It doesn’t need to be said that since the first Guild Wars 2 beta weekend event, the floodgates, as they say, have been opened. And by opened, I mean busted down with a swelling tidal wave of chatter, media, rants, and raves. But most of all, media. In the lull between events, fans are eagerly [...]
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TalkTyria Guild Wars 2 Video Bonanza!
May 13th, 2012 
Izari 
Posted in Crafting & Farming, Guild Wars 2, Media, Video 
Tags: crafting, events, Human, leatherworking, meta events, video 
No Comments »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 [...]
Posted in Food for Thought, Guild Wars 2 Tags: ArenaNet, beta, gameplay, guild wars 2, gw2 6 Comments »
Sylvari – The Elves of Guild Wars 2!
May 10th, 2012 paeroka The sylvari, together with the asura, are the races we haven’t yet gotten to play either in the closed beta or during the first beta weekend event. They both were playable during some gaming conventions (like GamesCom 2011), so we know they exist in a playable state, at least! But of course, not having been [...]
Posted in Guild Wars 2, Lore, Races, RP Thinktank, Sylvari, Tyria Tags: gw2, Lore, races, sylvari 11 Comments »The GW2 Beta: A WvW Weekend with a Wild-Eyed Dolyak
May 1st, 2012 Distilled I gave the dolyak a hearty slap on the hind quarters. The keep wouldn’t stand against another attack without these supplies. Time was of the essence: there was only so long the warriors of Kodash could nip at the heels of the invaders before they over extended and had to retreat. The castle defences need [...]
EuFanDay: The interview
April 4th, 2012 paeroka As I said in my last entry here on Talk Tyria, Nerdy Bookahs had been invited to the EUFanDay that took place this Monday and Tuesday in Brighton. I was the one representing our blog there (a first post about this went up on our blog. It includes a growing link collection for write-ups etc. [...]
Posted in Events, Food for Thought, Guild Wars 2, Interviews Tags: ArenaNet, community, eufanday, guild wars 2, gw2 9 Comments »
EU Fan Day in Brighton
March 31st, 2012 paeroka As you may have already heard, ArenaNet will be hosting a EU FanDay in Brighton (that’s where the European NCSoft office is located) on April 2 – 3. My blog, Nerdy Bookahs was invited there and I will be attending this event! I’m very excited! I’ve recently joined Talk Tyria as well and this is [...]
Diversity in Sexuality
March 19th, 2012 damagedself Okay fine, there’s not much diversity per se because we fall into one of three categories: Straight, bi or gay. Well, before I continue, I figured that another article about how diverse characters on Guild Wars 2 will be based on traits/races/professions/weapons/skills/play styles or any combination of the six will just be rehashing what [...]
Posted in Food for Thought, Guild Wars 2, Tyria Tags: characters, diversity, sexuality, sylvari 17 Comments »Playing the Race Card on Builds
March 16th, 2012 TriggerSad With the recent Press Beta, and the bombardment of news that followed, we were presented with an influx of information fully revealing weapon skill sets and a large chunk (if not all) of each profession’s utility skills. We also saw the new Trait System that players have at their disposal to customize their chosen profession [...]
Asura: Cute and cuddly or heartless and selfish?
March 12th, 2012 paeroka Asura are the smallest of the playable races in Guild Wars 2. They’re the cute* race. Fuzzy, cuddly… wait – are those pointy teeth? And what’s with this maniac grin? Is… is that a golem running towards me? In other words: They are everything but cuddly and cute, that is for sure. I wonder what [...]
