Archive for February 3rd, 2012

We’re raiding! Or operating, I guess, as Star Wars: The Old Republic’s end game instances are called operations. So, we’re operating! And it’s great!

Every aspect of it is satisfying for me: the required teamwork, the pressure not to let the group down, the elation when the boss is reduced to zero health, the sense of camaraderie between my fellow operators and myself. I even enjoy when we wipe because it leads to group strategizing on how to do a better job. There’s only one thing that I truly hate about operating: the loot.

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From Justin Gary, the developer of Ascension:

Back at the end of September, I got an e-mail from Alan Gerding with an unusual subject line. “An Ascension Marriage Proposal.” Intrigued, I opened it up and learned that Alan wanted to propose to his girlfriend, Crystol Shelton, using the game they love to play together–Ascension! We jumped at the opportunity, and quickly set to work making it happen.

See the results in the above video. You’d think he wouldn’t hit her with a Noxious Soul first. What a jerk.

Read the full story here.

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