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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 31/01/2026

I didn't spend a ton of time with it due to it being unlikely to get the game anytime soon, but the character creator in Nioh 3 is pretty good. Aethmal and Seralin both turned out nice without too much effort.

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 22/01/2026

Lemix is done. I didn't get to do everything I wanted in it, but had fun regardless. Can't wait to see the next remix event!

World of Warcraft interface dialogue window stating: "The Remix event has ended. Your Timerunner characters have been transported to the main timeline. Remix event items have been removed."

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 19/12/2025

Blizzard, you're always finding ways to drag me back into the game. The paladin plays great! I'm having a lot more fun with it than I did the Crusader in Diablo 3.

Male Paladin with strawberry blond hair wearing red and gold armor, with fiery highlights across the armor.

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 11/12/2025

Of course I had to choose the sentimental option for the first go around of this. Maybe I'll do a braggy one in the future, but the heartfelt goodbye felt the most appropriate given all of the emotional and sentimental (or not, in the case of Lidamorrutu) dialogue of everyone else at the camp.

NPC dialogue box with the following text from Moratari:

<Moratari abruptly shifts her attention to her clipboard and clears her throat.>
Speaking of data points, why don't you share with me what you've learned about the affect of artifacts on this timeline?

(Quest) I found this Blank Doomsayer's Pamphlet among the remains of the Lost Legion Infernal.

NPC dialogue box with the following text from Moratari:

How peculiar. This must come from a nearby timeline.
The latent temporal energy in this parchment is bursting with potential. I recommend you burn in at our bonfire.

If you'd like, you can write a message before you burn it. With that much energy, I expect it would echo to your fellow Timerunners.

But choose your words wisely--unless the physical laws of time itself start breaking, I expect that you'd find something this rare only once per week.

(Quest) One a week. Got it.
(Quest) I will think hard about what I want to say to my fellow Timerunners.
(Quest) Whatever.

NPC dialog window for the Infinite Bonfire:

‹Before you cast the Blank Doomsayer's Pamphlet into the bonfire, you consider writing a message on it. What will you write?>

<Reflect on the power you've gained.>
<Reflect on the demons you've slain.>
<Reflect on your quests.>
<Reflect on the Heroic World Tier.>
<Reflect on your infinite research accomplishments.>
‹For the Horde!>
<Write a heartfelt goodbye to your fellow adventurers.>
<Write something silly.>
<Write nothing.>

Chat window text:

The infinite bonfire echoes as Seralin wishes you everyone a hearty farewell. Though we depart from this timeline, we will surely fight for Azeroth in the next one, wherever and whenever that brings us together again.

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 10/12/2025

A few loose ends to tie up over winter break, but Legion Remix has been so much fun. Looking forward to the next one! #wow #lemix

Quest window from World of Warcraft given by Moratari with the following text:

UNTIL OUR NEXT HELLO

There. That was not so bad after all.

This is not goodbye. It is just a pause until our next hello.

I look forward to it, Seralin.

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 03/12/2025

I've been waiting literally more than half my life for this moment. I'm going to spend months playing The Sims in Azeroth. #worldofwarcraft #wow

A redhaired Void Elf standing in front of her new home

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 23/11/2025

I remember thinking it was cool that the game had no software renderer, as it was one of the early games to require a GPU. Those requirements really take me back though. 8 megs of VRAM is incredible by modern standards.

Screenshot of the system requirements listed in the original manual for EverQuest. They are as follows:

Minimum Configuration
* Windows 95/98/2000
+ 200 M H z or faster Intel® Pentium" processor
+ 64MB RAM
* 2X o r faster CD-ROM drive with Windows-compatible 32-bit driver
* Direct3D" o r Glide-compliant video card with 8MB RAM
+ 600MB free hard drive space (includes space fo r Windows swap file)
+ Internet connection with 28.8 Kbps or faster connection speed
* DirectX-compliant sound card
* DirectX 7.0 (included o n the game CD)
• Microsoft-compatible mouse
Recommended Configuration
+ 266 MHz o r faster Intel® Pentium II° processor
* 128MB RAM
* 4X o r faster CD-ROM drive

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 11/11/2025

Second Legion Timerunner complete. Aethmal has had quite the journey through WoW. Human Paladin -> Undead Warrior -> Night Elf DK -> Void Elf DK. But despite his RP history, this is the first time I've spent any time with him as a Blood Elf. It's been fun experiencing the character this way.

Blood Elf Death Knight wearing dark black/blue tier 3 armor, with glowing skulls, standing in a dark hallway.

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 03/11/2025

These deathmasks they added for this year's Day of the Dead are really cool. Although they do highlight how Blizzard needs to figure out that hair morphing tech they were talking about previously, as they clip through a lot of hairstyles pretty bad. #warcraft #worldofwarcraft

5 image collage of different characters wearing a skull deathmask. Each mask has different colored gems on the forehead.

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 01/11/2025

I guess if you wait until the early morning, let the fog roll in, and then squint and tilt your head, it might look like a war zone here. #pdx #portland

Early morning photograph of the shoreline in Portland, with yellow street lamps and fog covering the hills.

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 01/11/2025

First Legion Timerunner complete. Back during TBC, Seralin was a Blood Elf alt meant solely for experiencing Quel'thalas. It remains one of my favorite areas in the game, and since Aethmal was stuck being an Undead, she provided the perfect view into that part of the world.

Screenshot of a female Blood Elf with red hair and green eyes, wearing the red and gold Blood Elf heritage armor and dual wielding the yellow variant of the Warswords of the Valarjar artifact weapons. She is glaring into the camera with her head tilted to the side.

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 31/10/2025

I created Aethmal in 2001 and Seralin in 2002. They both started out as characters for EverQuest, but have been my main OCs for most everything since. There's also an extended family tree of characters that I dip into regularly, but never with the frequency that I come back to Aethmal and Seralin.

A four panel collage show the transition of two characters from EverQuest to World of Warcraft. On the top is Aethmal, a white haired elf. In the left shot, he is wearing blue armor and wielding a gold and silver sword in the game of EverQuest, while in the right shot, he is wearing dark grey and blue armor with skulls in World of Warcraft. On the bottom is Seralin, a red haired elf. In the left shot, she is wearing red armor and dual wielding two small swords, while in the right shot, she is wearing grey armor with glowing green skulls on the shoulders and two large swords sheathed on her back in an x position.

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 28/10/2025

Hades 2 is a much better game than the original, but it still suffers the same pain points for me. By the time I'm ready to focus on the last boss, I'm bored of the process to get to him. 30-45 minutes of gameplay that starts to put me to sleep, just for a few minutes of fighting.

Screenshot of a Hades 2 dialogue screen. Melinoë stands on the left, with a dialogue box of her saying "I'Il get him, Headmistress. I swear it. All that you've taught, I'll bring to bear. And no matter the obstacles that stand in the way, Chronos shall fall by my hand."

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 24/10/2025

A little late for Monday, but all the same! First Timerunner down, 11 more to go!

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 08/10/2025

Legion Remix giving me the perfect opportunity to go back and play as Aethmal and Seralin in their pre-Void Elf days. Great opportunity to lean heavy on that Blood Elf background, with the wonderful heritage armor available to them. #legionremix #warcraft #wow

Two-image composite of twin Blood Elves. On the left is Aethmal, a white-haired male wearing the robe version of the Blood Elf heritage armor with two swords on his hips. On the right is Seralin, a red-haired female wearing the armor version of the Blood Elf heritage armor with two giant glowing swords on her back.

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 12/09/2025

For whatever other issues Liquid Glass has (I do like it overall), the mismatch in window border radius between apps compiled against macOS 26 and those that are not bothers me the most. I know it will work itself out in the long run, but my eyes just can not unsee it whenever it's on my screen.

Two app windows lined up together on macOS 26 Tahoe beta. The front window has a softer corner to it, allow the app behind it to peak out, highlighting the mismatch in design.

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 07/09/2025

This weather is much more to my liking than the heat we've had the past few weeks. #pnw

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 03/09/2025

I have mixed feelings about the light greatswords in Elden Ring. Their damage is good, and the combos look beautiful. But you really have to commit to the combos, which can be difficult against any enemy with a lot of poise. On the other hand, it is great for poking sleeping dragons in the eye.

A red haired Elden Ring character with a sword in her hands is crouching in front of a sleeping white dragon.

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 12/08/2025

More often than not, survival games do not click with me. But there is something about Dune: Awakening has made it an incredible experience so far. It has become a wonderful game to relax to, just exploring the desert of Arrakis and building up my home base.

A white-haired woman with tattoos around her eyes has a large poison needle held against her neck, with the subtitle from the needle-holder: "Arrakis is the key. And the Fremen..."

A white-haired woman is looking across the evening desert of Arrakis as a sandworm breaches up in the distance.

A white-haired woman in a blue cloak rides a sandbike into the desert sunset.

A white-haired woman looks out from atop a mountain over the desert valley. The moon is large in the sky.

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 03/08/2025

I did not progress nearly as far this season as I usually aim to, but next season will be better. At least a little bit. Maybe I can fit Aethmal in to more Mythic+ and raiding next time around.

Screenshot of the stat screen for Aethmal Evictus, Frost Death Knight.

Screenshot of the stat screen for Seralin Evictus, Fury Warrior. 6 of the 8 Mythic+ dungeons were completed, with a final Mythic+ rating of 1185.

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 30/07/2025

I just gotta keep telling myself the 90° here could be worse…

iOS Weather app showing the temperature in Furnace Creek, California. The current temperature is 109° and sunny.

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 24/07/2025

A hazy evening view of Mount St. Helens.

Mount St. Helens viewed in the distance, with a thick forest nearer to the photographer

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 15/07/2025

I really don't know how I survived living in Southern California for over 20 years when THIS heatwave here makes me want to curl up and die.

5 day weather forecast showing a high of 93 degrees and a low of 55 degrees.

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 30/06/2025

Sure, I can tank as a Frost Death Knight...

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 26/06/2025

Good thing that sign was there.

Refrigerator with a taped on sign that says "do not store food here, fridge contains lead"

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 16/06/2025

My wife gave me this as part of a book for my first Father’s Day. My question is this: do I get a new one each year, or do I only get the one hour for the rest of my life?

Coupon for “one hour of quiet time”, “valid until forever”.

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 03/05/2025

DOG's bitterness in The Talos Principe gives me so much joy.

Screenshot from The Talos Principle with a QR code that contains the following message:

What's more pathetic, this shallow construct of a world, this idiot's playground... or that I continue to solve its contrivances for lack of better sport?
-- DOG v55.2.0195n

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 24/04/2025

I've been remiss in sharing this until now. @bellabergolts.bsky.social created this wonderful rendition of Seralin. Thank you again for the time and care you put into this!

A painterly portrait of a Half-Elf woman with red hair, green eyes, and a black and white vest.

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 21/04/2025

Is it too soon to be getting era-appropriate transmogs ready for Legion Remix?

A Void Elf woman with blue skin and purple hair riding a void unicorn.

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 15/04/2025

Who am I kidding. Time to kick the tires on these new classes.

Screenshot of two half-elves: a woman with short white hair and leather armor and a man with medium-length white hair, a full goatee, and wearing a robe. Flames are visible in the background.

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 23/02/2025

I wish nights in #worldofwarcraft looked as they do with the Inky Black Potion active. So much moodier. Would also look killer with a proper HDR implementation.

Looking down at the small lake in the middle of Bel'ameth at night, with many wisps flying through the air.

Crystalsong Forest at night, with the illuminated trees dotting the whole horizon. Darkened with the Inky Black Potion to increase contrast.

Surumar at night, with the Tomb of Sargeras in the background.

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 17/02/2025

You could say I'm all fired up for Undermine(d)!

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 15/02/2025

Of particular note for me, the character creator is good but not great. I had no problem creating one of my two main characters in it, but after nearly an hour trying, I could not come up with a look for the other than I liked. Oh well, at least I have one I'm happy with. #avowed

Seralin, an auburn-haired elf woman wearing chainmail armor and with bow and quiver on her back, is looking towards the camera during a dialogue session.

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 20/01/2025

Couldn't wait until tomorrow for the new Diablo IV season, so going back to a classic to hold me over. With a little help from DevolutionX to unlock Bard and other niceties in the game. #diablo

A Bard in default armor exploring the first level of the Catacombs in Diablo, with a skeleton nearby.

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 18/01/2025

You know the difference between you and me? I make this look good. #cyberpunk2077

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 05/01/2025

I've always loved these dense bazaar areas in games. Now time to see if Phantom Liberty meets all the hype. #cyberpunk2077

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 31/12/2024

I’ve spent way too much time playing around with clothing mods for Cyberpunk 2077. It’s nothing too fancy, but this is what I’ve ended up liking the most so far. Now to actually spend time playing the game…

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 25/12/2024

I guess people want their free presents in Ironforge this year.

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 24/12/2024

Finally getting around to Phantom Liberty, and the first full run through the game in about 2 years. Looking forward to seeing all of the changes to everything, as well as seeing if Phantom Liberty is all it's hyped up to be.

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 17/12/2024

So happy that Blizzard finally added Half-Elf ears to the game. A lot of my OCs are Half-Elves, so it's nice to finally be able to represent them better that way in-game.

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 15/12/2024

I was hoping we'd get more Void representation than this in the tarot deck, but at least Alleria is there.

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 11/12/2024

Finally finished Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Definitely my top game of the year, it was just incredible from beginning to end. It's the first Dragon Age where I wasn't ready for it to be over by the end, and also the first one I have a strong desire to replay.

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OberstKrueger @oberstkrueger.com · 28/11/2024

Dragon Age doesn't come with any good black armor, but at least the modding community helped add some in.

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