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Tea Time with Thomas Lionblood
I had a Wizard101 dream a couple nights ago. Actually, scratch that, it was a KingsIsle dream. So in this dream, I was back at KingsIsle and had just returned and got a new job there. For some reason...
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December 2024 Zone of the Month -- Karamelle City
Hey all! I thought I'd try to bring back a time-honored tradition as I discussed in a post last month and do another Zone of the Month!  To those ends, I made a list of the 256 zones in Wizard101 and...
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Tea Times Two with Thomas Lionblood
Man, I've been wanting to post a thing or two on my blog for a week now, and I just haven't had the time or motivation. I've either been busy with holiday stuff or sick, but as long as I'm here typing,...
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Blowing up Asteroids in Bounce Arcade
I'm continuing to play a little Bounce Arcade here and there, and lately it seems to be my go-to, just messing around VR pinball experience. It's pretty light and super easy to get into when I just...
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Christmas Redux 2024
Hey all! I hope you had a very merry Christmas as we head into the new year. 2024 was a year of big changes and struggles for me and my family, but I'm happy to report that our Christmas was just as...
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Recent Brawl Pass Updates and the impossibility of Mythic rank
GAHHH! I'm so frustrated right now! I don't think I'll ever hit Mythic rank in Brawl Stars. I'm not that good at the game and don't have a good, solid PvP team to play with. I went on the worst losing...
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Chilling Out and Bouncing Around in Slime Rancher VR
So, the other day I was talking with my Discord VR buddy (/waves at NV) about a VR game I want to make. While I was discussing it with him, he noted that in some way what I was describing sounded a lot...
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January 2025 Zone of the Month -- Knight's Court
Welcome to 2025 and to another Zone of the Month! Randomness this month has brought us all the way back to Marleybone and one of my favorite TV Show puns from Wizard101.~~Name: Knight's CourtLocation:...
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Blink your eyes, lose half a month: Brawl Stars, BG3, and more!
Hi readers! Am I the only one who feels like January is flying by like blink your eyes, lose half a month? This is crazy. Maybe it's just because I've been either hard at work, watching hockey (I have...
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BG3 es fini and the Everquest Beastlord Build
People of the Friendly Necromancer! In the past week I have wrapped up two (count 'em, TWO) play-throughs of Baulder's Gate 3. What a fantastic game. Even now I'm feeling compelled to start up a new...
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February 2025 Zone of the Month -- Gumdrop Forest
Keeping the tradition alive! Randomness has returned us once again to Karamelle. Truly the universe is telling me I need to move along.~~Name: Gumdrop ForestLocation: Karamelle -- Just run through the...
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Playing the BG3 Friendly Necromancer Character?
Ok, SORRY. I thought I was done with Baldur’s Gate 3. I really did, but then I remembered I also really would love to make a Friendly Necromancer in the game . . . and . . . well . . . here we are:...
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Baldur's Gate Act 2 complete for Thomas Lionblood
Thomas Lionblood has now finished Act 2 of Baldur's Gate and destroyed the evil Kethric Thorn. The Friendly Necromancer says "Bai Felicia" to the Evil NecromancerI've been playing gobs of BG3 lately...
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The Friendly Necromancer and Baldur's Gate 3
Ok, it's done.It didn't go to plan. It wasn't very pretty, but I beat my third playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3--this time playing as Thomas Lionblood, the Friendly Necromancer himself.I have the whole...
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Catching up with Friendly -- March 2025 Edition
Hey readers!Just thought I'd take a second to let you know what's up with me since life's been a little weird. I've got a few thoughts, and I like making lists, so here we go:~~1- I'm in pain -- I'm...
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Y'all ever play Coin Master?
Back when I was in the vidjagame industry, Coin Master was one of those games the mobile game team would look at and go . . . dang . . . such a simple concept, yet shockingly well executed and...
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Happy St. Patrick's Day 2025 -- home green edition
 Yay, it's St. Patrick's Day! I'm home sick from work! Stomach bug.A lot has kind of been rolling through my brain lately. Been thinking about this blog and video games, but not doing a whole lot of...
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Small Victories, Big Losses -- Back to Asgard's Wrath!
 As I'm typing this to you, my face is covered in sweat. Sec . . . need to go take care of this facial drench. . . . and back. Whew. That's better. So today has been a crazy day. I woke up in the...
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Death to Hel's Bane in Asgard's Wrath!
 As predicted yesterday, I finished up the fight with Hel's Bane this evening. I did spend a bunch of time this morning upgrading Frodi's gear, which helped pad my health with 100 extra life or so,...
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Stikkan it to 'em in Asgard's Wrath
Our third hero we unlock in Asgard's Wrath is a dark elf named Stikkan, who's no stranger to traveling in Niflheim. Yup, we've made our way out of Midgard and into a world of cold ice and magical bears...
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Whhaaaaaat? Mythic Rank in Brawl Stars?
I had to make a quick Brawl Stars post today because it actually happened, and it's something that I said would never happen for me back in December of last year.OMG . . . whaaaatttt?!...
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Unnatural Selection VR -- Now Available on itch.io!
Hello friends, come download my game!I've uploaded a VR game to itch.io that a few ex-WIMO employees and I made for an internal game jam back in 2023: Unnatural Selection VR. Please click that link to...
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Unnatural Selection VR Pitch Slides
​​Back in 2022, WIMO Games was starting to investigate VR games. At the time, my job was to work closely with an outsourcing team in Spain to build a vertical slice of a mobile game called Unnatural...
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Asgard's Wrath -- Rivers of Blood and Ripped out Eyeballs
I got a bit caught up in releasing UNSVR lately, but that doesn't mean I haven't been playing a lot of the OG Asgard's Wrath! It's been a lot of fun to be honest. I could only play it in short bursts...
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Rolling the Credits on Asgard's Wrath
Ok, I've finished Asgard's Wrath. whew. That was a workout, a crazy grind fest, and also pretty amazing. What a fun game!It's so much fun to see all the main cast dancing at the very end of the game.So...
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