heart of sin cakes [red velvet lava cakes]

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I don’t bake sweets that often mainly because I’m terrible at baking. But, I heard it was someone’s birthday today. In honor of such a momentous occasion, I decided to create a cake which was a special request by the Diablo III team: Heart of Sin Cakes.

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Almost burned my hand lighting that candle because I am an idiot.

I’ll talk about the cake later, though. I’ve got a more important topic to cover: Patch 1.08.

About a week ago, Patch 1.08 was unleashed upon the Americas server. Of course, that means that a lot of changes were rolled out. One of the most exciting changes (in my opinion) is the huge buff to experience and magic/gold find when in multiplayer games. As a result, I started joining random public games in order to take advantage of the sweet bonuses. I had a lot of fun and found a good amount of legendaries on my runs. It’s a win-win situation.

I’ve had the pleasure of playing with some CM wizards on a several long runs in Act I and Act II. Having a CM wizard in your party has some great advantages, however, the constant spell effects from the wizards and myself take a massive toll on my dusty old laptop.

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I have no idea what’s going on here… I hope we’re winning though. 

I don’t know about you, but I love seeing my damage numbers explode on the screen. I’m using a new build that relies on the new-and-improved Rapid Fire. Currently, I’m using the Bombardment rune. It kind of looks like my DH is having a tinkle.

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hahahahah. I have the maturity of a seven-year-old. 

So yeah, that’s what I’ve been doing for the past week. Running around and tinkling on mobs. THIS IS MY DEMON HUNTER LIFE STYLE. Deal with it.

Earlier in this post I mentioned something about cake! But, this isn’t your ordinary cake — this is cake derived of sin. Sinfully sweet sugar, fattening butter, exceptionally dark chocolate, and potent booze all combined together to create the ultimate treat for the Lord of Hell.

It’s Diablo III’s first birthday and we’re celebrating it in style! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

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You’re old!

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teemo’s triple mushroom soup [mushroom miso soup]

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First thing’s first: I’m not the most experience League of Legends player out there. I literally have no idea what I’m doing. But, I’m learning slowly…

blog_mushroommiso_winningFigure 1.0: Winning

I play mainly ADC because it’s the easiest role for me. I’ve tried top and mid, but I definitely prefer ADC because I suck at top and mid because it suits my play style better.

With that being said, I’ve never actually played Teemo. I’ve played against many Teemos and they’ve all been thoroughly annoying. REALLY? DID YOU REALLY HAVE TO PUT A MUSHROOM THERE? Geez.

But, the most important thing is that I have his hat (the boyfriend acquired it from GDC ’13).
blog_mushroommiso_teemoAnd that’s the reason why this week’s recipe is dedicated to that terrifying little Yordle.

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diablo III chili [triple pepper chili]

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A few weeks ago, Diablo III Community Manager Vaeflare reached out to me to do a Q&A session for the “Fan Creation of the Week“. I was trilled to be featured in one of the blog posts, but I had questions of my own… Specifically, I wanted to know what sort of Diablo-themed dishes the Diablo III team wanted me to create!

Chili was one of the suggestions proposed by the Diablo III team. There were a few others, but I’ll be saving those for later. :D (psst, one is a dessert!)

To make sure that this recipe was delicious, I sent the recipe over to the PTR (public tasting realm) over at Blizzard. Here, this recipe would be put to the test.

Wyatt Cheng, Senior Technical Game Designer on Diablo III (and resident team foodie/chef), took on the task of cooking up this devilish dish for the team:

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MMM….FRESH MEAT. A view from Wyatt’s kitchen the night before the feast.

During lunch on a quiet Wednesday afternoon, Wyatt unleashed the behemoth feast upon the Blizzard campus. Chili samples for everyone!! Awwww yeeeeaaaaah!

Vaeflare kindly documented the glorious chili feast. She even showed off her interior decorating skills by creating this worthy table setting:

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Food tastes better when you’ve got ambiance!

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Use the sword to keep other people away from your food. Chili is not account bound.

Folks from all departments, including the Diablo III development team, the eSports department, Community Development, and more, gathered ’round to feast!

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Wyatt Cheng looks on as nom nom nomming occurs.

Even some Diablo III heroes took a break from farming to have a bite:

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Kevin Martens, Lead Designer, Diablo III, carefully feeds a Barbarian. Don’t Whirlwind on an empty stomach.

Overall, it seems like Diablo III Chili was a success in Blizzard HQ! Now it’s your turn to embark on your own delicious and diabolical chili-themed adventure. Let’s get cooking!

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Lots of chili consumed at Blizz HQ.

More awesome pictures from the chili feast at Blizzard HQ after the jump. :D (There’s a lot!!)

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pan seared shellder [scallops with roasted fennel]

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In 1998, I was in elementary school obsessing with my friends over the latest Pokémon game. It was the latest craze sweeping the nation — a Japanese RPG with super adorable pets. At the time, I had no idea how much depth these games had. I didn’t understand the stat rolls or the concept of optimizing your team; I just wanted to collect the cool looking animals.

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I had this card, but I don’t think I used it in my deck.

Rollin’ with Jolteon, Articuno, Blastoise, Mewtwo, and Pidgeot. I clearly had no idea what I was doing, but I was disillusioned into believing that I was truly a Pokémon Master. After all, I did beat that jerkface, BLUE, to earn that fancy title.

But one thing was always confusing about the entire series… How did any of the inhabitants of the Pokémon world ever get fish? Were those fish also Pokémon or are they just straight-up boring fish? Maybe we should just eat Pokémon…

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I mean, c’mon… Look at this Shellder… I’m pretty sure he’d be delicious if you pan seared him!

Plus, I don’t even think Shellder rolls decent stats! You can get much better water-type Pokémon than this mollusk.

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force field sticky rice [mango sticky rice with blueberry sauce]

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In the right hands, the Force Field can be a very dangerous tool used to rip apart and isolate opposing armies. It doesn’t really get that much use in a PvP scenarios as Guardian Shield is much more useful (plus, you usually don’t have an abundance of Sentries in PvP anyway).

I personally have watched my glorious Terran reach an untimely demise due my poor micro which led to my Marauders and Marines smashing their dumb faces on an invisible shield. Should’ve waited for Medivacs…

Unlike your standard Force Felds, these Thai-inspired Force Fields will always be a welcomed treat in your base.

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