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The Friendly Necromancer

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Senior Designer at WIMO Games. Blogger. Wizard101 and Pirate101 community fan.

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The Friendly Necromancer @friendlynecro.bsky.social · 3d

The Friendly Necromancer: Infusion Illusion Profusion Confusion -- Real Life Update 10/15/25 thefriendlynecromancer.blogspot.com/2025/10/infu...

Infusion Illusion Profusion Confusion -- Real Life Update 10/15/25

Hey Team Tom! It's been a few weeks, so it's time for another update. ~~ Uno: My CT scan from last week showed continued improvement -- mor...

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The Friendly Necromancer @friendlynecro.bsky.social · 21d

The Friendly Necromancer: Cancer Journey and Real Life Update for Team Tom! thefriendlynecromancer.blogspot.com/2025/09/canc...

Cancer Journey and Real Life Update for Team Tom!

Hi Team Tom. I had a friend ask for an update on my cancer journey and whatnot, so I thought I'd take a second to tell you what's up with wh...

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The Friendly Necromancer @friendlynecro.bsky.social · 23d

The Friendly Necromancer: Tragedy and Rebuilding in Dune Awakening thefriendlynecromancer.blogspot.com/2025/09/trag...

Tragedy and Rebuilding in Dune Awakening

An unspeakable horror happened about a week ago while I was hopped up on steroids to help me get through chemo. My good buddy, Calrain, said...

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The Friendly Necromancer @friendlynecro.bsky.social · Sep 12

The Friendly Necromancer: Dune DLC One and DONE . . . but we ain't done! thefriendlynecromancer.blogspot.com/2025/09/dune...

Dune DLC One and DONE . . . but we ain't done!

I finished up Dune's recent DLC today, and I have to say that I think it's worth the $12 because of one small thing, and it's not the Treadw...

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The Friendly Necromancer @friendlynecro.bsky.social · Sep 6

Team Spode Awakened in Dune's Endgame thefriendlynecromancer.blogspot.com/2025/09/team...

Team Spode Awakened in Dune's Endgame

Last time I wrote about Dune Awakening, I mentioned that I wasn't sure how much of the endgame we'd be doing . . . that perhaps a little of ...

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The Friendly Necromancer @friendlynecro.bsky.social · Aug 29

Third Chemo / First Immuno -- Team Tom is Awesome! thefriendlynecromancer.blogspot.com/2025/08/thir...

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The Friendly Necromancer @friendlynecro.bsky.social · Aug 18

The Friendly Necromancer: Dune Awakening -- Onward to the Endgame! thefriendlynecromancer.blogspot.com/2025/08/dune...

Dune Awakening -- Onward to the Endgame!

I've now been playing Dune Awakening for a couple months. As for a gauge in where I am in the journey, I have completed the main story quest...

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The Friendly Necromancer @friendlynecro.bsky.social · Aug 10

The Friendly Necromancer: Second Chemo -- With love and kindness, WE got this! thefriendlynecromancer.blogspot.com/2025/08/seco...

Second Chemo -- With love and kindness, WE got this!

OK, y'all! I had my second chemo visit on Friday. My good friend, old coworker, KI Live co-star, and all-around amazing person, Leala Turkey...

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The Friendly Necromancer @friendlynecro.bsky.social · Aug 9

he Friendly Necromancer: My Musical History Part 5 -- Fountain AVM, Synthwave, and Industrial Re-born thefriendlynecromancer.blogspot.com/2025/08/my-m...

My Musical History Part 5 -- Fountain AVM, Synthwave, and Industrial Re-born

Hey all! I know Blaugust is going on, but I took inventory of everything going on in my life and came to the conclusion that I'm not partici...

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The Friendly Necromancer @friendlynecro.bsky.social · Jul 19

Decided it was time to put this up on the blog. I'm starting to open up about it. thefriendlynecromancer.blogspot.com/2025/07/time...

Time for the real boss fight: Lung Cancer

You might have noticed I've been a bit distant lately. I've talked a bit about my wonderful distractions like Hogwarts Legacy and Dune, but ...

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The Friendly Necromancer @friendlynecro.bsky.social · Jul 8

The Friendly Necromancer: Cowabunga, it's spicing time! thefriendlynecromancer.blogspot.com/2025/07/cowa...

Cowabunga, it's spicing time!

It's been a few weeks, and I've been playing a lot (for me at least) of Dune Awakening. The dynamic duo of TreeTrunks McSkinny and Skip Legd...

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The Friendly Necromancer @friendlynecro.bsky.social · Jun 21

The Friendly Necromancer: Tree Trunks McSkinny and Skip Legday in Dune Awakening thefriendlynecromancer.blogspot.com/2025/06/tree...

Tree Trunks McSkinny and Skip Legday in Dune Awakening

Dune Awakening launched back during the first week of June, and it's the new hot thing right now. We all had our fun in Valheim -- it was g...

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The Friendly Necromancer @friendlynecro.bsky.social · Jun 19

The Friendly Necromancer: Dobble Dungeon is Adorables! thefriendlynecromancer.blogspot.com/2025/06/dobb...

Dobble Dungeon is Adorables!

Somehow, I stumbled upon this super cute game demo called Dobble Dungeon this morning on Steam, quickly downloaded it, and then added it t...

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The Friendly Necromancer @friendlynecro.bsky.social · Jun 18

The Friendly Necromancer: Did I just beat Hogwarts Legacy? I think I did? thefriendlynecromancer.blogspot.com/2025/06/did-...

Did I just beat Hogwarts Legacy? I think I did?

So, readers of the Friendly Necromancer, I beat this game, but apparently I didn't really beat this game? You did it . . . but wait . . . t...

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The Friendly Necromancer @friendlynecro.bsky.social · Jun 6

The Friendly Necromancer: Baggage-Claimed Beasts and Haunted Shops in Hogwarts Legacy thefriendlynecromancer.blogspot.com/2025/06/bagg...

Baggage-Claimed Beasts and Haunted Shops in Hogwarts Legacy

Hogwarts Legacy continues to be my go-to game lately. Since the last time I posted, I've grown several levels and completed a ton of conten...

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The Friendly Necromancer @friendlynecro.bsky.social · May 30

The Friendly Necromancer: Racing in / Quidditch out -- Flying High in Hogwarts Legacy thefriendlynecromancer.blogspot.com/2025/05/raci...

Racing in / Quidditch out -- Flying High in Hogwarts Legacy

I've been playing more Hogwarts Legacy, and I'm actually having a really good time. Last time I posted, I had a couple of comments about fly...

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The Friendly Necromancer @friendlynecro.bsky.social · May 25

The Friendly Necromancer: Hogwarts Legacy -- 6 hours in with Thomas Lionblood thefriendlynecromancer.blogspot.com/2025/05/hogw...

Hogwarts Legacy -- 6 hours in with Thomas Lionblood

I've had Hogwarts Legacy on my Steam wishlist for a long time, and last week, I suddenly saw that the price had dropped dramatically with a...

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The Friendly Necromancer @friendlynecro.bsky.social · Apr 28

The Friendly Necromancer: VR Platforming on a Pogo Stick -- Welcome to Stilt thefriendlynecromancer.blogspot.com/2025/04/vr-p...

VR Platforming on a Pogo Stick -- Welcome to Stilt

A few weeks ago, someone noted you could pick up a normally $20 game for $2 called Stilt . I'm a fan of picking up VR games for $2 . . . e...

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The Friendly Necromancer @friendlynecro.bsky.social · Apr 21

The Friendly Necromancer: Rolling the Credits on Asgard's Wrath thefriendlynecromancer.blogspot.com/2025/04/roll...

Rolling the Credits on Asgard's Wrath

Ok, I've finished Asgard's Wrath. whew. That was a workout, a crazy grind fest, and also pretty amazing. What a fun game! It's so much fun t...

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The Friendly Necromancer @friendlynecro.bsky.social · Apr 18

The Friendly Necromancer: Asgard's Wrath -- Rivers of Blood and Ripped out Eyeballs thefriendlynecromancer.blogspot.com/2025/04/asga...

Asgard's Wrath -- Rivers of Blood and Ripped out Eyeballs

I got a bit caught up in releasing UNSVR lately, but that doesn't mean I haven't been playing a lot of the OG Asgard's Wrath! It's been a l...

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The Friendly Necromancer @friendlynecro.bsky.social · Apr 17

Just talking a bit about the sausage making behind Unnatural Selection VR: thefriendlynecromancer.blogspot.com/2025/04/unna...

Unnatural Selection VR Pitch Slides

Back in 2022, WIMO Games was starting to investigate VR games. At the time, my job was to work closely with an outsourcing team in Spain t...

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The Friendly Necromancer @friendlynecro.bsky.social · Apr 6

The Friendly Necromancer: Unnatural Selection VR -- Now Available on itch.io! thefriendlynecromancer.blogspot.com/2025/04/unna...

The Friendly Necromancer @friendlynecro.bsky.social · Apr 5

The Friendly Necromancer: Whhaaaaaat? Mythic Rank in Brawl Stars? thefriendlynecromancer.blogspot.com/2025/04/whha...

Whhaaaaaat? Mythic Rank in Brawl Stars?

I had to make a quick Brawl Stars post today because it actually happened, and it's something that I said would never happen for me back in...

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The Friendly Necromancer @friendlynecro.bsky.social · Mar 28

The Friendly Necromancer: Stikkan it to 'em in Asgard's Wrath thefriendlynecromancer.blogspot.com/2025/03/stik...

Stikkan it to 'em in Asgard's Wrath

Our third hero we unlock in Asgard's Wrath is a dark elf named Stikkan, who's no stranger to traveling in Niflheim. Yup, we've made our way ...

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The Friendly Necromancer @friendlynecro.bsky.social · Mar 24

The Friendly Necromancer: Death to Hel's Bane in Asgard's Wrath! thefriendlynecromancer.blogspot.com/2025/03/deat...

Death to Hel's Bane in Asgard's Wrath!

As predicted yesterday, I finished up the fight with Hel's Bane this evening. I did spend a bunch of time this morning upgrading Frodi's ge...

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