For JB's recent birthday, I thought instead of getting him some useless present, I'd try my hand at cooking a cake and decorating it in gamer theme, a mario bros coin box:



Not exactly a difficult task, but it did mean I had to go buy cake tins, a beater, etc as I don't think I've ever really cooked a cake (which wasn't packet mix) before!

I cooked the two square butter cakes (omg yummy!!!!) the night before, and planned to decorate it right before we were due at his birthday party. Time got away from me, so I had my room mate help me out with some of the decorating so we could make it to the party in time.

I was pretty chuffed with how it turned out. It wasn't quite in proportion, but given more time I could have easily added an extra layer with the cake I had left over.

Labels: Gaming, Personal

I spent a very exiting 6 of my 15 minutes of fame lastnight when my interview on Good Game was aired on their premiere episode.



I was asked to talk about a game that I'm really into, World of Warcraft. I was actually a bit worried about how it would come across - I found it difficult to talk about the game without using too much tech speak. So there was a bit of umming going on but generally I think it turned out okay. :)

» watch the video stream on the good game website

My name was mispelled though, they sometimes used kara not cara - only in some places though. Oh wells!

I have to say it was so exciting to watch - when junglist hearthstoned to my house we all cheered and our eyes were glued to the screen! Though to be honest I was more excited to see my character on tv than my own face - very funny to see me and 4 guildies (all level 60 characters) owning up Ragefire, dancing on the Orgrimmar bank, and footage of my priest with a sword equipped. My roomie rang afterwards - he was so excited to see his fridge on TV! Hehe!

I'm so glad that there's now a TV show like this. The guys did a great job presenting and it was really enjoyable to sit around and watch with my friends and have a laugh.

Labels: Gaming, Personal

My cousin had a house warming party with a G or S theme. We found JB a Super Mario costume, and got the matching Princess Peach costume ... well, she has a game called Super Princess Peach now.

Here were the results:

Labels: Gaming, Personal

As you might already know, I'm a bit of a gamer, well ... World of Warcraft addict, and I play some other games too. ;)

Here's an attempt at a logo I did a few months back for my WoW guild, Scions of Dark Realms. This is me attempting a darker side:



» Scions of Dark Realms

Labels: Gaming

After a long break from World of Warcraft (around 4 months), I've recently started levelling my human warrior character on frostmourne. She's my first 30+ alliance character, and also my first on a PvP server. A few things I've learned:

1. Paladins still make me shake my head, even from an alliance point of view.
2. Alliance quests suck.
3. PvP allows players to be unjustifyiably cruel.
4. Undead rogues who cheap shot unsuspecting human warriors while they're vendoring in their own INN, are lame.
5. Shield bashing shammies is fun! ^.^
6. Having an undead mage chase you all around the countryside is even more fun - especially when you turn around, charge, and 1-shot them. tee-he-he-he!

I'm not sure if it's just because I have always hated alliance, or if they genuinely just suck, but some of the quest lines have been ridiculous - running back and forth between NPC's in different towns - there's only so much talking I can take before I wanna take my two-handed sword to their goofy lookin' asses. I truly appreciate this accurate penny arcade comic.

I never really understood alot about paladins. They were always just about as annoying as mosquitos. Those annoying little bandits, popping themselves into a bubble and taunting us at the first sign of trouble. The other evening I logged in while having dinner, and while checking my mail at the local inn, a pally invites me into his party, feeling easy-going, I accepted his invitation without question. I said "sup?", the next thing, BAM, i'm stuck, unable to move, in an invulnerable bubble, and he's lying there on the ground next to me, dead. Next thing he said in party chat was "OMG COOL!!!!". I was wondering what the hell just happened - not knowing much about pally skills - he continued to inform me that he just got that skill and wanted to see what it did. Though, what he said next made me laugh: "This skill must be for if someone tries to ninja a chest or something". Yeah, that'd work. LOL.

Labels: Gaming