Author Archives: Njessi
About Njessi
Njessi has an unhealthy obsession with fashion and companion customization. See the About Page »
Silly Things From Beta: Character Creation
YES, I KNOW I AM LAME. I know that it’s stupid to spend the first night in regular-beta goggling at the character creation screen. But holy crap, guys… there is a lot of stuff I didn’t realize before. A twi’lek … Continue reading »
Normal (not limited to weekend) Beta: Making Testing Practicable for the Casual Player
Last weekend, a bunch of my friends got into beta. Their weekend consisted of picking up hot pockets and not leaving the house. My weekend was very different, as you saw. Besides the computer issues, I am still a parent, … Continue reading »
I Fail At Beta
The weekend of November 11-13, I beta tested SWTOR. Now that the NDA is up, I can tell what I saw. I have almost nothing to report. I am super-lame. Friday: Downloaded the client and patch. Went to WoW Raid. … Continue reading »
Where in the Galaxy are the Female Gamers?
I’ve been obsessed with polls lately, mostly so I don’t create a cookie cutter toon right out of the box. I found on the official forums a really super-complete poll about gender/species/class/role/alignment. According to said poll, 20% of players plan … Continue reading »
Character Creation: A Tale of My Idiocy
Just to get this out of the way… this does NOT give away any beta information. It’s just a commentary on my own inability to handle character creation in any game in a calm manner. I do not want to … Continue reading »
What I Am Allowed To Say
Thar be a game testing program. I be in it. And since that’s all that’s I can say, we get to talk about my feeeeeelings. Back in the day, I would have been bouncing off the walls with anticipation. Now… … Continue reading »
Inconvenient Relatives, Annoying Holidays, and Release Date
My mom is visiting in late November (Thanksgiving). Ok, no big deal… it’s unlikely that the early access for preorders will start that early. My dad wants to visit “mid-December.” Yargh. That will probably be right during early access. And … Continue reading »
Putting Fingers In My Ears and Humming LA LA LA
LA LA LA I CAN’T HEAR YOU! So every few days, my husband will announce to me “you’ll never guess what they’re doing in SWTOR!” and proceed to tell me about the newest tidbit of information he read somewhere or … Continue reading »
Companions and Why I Can’t Have a Pool Boy
This was me when I first heard about companions: I shall have one companion and name him “Pool Boy.” My second companion shall be “Cabana Boy.” They can wear skimpy clothes on my starship whilst doing all the crafting making … Continue reading »
Hello world!
Ok, nobody really reads the very first blog post, right? Here’s the deal: I spent a long time on the “About” page so I feel like it would be duplicative (not duplicitous) to say it all here. So shoo! Here’s … Continue reading »