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When not writing code, which he does both professionally and for fun, Colin enjoys making alts and spending all of his gold (both real and digital) on dyes and cosmetic gear in a variety of MMOs. He is the new writer for Massively Overpowered's Guild Wars 2 column,Flameseeker Chronicles.
Personal blog: Occasional Hero
Twitter: @ChaosConstant
Flameseeker Chronicles: How to gear up in Guild Wars 2 in 2024 – without breaking the bank
Colin Henry - August 30, 2024 4
Gearing in Guild Wars 2 is simultaneously really nice and also very frustrating. It's nice because there is no uber tier of stats locked...
Flameseeker Chronicles: 10 easy Guild Wars 2 builds for solo play in 2024’s Janthir Wilds
Colin Henry - August 28, 2024 16
While most MMORPGs offer a variety of ways to play a character, Guild Wars 2 offers a huge variety of builds for each of...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Previewing Guild Wars 2’s Janthir Wilds story, warclaw, and homesteading
Colin Henry - August 13, 2024 6
It feels like less than a year ago that Guild Wars 2 was launching its last expansion… oh wait, it was! Love it or...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Previewing Guild Wars 2 Secrets of the Obscure’s final chapter, The Midnight King
Colin Henry - May 21, 2024 12
It's strange to say it after just one year, but Guild Wars 2's Secrets of the Obscure era is drawing to a close! Don't...
Tamriel Infinium: Everything you need to know about Elder Scrolls Online’s Gold Road chapter
Colin Henry - April 5, 2024 3
The Elder Scrolls Online celebrated its 10th anniversary just this week, an impressive milestone and a chance to reflect on just how far this...
Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s The Realm of Dreams, launching today
Colin Henry - February 27, 2024 4
Can you believe it has been more than half a year since we took our first steps into the mysterious, long-teased Wizard's Tower in...
A fresh first impressions: Checking out Palia for the first time on Switch
Colin Henry - December 19, 2023 4
Outside of MMORPGs, life sims are probably the most-played genre in my household. I originally bought Stardew Valley for my wife a few years...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Five Guild Wars 2 event farms to combat your labyrinth letdown
Colin Henry - November 14, 2023 3
My favorite thing about Guild Wars 2's Shadow of the Mad King Halloween event is the Mad King's Labyrinth. There's nothing quite like it,...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Guild Wars 2 Through the Veil’s Inner Nayos and convergences
Colin Henry - November 7, 2023 2
Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure was a bit of a different expansion in that it wasn't one big chunk of content dropped...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Guild Wars 2’s Secrets of the Obscure
Colin Henry - August 15, 2023 9
It has been a weird time to be a Guild Wars 2 fan, with a lot of ups and downs lately. End of Dragons...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Secrets of the Obscure has me concerned for Guild Wars 2’s future
Colin Henry - July 18, 2023 18
If you haven't picked up on it by now, I really like Guild Wars 2. It is my favorite MMORPG of all time and...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2’s skyscale changes are great
Colin Henry - July 6, 2023 13
So here's a funny story: I was literally in the middle of writing an article titled "The time to make the skyscale more accessible...
MMO Burnout: Lessons MMOs can learn from The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom
Colin Henry - June 21, 2023 6
Like most MMO players, I am, first and foremost, a PC gamer. However, like many gamers born in the '80s and '90s, I also...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Wrapping up the End of Dragons era with What Lies Within
Colin Henry - May 23, 2023 5
It's the end of an era: Guild Wars 2's End of Dragons era of content comes to a close with today's episode, titled What...
Flameseeker Chronicles: What we learned (and didn’t) from Guild Wars 2’s spring 2023 roadmap
Colin Henry - May 9, 2023 10
The most nerve-wracking thing about being an MMORPG player is uncertainty. MMO players don't like change, and when a change is teased, many of...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2’s What Lies Beneath, the next End of Dragons story, has launched
Colin Henry - February 28, 2023 19
Happy anniversary to Guild Wars 2's End of Dragons expansion! Can you believe it has been a whole year? In some ways I feel...
Guild Wars 2 is revamping Mesmer and Firebrand mantras – again – in next week’s balance patch
Colin Henry - February 6, 2023 10
Over the weekend, Guild Wars 2 balance lead Cal Cohen and associate game designer Roy Marks swung by the ArenaNet Twitch channel to show...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Wrapping up Guild Wars 2’s S1 reboot with episode 5, The Battle for Lion’s Arch
Colin Henry - November 8, 2022 2
It's finally here! The most memorable, most important part of Guild Wars 2's Living World Season 1 story. The moment we've all been waiting...
Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s restored S1E4 Tower of Nightmares
Colin Henry - September 13, 2022 9
Here we are at the penultimate episode of Guild Wars 2's restored and retooled Season 1 content! The pieces are finally starting to fall...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Standout moments from 10 years of Guild Wars 2
Colin Henry - August 30, 2022 6
Time sure flies when you're slaying Elder Dragons, doesn't it? Is it really possible that it has been a decade since our characters first...