Ditto fixes a Robot in the Lunarium… Kinda.
Ditto finds the power core and sensorium in his first fight! With the power core he’s able to power the sentry robot back on, but it still can’t really do much more than tell him to go talk to some other guy, who long ago wove a ‘binding of lethargy’ upon the sentry. (Insert ‘that sounds like my mom/dad/brother/sister/cat on Saturday mornings’ joke here – I did…)
So Ditto talks to this guy, Koltan Gloomfane, who is actually really nice, and would LOVE to help Ditto, but there’s a problem…. Koltan gave the re-activation codes to his three henchmen, with names like Killy McKillsalot, Stabby o’Slashy, and Trogdor the Burninator. Ditto will have to defeat all three to revive that sentry… hmmm, the things they make you do when the warranty expires.
Ditto Enters The Lunarium!
Now that Ditto has completed his quest for the incredible Efreet spell, he is back in Celestia! Ditto has found all the proper pieces and fixed the Moon Portal, and it ready to enter the Lunarium! Once through the portal, however, Ditto is confronted with crazy robots run amok! What can he do to get through and find his way into the inner chambers of The Lunarium?
Ditto Casts Efreet!
After unlocking the power of Efreet and summoning him in DragonSpyre, Ditto is finally ready to control the awesome spell! Professor Falmea warns Ditto that he should only use the power of Efreet in an emergency, so what does Ditto do? Go pick a fight in Celestia so he can see what his awesome new spell does!!
Keep your information safe online!
Mister Crimp offers Chip ten thousand points to his favorite online game – but there’s a catch! He’s asking Chip for his account information and other personal info, which isn’t safe! Ten thousand game points is very tempting – will Chip do the right thing?
Chip and Mister Crimp – keep your information safe online.
New Video – Ditto’s New Spell Part 3 – Ditto Summons the Efreet!! #wizard101
After the epic battle to unlock the fire seal, Dalia Falmea teaches Ditto the summoning spell to summon the Efreet, and then sends him to DragonSpyre to learn how to control the massive power of this powerful spell. (more…)
Ditto’s New Spell – Part 2, the battle with Sothmekhet
Ditto has faced a lot of big battles in Wizard101, and there have been a few he wasn’t quite prepared for. This batted is one of the biggest and the one I was most unprepared for. It was also over 30 minutes long, so I couldn’t post the whole thing – what you see here is an edited 7ish minutes of the beginning and end of the battle. Everything in the middle is pretty similar – buff up, hit Sothmekhet with a fire dragon or helephant, and be disappointed at the overall result.
Ditto’s Battle with Sothmehket
Ditto’s New Spell part 1 – Called to the Classroom
After making level 58, Ditto is called to the Fire classroom by Professor Falmea! She has a powerful new spell to teach Ditto – but it’s not so simple! The power she is trying to tap into is blocked, and Ditto will have to travel to Krokotopia to release the block and set the power of this new fire spell free!
Ditto and Chip talk about online bullying
Chip has a problem – someone said some really mean things about him on Facebook, and he wants to get back at them, so he goes to Ditto for help. Ditto and Chip talk about the best things to do when someone is being mean to you online. If someone is bullying you online there are lots of ways to get help, like parents and teachers, moderators and online community representatives.
Ditto fixes the Broken Portal Piece.. next stop – the moon?
At long last Ditto has recovered the final portal piece – but it’s broken! What’s a monster to do? Well as your friendly neighborhood Archivist to tell you how to fix the last portal piece, and then plug it in and see what happens! With the putal humming nicely, where is Ditto off to next? Is it the moon????
And yes, Ditto was supposed to edit these two videos into one video, but Ditto forgot… so there are two videos and ‘the magic of television’ requires a little help….
New Video – Ditto makes Level 57!! But he broke the last portal piece… #wizard101
While turning in the final portal piece to Leland, Ditto makes level 57!! And now all I have to do is go to the archivist to figure out how to fix the final portal piece- I guess I should have been more careful with it!
Interview with Chris Park, A Valley Without Wind
While I was walking around checking out some of the cool independent games, the Arcen Games booth caught my eye, both for the design and the very cool name of the game they were promoting, ‘A Valley Without Wind‘. It was a very cool looking side scroller with nice design, intriguing story, and great mechanics – including lots of different powers like my personal favorite, fire magic!
Luckily for me, Chris Park, the founder and lead developer for Arcen Games, had a few minutes to talk to us about the game and what makes it so very cool in this age of huge extreme hyper-realistic 3D blockbusters.
Monster On The Street Interview with Caroline
Ditto wanted to try something new at PAX East and had the idea to do random ‘Monster On The Street’ interviews with random PAX attendees. Unfortunately, between the crowds, the noise, and the fact that not everyone wants to be interviewed by a furry orange monster, this didn’t work out very well. I did, however, get one interview with a very nice woman named Caroline, who was really great and definitely into it. It was her first time at PAX, and it sounded like she was having a really good time. Thanks to Caroline for being such a good sport!
Ditto’s Interview with Mike from Twisted Pixel Games
Ditto was lucky enough to get an interview with Mike from the great gaming company Twisted Pixel! They make games like The Maw, ‘Splosion Man, and the very popular Gunstringer! He was really nice to chat with and we had a really good talk about what Twisted Pixel has got going on. We were so interested in the game The Maw after talking to him and seeing the game played in the booth that I actually bought it when we got home, and I’ve been playing it a ton – it’s adorably cute and really funny!
Interview with Ziba Scott – Girls Like Robots!
Investigating the indy games area at PAXEast, I came across a booth decorated with cute square character tiles and had my favorite game title of the show – ‘Girls Like Robots‘. The game is a fun casual puzzle game with great art design and a great goal – to make everyone happy! That’s right, in a show full of games that brag about body count or extreme weapon mods, Ziba Scott was showing off a game where all you had to do was make people happy by sitting them next to people (or robots) that they like.
Ziba, the founder of PopCannibal games (This guy REALLY knows how to create catchy names!) was nice enough to give us a totally unscheduled interview and it was great talking to him! We got to play the game for a little while as well, and it really was a lot of fun. It isn’t out yet, but he says it should be out this summer and available on multiple platforms. I know I”ll be on the list to get it when it’s available, because after playing only the first few levels, I was hooked. And hey – I love making people happy, it’s what furry orange monsters do!!
Ditto Interviews Sonic the Hedgehog!
At PAX East I got incredibly lucky and landed a short interview with media icon and video game legend Sonic the Hedgehog! The audio is a little off and it’s really difficult to hear Sonic’s answers, but it was a great interview and Sonic is a really funny guy!
Interview with Fire Hose Games – Go Home Dinosaurs
There are so many of the ‘big budget’ games at PAX East – huge flashy games that all seemed to be about how big the guns were or how high the body counts could be. That’s not the games I was looking for. I looked at the edges of the show, for the smaller indy studios that had clever, family friendly games and who had new ideas or great spins on old ideas to share.
One of the great games I found was the adorably named ‘Go Home Dinosaurs‘, by Fire Hose Games. The concept is really cute – it’s a kind of tower defense game (one of my favorite kind of games) where you’re a gopher trying to protect your barbeque from rampaging dinosaurs. It was cute and clever, and I even got to play a bit. This is a short interview in the Go Home Dinosaurs booth, followed by a bit of me playing the game. It was a lot of fun and well worth a try if you get a chance.
FeliciaQuest, Ditto’s Journey to meet an Internet Icon at PAX East
As I have said before – this year for PAX East I really had one goal, one purpose in mind for the day, and that was to see, meet, and possibly talk to Felicia Day. Sure, there were many big name folks there for meet and greets, but I am a huge fan of Felicia Day, not only because she’s a fun, quirky actress, but because she has been a pioneer in social media and taking web content to the next level. ‘The Guild’, her web show about a bunch of gamers, was one of the very first to start being taken seriously by ‘old school’ media, and of course she had a starring role in ‘Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog’, which also revolutionized the way people think about internet media and distribution.
Ditto trying to meet Felicia Day
Ditto’s Video Bloggy Thingy, Pre-PAX Edition!
So here we go – by the time you read this, Miss Narrator and I will be on our way to Boston for the amazing PAX East!! I am SO excited!! We’ll explore all the games and do interviews and all kinds of stuff! My #1 goal is to get a picture with Felicia Day – I hope I can do it!! I hope I don’t just pass out and melt into a pool of fur when I see her!
So follow my twitter (@dittowizard) and check my YouTube channel as I live tweet pics and videos from the show floor all day! It’s going to be so exciting!
The Storm Lord’s Temple, part 2 of 3
The second battle in the Temple of the Storm Lord, where Mark Swiftgem again helps me defeat the vicious foes who block the path to our goal – the final portal piece!
In this battle, Mark and I battle a Wing Fish and a Voltaic Eel, who prove no match for our combined forces! With the defeat of these two enemies, the gates barring our way into the inner chamber finally fall away and let us in to face our destiny!!
Ditto and Mark Swiftgem enter the Storm Lord’s Temple!
After finally having unlocked the Storm Lord’s temple, Ditto heads inside to defeat the evil minion of the great and terrible Storm Lord in order to get the final portal piece.
Of course with all the terribleness and scary summoning and stuff, Ditto decided he could use a little help. Fortunately Mark Swiftgem was able to join Ditto and help him get through the temple and face the evil badness inside!
This is the first battle – we had to do two big battles before we could even open the gates to summon the final boss…
Thanks to Mark Swiftgem for the help!
Ditto finds all the Storm Shards… And a bug?
With all the Storm Shards found, Ditto has to find an ancient pedestal and interact with it – but has Ditto found a bug? There are two ‘blocks’ to interact with, but there was no text explaining what they did – so I pressed one and got struck by lightening!! Yikes!! The second interaction does something too, and then I head back to Vassik to see what comes next!
Ditto finds the second Storm Shard, tries for a third
Still hot on the trail of Storm Shards, Ditto finds one just laying on the ground – that was easy. The final shard, however, looks like it will prove more difficult, as the conscripts that are supposed to drop them are, as is normal for Celestia, pretty stingy with their drop rate…
Ditto is Searching for the Storm Shards
So to recap, Ditto is searching for the missing Portal Piece, and that piece is apparently being held by some big scary titan thingy. So Ditto has to find these storm shard pieces, then summon the big scary thingy, then try not to get eaten by the big scary thingy, then get the final portal piece… Sounds simple, doesn’t it?
All I want to know why we can’t just, like, plan to blow him up or something, since we’re summoning him and know he’s coming? Maybe I just like blowing things up a little too much…
Ditto finds out about the Storm Shards
Still on the hunt for the final Portal piece, Ditto finds a spooky underwater temple and learns that he must gather three storm shards and summon a big scary titan monster thingy – this doesn’t really sound like a good idea, does it? I mean, this whole plan consists of me hunting for crystals that will allow me to summon a boss monster that wants to eat me… As plans go, this one just seems poor…
Ditto Monster's Bloggy Thingy 