Diablo Game Play, Diablo III 1 comment on Zeta Tries to Go to Hell

Zeta Tries to Go to Hell

In a previous blog, I wrote about my Barbarian, Zeta, who was trying to finish Act IV of Nightmare Mode in Diablo III, in the hopes of being able to start Hell mode soon. She had reached level 49. I ended up having to stop playing before I reached a checkpoint (I prefer to stop right after hitting a checkpoint). Where would she end up when I next logged in? Here’s some highlights of her adventure.

It turned out that Zeta had been magically placed back in Bastion’s Keep. This wasn’t where I wanted her to be at, but it was safer than logging in and instantly being surrounded by demons. I used the checkpoint to go to Gardens of Hope 1st Tier, in the hopes of finding Tyrael. (I needed to finish his conversations for an Achievement).

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ThirtySeven and Smashez are in Act III (Normal)

In the previous blog, my Demon Hunter, ThirtySeven, and Shawn’s Barbarian, Smashez, had hit level 27. They also finally completed Act II of Normal mode, and were ready to begin Act III. Their adventure continues!

ThirtySeven and Smashez start off on the Skycrown Battlements, working on lighting the Signal Beacons. Demons everywhere!

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Gardens of Time: Chauncey Go Lucky

Gardens of Time adds in special “Crystal Chapters” every so often. They tend to have a holiday theme (which is why few of them interest me). The only way to play the scenes in a “Crystal Chapter” is to gather up enough crystals. Play the regular scenes, and hope that enough crystals will appear for you to finish the whole thing before the time runs out. It’s a gamble (another reason why I rarely bother with them).

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Book Reviews, non fiction 0 comments on Three Cups of Tea – by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

Three Cups of Tea – by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

When I first picked up Three Cups of Tea, I knew very little about it, other than it was a non-fiction book about a man who built schools for girls somewhere in the Middle East. I wasn’t sure how the tea fit into the story, or why there were three cups of it.

The full title is: Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace – One School at a Time. Or, at least that is the title that appears on the trade paper version (which is what I picked up). In the back of the book, there is an acknowledgement section, which was written in two parts. One part was written by Relin, and one was by Mortenson. In Mortenson’s part, there is a paragraph that reads:

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Zeta is in Act IV of Nightmare Mode!

In my last blog about the progress of my Barbarian, Zeta, she had managed to make her way through Act III of Nightmare Mode. She was at level 48 when she started Act IV. Here are the highlights of her adventure since then.

At first, I hadn’t realized that Zeta had finished Act III of Nightmare (although, the cinematic should have been a clue). She ran through the portal to the High Heavens, ready to continue the battle.

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Book Reviews, horror 0 comments on Blaze – by Richard Bachman

Blaze – by Richard Bachman

Blaze is a book that holds more than one story. That is not to say it is a book of short stories (because it isn’t). Allow me to clarify: one story is the novel itself; another story is how the novel went from draft to published; and there is another, unrelated, story after the novel portion ends. This may sound confusing, but it’s actually quite simple. I’ll explain.

It is good to begin at the beginning. The cover of the book says that Blaze was written by Richard Bachman, and that it contains a Forward by Stephen King. Most, if not all, Stephen King fans know that Bachman and King are actually the same person. King was writing under the pen name Bachman for a while, and eventually got discovered.

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Fighting the Spider Woman

I’m making some progress with my Barbarian, Zeta. At the end of the last blog, Zeta was in Act III of Nightmare Mode, and was level 46. Here is what she encountered on her next adventure.

Zeta, and her Follower, Eirena the Enchantress, were in the process of battling through the quests that lead up to fighting Cydaea (the giant spider woman) in the Tower of the Damned.

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Gardens of Time: Ten Days of Gifting – Garden Willow

Every so often, Gardens of Time gives players a unique thing that they can put into their garden. You receive it in an “under construction” state, and have to build it up. Of course, in order to build it up, you have to ask your friends to send you certain items (and hope that they will give them to you).

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Still Helping Zoltan Kulle

My Demon Hunter, ThirtySeven, and Shawn’s Barbarian, Smashez, left off somewhere in the series of quests that involve helping the creepy, bodiless, Zoltun Kulle find his missing body parts (as he shares “wisdom” and laughs maniacally). We are still in Normal mode. Thirty-Seven was at level 26, and I’m pretty sure that Smashez was at level 26 as well.

We found the Archives of Zoltun Kulle.

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