I’m not sure if you remember, but aaages ago, when the year was still called 2012 and before iRez broke down and was renewed… I wrote an article called Avatar & Identity – Mass Effect (1), and promised to write the sequel soon (fail!). Either way, here you go! Be sure to read post nr. [...]
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Ravanel Griffon
LOTRO Spice
Ravanel explores the virtual worlds of Lord of the Rings Online, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Skyrim, and Mass Effect.
Recent blog posts written by Ravanel Griffon
Woosh woosh zoom
If woosh woosh zoom is the sound of a lightsaber, then woosh woosh is what you see depicted above, I imagine. The zoom would be if you hit another lightsaber, but I didn’t manage to get a shot of that. I know it isn’t on par with Strawberry’s photos (is anything?), but I’m still a [...]
It’s LOTRO Spice!
Perhaps you remember how I posted a happy Ravanel on my Tower of Orthanc deed steed, Ironhoof, a while ago (see Ironhoof and my epic win). Yesterday I acquired his older brother, the Steed of Many Colours, and I’m at least as happy as back then! In order to get the Steed of Many Colours, [...]
Politician gone rogue?
Reblog from I Have Touched the Sky: Not the Girl the ESRB Warned You About: Last week’s gaming news was all about Democrat Colleen Lachowicz, candidate for her state’s senate, who happens to play World of Warcraft in her spare time. Rowan from I Have Touched the Sky describes how Republicans built a whole [...]
Avatar & Identity – Mass Effect (1)
Yordie’s excellent posts about Becoming Someone Else reminded me of my duty to write part 2 of the Avatar Series I started. I must say I love her articles, which do not only have a better title, but even feature the five points I made up and describe how each of them are presented in [...]
A Spree of Violence
One consistent part of gaming worlds as opposed to open platforms such as Second Life is violence, and then especially the worst kind of it: murder. Although we gamers as a rule use the euphemism “killing things” instead of the much stronger “murdering people”, the essence is the same. Apparently we like to spend a [...]
1 September – Ironhoof and my epic win
LOCATION: Stangard, Rohan (Lord of the Rings Online) IN PHOTO: Ravanel and Ironhoof, her Prized Isengard War-steed I was able to buy Ironhoof after months of struggling on the hard final boss of the current end-game raid, Saruman (T2). I think he and I express our joy over this epic win much like I did [...]
Avatar & Identity – Introduction
Ever since Vaneeesa invited me over to write a guest post for iRez, I’ve been thinking about what gaming means to me and how to start this damn article. Fact is, I’m a strong believer in online identities, and I believe everyone is expressing themselves in some way or another, even when just playing an [...]
7 August – It’s pink and it bites
LOCATION: Just outside the Spaceport, Corellia (Star Wars: The Old Republic) IN PHOTO: Ravanel Griffon, Gannifari Star Wars players were pleasantly surprised today by a Gannifari in their mailbox. Apparently, this was Bioware’s way of saying thanks for moving our characters to more crowded servers. Despite my concerns about sending pets in lockboxes by mail [...]
9 July – It’s turquoise and it squeeks
LOCATION: In front of the old Jedi Temple, Coruscant (Star Wars: The Old Republic) IN PHOTO: Ravanel Griffon, Orokeet A chaotic travel through Tatooine, gathering refreshing water and placing a large egg under a construction of solar cells in the desert, ended up with a hatched egg and a big, turquoise bird that follows me [...]
Gimme Six! – Rav’s tour of three worlds
Vaneeesa asked me to join her challenge called Gimme Six: show us your favorite ‘must see’ places and tell us where to find them. Most authors of iRez walk around in Second Life, but my virtual worlds are a bit different, in the sense that they are designed as games. So here’s my mixed selection, [...]