; a Mesmer – Chapter I
May 12th, 2012 damagedself I was a noble, a fancy Memser, and a vision in pink and purple. I was the most flamboyant man in Tyria – really, a Mesmer in pink/purple armor, you think you can top that? – and I was gorgeous. I slicked my hair back as I admired my reflection in the mirror. No, I [...]
The Time Has Come: Execute Error Code 66
May 11th, 2012 Belzan For many people, the first open beta event for Guild Wars 2 can best be described by grabbing your nearest thesaurus and looking up the word “awesome.” It was our first look at Lion’s Arch; our first look at armor and weapons associated with all 8 dungeons; our first opportunity to, well, play the game [...]
