Willenator Unscripted

Because Normal Is Overrated

Tag: gaming

  • OS Gaming Competition

    Another example of competition improving gaming for everyone. Check it out: Valve Is Forcing Microsoft To Make Significant Improvements To Windows Gaming Performance – Report

    I hope Valve continues to give Windows a run for their money. I like that Microsoft is responding with putting a gaming focus on Windows. Will be interesting to see how this plays out.

    I won’t lie, I’ve been tempted to jump back onto a gaming-focused version of Linux like Bazzite or CachyOS, but I’m also interested to see how some of the changes to Windows will look. I know that the latest gaming mode is now live for all Windows users with an update. I’ll have to look into that as well and give that a try.

  • The World of Warcraft Addiction

    A World of Warcraft screenshot shows a player character named Lyrun standing on cracked, dry earth in the Barrens, accompanied by a small pet named Sparkles. The landscape is a warm orange savanna with sparse trees and distant hills under a sunset‑colored sky. The game interface displays Lyrun’s and Sparkles’ health bars in the top left, a minimap labeled “The Barrens” in the top right, and an active quest titled “The Demon Seed” marked as completed. The bottom of the screen shows action bar abilities, while the chat box contains a single message referencing “chuck norris.”

    I started playing World of Warcraft in late 2006. I was introduced to the game by a friend I made at work. He actually purchased the game for me and my first month of game time. I think I played almost daily for a few years and loved it. Found out I had family that played as well and ended up spending a lot of time in the game.

    I remember playing through the Wrath of the Lich King expansion. After that one, I think I’ve played off and on since. A lot of my family stopped playing, and some of the guilds I was a part of over the years disappeared leaving me to mainly play solo now, so I don’t really jump in like I used too. However, I still feel that pull to jump back in and see how the current story is playing out.

    World of Warcraft just came out with another expansion called Midnight. I am experiencing a bit of FOMO right now. I really want to play, but I am much busier now than I was 20 years ago, and I don’t know if I can justify a monthly subscription for it only to play occasionally. But I really want to play again. It’s amazing to me how addicting a game can be.

  • WoW: Dragonflight Will Soon Let Players Run Dungeons With NPC Companions

    I’ve been playing World of Warcraft (WOW) for a long time. I had a good friend introduce me to the game back at the end of 2005, and I’ve been playing it off and on ever since. I really enjoy the game, the lore, and the ability to play with friends and family.

    However, there is one aspect of the game that I have not enjoyed very much: dungeons and raids. I am not the best player out there, and I struggle with all the abilities of my character in the game. I have all these years, but it hasn’t been as big of a struggle when I first started playing because I had friends and then family to run with. We did dungeons together and raids together, and I always had people to help me along the way, but I still had moments where mistakes were made and I caused issues for others that queued up with us. It always made me feel anxious because I don’t want to ruin another player’s game experience.

    Over the years, less and less of my friends play the game and most of my family members no longer play leaving me to my own devices in the game now, which has caused me some issues in learning new dungeons with other players. I’ve been yelled at and kicked out of a good number of dungeons because I was struggling. My anxiety has increased because of this, and I find that I avoid dungeons and raids altogether now.

    So, imagine my excitement when I read today that they are doing something new in the next expansion called Follower Dungeons where I can run with AI players and run a dungeon at my own pace. I’m super excited for this because it means I can actually enjoy giving a dungeon I haven’t tired a go by myself with the AI and learn it before I run it with other players. This will allow me to build up my confidence in running a dungeon. I’m so happy to give this a try when it drops.

  • Since I finished the World of Trucks Hauloween event, I decided to hop over to Euro Truck Simulator and start working on the events focusing on the West Balkans DLC as well as the Road to the Black Sea DLC. Just made my first delivery. Drove from Bratislava, Slovakia to Novi Sad, Serbia.

  • Hauloween 2023 Event Complete!

    I enjoy playing American Trucking Simulator, and I always enjoy the community events that they host at worldoftrucks.com. I just finished my last delivery for this year’s Hauloween event! I got myself a little plushie to sit on the seat next to me in game and a spider to hang from my mirror.

    I won’t lie. I was hoping for another paint job. My paint job from last year’s Hauloween was pretty awesome, and I even used that paint job on my truck this year. I was also hoping that maybe we could get the trailer design they used in game.

    Either way, I still enjoyed playing the game. Now I need to get the most recent Euro Truck Simulator 2 DLC and start working on the event running in that game currently. I have until the middle of December to complete it.

  • Just completed my 8th, 9th, and 10th delivery in the American Trucking Simulator Hauloween event. Only three more left to complete my goal of 13 deliveries. I was super excited to find Six Flags over Texas while driving around in the game today.

  • Just completed my 7th delivery for the World of Trucks Hauloween event. Here are a few shots from my travels. This was the longest delivery I have ever made in American Trucking Simulator. Drove from San Antonio, Texas to Colville, Washington. Total distance: 2,110 miles.

  • Been watching Krakenfall play through SOMA, one of my favorite horror games. It’s fun seeing someone discover the game and see some of the stuff I forgot about.

    Krakenfall