Hard Mode: Ascalon City (Pre-Searing)

I don’t write these rants because I’m angry at ArenaNet. These words are to improve the game. Since Photics.com is a dedicated fansite, the strength of the Guild Wars is directly proportional to the strength of this website. The more successful the game, the more significant this website becomes.

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Photics.com – Reborn!

Photics.com is reborn, with a great new look and a return to a familiar system. Photics.com is going back to the blog format, to focus on what this site does best – delivering entertaining and informative Guild Wars content. There’s still a lot of work to be done, so expect some more changes to the site. With the imminent launch of Guild Wars: Eye of the North, exciting times are on the way.

Guild Wars Explorer – A Beautiful Bridge

Ever have dream about a video game? It’s a fairly rare occurrence for me. But considering that I’ve been playing video games for almost three decades, one was bound to happen sooner or later. Sometime in between the release of Guild Wars: Prophecies and Guild Wars: Nightfall, I had an incredibly vivid dream. If dreams were TVs, this was in high definition. We’re talking 1080 progressive, not that interlaced stuff.

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Wii News Channel Review

A blue light quietly pulsed from my Nintendo. The slot illumination function was operating as intended, as my Wii had something important to tell me. It was time for a system update. I wasn’t too surprised. I had heard the rumbling from the Internet. Word quickly spread that Nintendo released the News Channel a day early. A previous Nintendo press release mentioned that the News Channel would launch on January 27, 2007. More than two months after the launch of the Wii, today was the day to check out the News Channel. Here is the complete message from Nintendo, with line breaks included…

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I'm Sorry About The Booth Babes

If I had known this is how it would have turned out, I would have said things differently. The 2006 E3 will not have scantly clad women. If there is even the slightest chance that I am somehow indirectly responsible for the death of booth babes, I apologize. Yet, I’m beginning to wonder if ArenaNet is behind this sudden change. I’m beginning to wonder if I drove ArenaNet to rally against the Booth Babes. Did ArenaNet call for an E3 Nerf?

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