My largest gaming moments in 2012

I am a complete sucker for 3 items: novelty soft drink flavors, Tom Servo's singing voice in MST3K, and end-of-the-year lists. Egads, I love the end of the year just for the lists alone. Everybody does them (copycats!), & I like to see how my opinions stack up against them. Plus, commonly I learn of cool points that took place or came out through the past year that I missed.

So this is my list. My end-of-2012 list. I am devoting the 26th Ideal Ten of 2012 to the top 10 moments in MMO gaming & blogging. It was a rollercoaster of highs and lows, and looking back, I don't think I could've predicted half of the major events that happened in this sector. That's what I like about this gig: It keeps me on my toes.

Seeing my daughter as an NPC in Guild Wars 2.

There is a longer version of this story that you could read on my weblog, however here's the brief version: I met ArenaNet President Mike O'Brien at a fan gathering a couple years back. He did not really know who I was (who might blame him?), but when I half-jokingly advised that my baby daughter had a cool name that would be extraordinary for Guild Wars 2, he passed it along to the story team & made it take place.

It took a couple of years to finally see the end result, however the truth is that in case you encounter a certain Sylvari in the private storyline, she's a nod to a certain fan's daughter. In a number of years when she's old sufficient to grasp, I'm going to get pleasure from showing her in-game doppleganger to her.

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