A special PSA from Wilford and Sihx
A special public service announcement about a new condition afflicting Azeroth. Listen below or on upcoming episodes of the AIE Podcast, The Instance, and Convert to Raid.
Enjoy!!
Diablotus
Posted in Main with tags raid, world of warcraft, wow, warcraft, diablo 3, diablotus, diabetes, wilford brimley, psa, azeroth on May 29, 2012 by Epic DiapersNerd Rage!!!!!
Posted in Main with tags diablo, drive, giants, nerd rage, nerdtacular, utah on May 15, 2012 by Epic Diapers
FIX YOUR D3 SEVERS DIABLO!! (btw, IRL I only have one chin, I’m healthy)
I’m not one to nerd rage, I have too many things that I care about in my life to get upset about a video game (great job, a wife, 2 wonderful kids, baseball, etc.).
BUT GOD DAMNIT BLIZZARD, FIX DIABLO 3 AND FIX IT NOW!!!!
Okay, now that I’ve got that off my chest, I can go onto wishing how and when I’ll be able to actually play this infernal game.
On another front, I recently put out a call to the community to submit justifications that I could use on my wife for attending Nerdtacular. Well, I’ll notify the winner soon, and although their particular “justification” wasn’t what worked, I still owe them game time. However, I was able to negotiate a trip out to Utah, given that I DRIVE from the Bay Area (CA) to save on gas. One way to cut on gas money is to carpool, so I’ll be cruising out in June with Dills to play some golf, nerd out, and watch “Brave” on the final day.
I’m a happy nerd.
And, go Giants!
Episode 23: “That Kid Can Farm!”
Posted in Main with tags alludra, april fools, farming, gold, kids, world of warcraft, wow on April 2, 2012 by Epic Diapers
"Mom, how much longer do we have to farm?"
Click below for the audio segment:
In a special April Fool’s “Switcharoo” segment, Alludra the Mage takes over Epic Diapers to make your gaming more efficient, well, actually, profitable as a parent. She discusses her exploitation, er, I mean, involvement with her sons in getting them excited about playing World of Warcraft!
Yes, having children isn’t always a money drain, well, virtually speaking, anyway.
You can also listen to MY takeover of “Alludra’s Pets” segment over on her site. It’s #34, “Ghoulies”. You can also stream that segment below:
Four other regular “The Instance” podcast segment producers also swapped segments in an effort spearheaded and organized by Alludra herself.
You can listen to all 6 segments sequentially in the episode #270 of “The Instance” here.
Big props to Alludra for this wonderful idea! I had a blast dipping my toes into the pet world, coming up with a segment that I don’t know much about.
Sihx
I’m Baaaack!
Posted in Main, Uncategorized with tags break, companion, gaming, lightsaber, listener feedback, moving, reader feedback, short sale, swtor on March 2, 2012 by Epic Diapers
Ok, it was only 30 days, but it felt like the length of a “Twilight” movie. Gaming takes me away from the stresses of everyday life, job and family, included. Throw in the fact that we short-sold our home and moved the whole family into a rental home (it’s very nice, however) with all the baggage (pardon that pun) that comes along with it in the form of packing, losing stuff, large bills, paperwork, losing stuff, arguments, legal stress, losing stuff, and no time to game or have any “me” time, makes a sad man sad, indeed.
Well, things are settling down, the intertubes are open once again in our new home, and my daughter is making many new friends in this new neighborhood, which is much more family-friendly than our former abode in a golf club community with a bunch of stodgy people yelling at her to get off their lawn, quite literally.
I am, however, finding it difficult to get back in the swing of gaming. Other than my raid team that I re-joined this week to finally down Madness of Deathwing (we one-shot it, in fact, and it dropped double agility axes, WTF?!), my other games are collecting dust; and I don’t care. SWTOR is actually emailing me to come back to the game, and my subscription is still active! I haven’t unsheathed my consular’s lightsaber in 7 weeks. Apparently my companion is informing BioWare of this, and they are sending me the intergalactic holomessages to come back. Meh. Whatevs.
So, please tell me YOUR stories of “taking breaks,” and IF you came back to a game(s), how did you go about doing it? Post it here or send me an email at epicdiapers AT gmail DOT com.
Sihx
Episode 21: “The Chocolate Cake is a LIE!”
Posted in Main with tags 5%, blizzard, buff, chocolate cake, complaint, dragon soul, instance, mmorpg, nerf, noob, qq, raid, raiding, rant, warcraft, world of warcraft, wow on January 26, 2012 by Epic Diapers-
No, Blizzard, I do not need or want your chocolate cake!! (nom, nom, nom)
Click below for the audio segment:
I just had to “QQ” about the incoming nerf to the Dragon Soul raid. How dare Blizzard treat me like a noob, and NO I won’t eat your chocolate cake!!!!! NEVAHHH!!!!
Sihx
Vlog #2: My daughter is a ham, and go 49ers!
Posted in Main with tags 49ers, giants, kids, kidsarehard, parenting, podcast, swtor, video, vlog, warcraft, wow on January 22, 2012 by Epic DiapersVlog #2…my daughter loves this stuff
Episode 20: “Two MMOs at Once?!”
Posted in Main with tags game time, instance, mmos, playing, swtor, tor, wow on January 17, 2012 by Epic Diapers
Answering to 2 masters at once...is it possible?
Click below for the audio segment:
Ok, I love WoW, and every other PC or console game has been relatively neglected for years now. My 2 raid nights a week were pretty much all the gaming time I can afford. But, now a second MMO is wooing me for my gaming time, just asking me to cheat on WoW.
So, how do you handle 2 MMOs, which of course are never “finished,” with such a limited schedule. My answer, if you really need to play both, you’re going to get half as much done in each game as you would in one. I’m still raiding in WoW, so my, “eh-em, force-user, is still a teenager.” But remember, you’re in these games for the long-haul. Be patient, enjoy the trip, enjoy the people you play with, it’s not a race. If you have a job or studies, or your family to take care of, that always takes priority, leveling those life aspects will reap greater rewards than any purple pixels.
