Meme Monday: Raiding Memes

Yeah, it's been quite a while since I've raided, even in a one-off, but I've got my share of raiding memes I have around. So after my chat with my Questing Buddy the other day, it reminded me about those raiding memes that needed a post.

So here we are.

Can confirm that I was mentally freaking out whenever
that was my job. From Reddit.

My Rogue only got MC hand-me-downs, so
I can confirm this exists. From Reddit.

I have the original around somewhere, but
I kind of liked this updated version.
From Reddit (again). I think I detect a trend.

And yeah, I've listened to raid leads behave
like this. Some of them really do love to hear
themselves talk. From imgflip.

Every time I hear people talk about how easy
Classic raids are, I'm reminded of this little fact
from back in the day. From Reddit.

And yeah, I couldn't resist. Redbubble put
this on t-shirts! From Redbubble and Midsummer1942.

#Blaugust2026

Meme Monday: Travelling Memes

This past week I found myself on the road a bit. One day I travelled up to Lafayette, Indiana* to me my oldest. Lafayette is right about the halfway point between Milwaukee and Cincinnati, so meeting there for an afternoon is kind of feasible. This past Saturday, of course, I was down in Louisville with my in-laws and my youngest.

And a Mooch.

So, in honor of that travelling, I figured I'd create a Meme Monday out of it.

Uh, no. Traffic says otherwise.
And nice misspelling too. From Pinterest.

It's all relative. I mean, I went through
Indiana on I-74 and I-65, so yeah.
But if I head east from Cincinnati on
US-32, you hit the Appalachian Mountains
before you know it. From Reddit.

I've honestly wondered if Blizz wanted to sell
you on purchasing flying because the automated
flightpaths were so bad. From Facebook.

Then again, just remember that travelling in an
MMO is where the devs want you to go. Not where
you actually WANT to go. From Reddit.

Okay, I laughed. From Pinterest.

And sometimes the journey is almost mandatory.
From Instagram.

*Yes, Purdue University is right next door in West Lafayette.

#Blaugust2026

Meme Monday: Saved Game Memes

Yes, I play MMOs, which technically have no "saved game" feature. However, I do play a lot of other video games that are not only single player but also allow you to save your progress. 

(Just because I can knock out a game of Age of Empires or Civ IV in one day doesn't mean that I'm not familiar with saving my progress.)

Of course, saving your progress and coming back to it later have their own issues. Hence this Meme Monday.

Of course you did, Joey. 
From Reddit (and Friends).

Yes, this is me. From Pinterest.

Again, this is me. From Reddit.

This happened once in a game of TI-99 4/A's
Tunnels of Doom. However, I was the older brother
and it was I accidentally overwrote my younger
brother's save. From Memedroid.

Yeah, I automatically think that this is gonna be bad.
Video games have conditioned me to think this way.
From Pinterest.

Wait, what?
From Thunder Dungeon.

#Blaugust2026

Meme Monday: Miscellaneous Memes for August 2026

Wow, it's been March since my last Miscellaneous Memes post? That explains why I've got a bunch of memes lying around.

Uh, I can't remember where I got this
meme. It's been a while since I obtained it.

Heh. At least it's better than some MMO names.
From Imgflip.

It actually was pretty humid outside today.
From iFunny.

Truth. From Pinterest.

I have actually been that person who gets beat
on multiple times. From the Blizzard Forums.

Will installing Microprose's Darklands count?
From Fity Club.

#Blaugust2026

Meme Monday: Gen Con 2026 Memes

I'm not going to miss a Meme Monday, as I'm too tired to put together a full report until later in the week, so here's some Gen Con memes for this year's Gen Con.

I feel for ya, buddy.
From Instagram.

Ah, Jake and Elwood Blues. The Blues Brothers.
From Instagram.

If you're hip to it, yeah. From Imgflip.

Yeah, been there. I've seen this live.
From Facebook.

You can't not have Gen Con without some
Murder Hobos around. From Tumblr.
(Wait, is Tumblr still a thing?)

Surrrre. Whatever you say.
From @lukemckay via Facebook.

#Blaugust2026

Meme Monday: Just a Regular Guy Memes

If there's one thing that I prefer out of my SF&F, it's the concept of the "regular guy" going out and doing things. 

Not this Guy, but hey, it works.

Doesn't have to be a world-ending threat, and to be honest I prefer it if it's not. Maybe it's because I've been all "Tolkien-ed" and "Marvel-ed" out about world threats.*

But just being a regular person in a game going from zero to kind of something, I can work with that. And these memes are a celebration of that belief.

This is Plumbing the Death Star Episode 512.
They had me at that title. From Plumbing the Death Star.

At least regular ol' folks in MMOs can
be polite. From EBaum's World.

Sometimes, however, the DM doesn't really
give you what you want. From Pinterest.

And sometimes you just want to plant a garden,
not save the world. From Pinterest.

Well, crap. From Pinterest.

Then again, I guess I found myself. From Reddit.

*Admittedly, most of my D&D and MERP campaigns in my seminal early years had nothing to do with world-ending threats. Even the 20+ year campaign, which was ostensibly about a world-ending threat, never got close to that level because it took us so long to actually, you know, level up our characters.

EtA: Forgot to reattach the "*" at the end when I was adding the memes. Corrected.

Meme Monday: When You're Just Starting Out Memes

Everybody has to start somewhere, and being a gamer is no exception. I mean, we all started somewhere, right? And while that starting point is different for different folks...

This is mine. From the University of Texas.

we all have one. So, in honor of those first baby steps into gaming, here's a few memes.

If I had to point one out, it'd be #1, but as
you can see from the above Colossal Cave
reference, that's likely a keyboard.
From Thunder Dungeon.

Well, that wasn't me. We didn't have a separate
color television at home. Ever. (Ours was
black and white.) From Pinterest.

Yes, they do. I did my part! From Pinterest.

Yes, this. From Reddit and ifunny.co.

There is this little problem of people not being
used to having your character die, as in "it was
nice knowing you, better roll up another."
From Pinterest (with a nod to Mel Brooks).

And yeah. This is what it's like. Kind of reminds me
of those free "First Part of The Eye of the World" by
Robert Jordan books that bookstores had in the 90s.
As a bookseller once told me as he picked one up,
"You know what these are? These are your first free
hit of Crack." From 3 Wise DMs.

Meme Monday: Vacation? What Vacation? Memes

If you're like me, you have someone in the family who believes you need to be going and doing things on vacation. 

I'd say more, but I'd rather not deal with a fight.
From MemeGenerator.

For them, the concept of doing nothing is the antithesis of a vacation. Vacations are meant for personal enrichment and seeing places and things that you can't otherwise see, or the vacation days end up being used for appointments or lists of things to do that you can't simply delay for the weekend. 

That ain't me. 

Vacations to me are for doing nothing. Absolutely nothing. Slumming, in other words. Maybe read a little, maybe play games, maybe cook a bit, but otherwise just don't do a single thing.

And I really haven't had one of those in a long while. (Still haven't, if you're wondering whether I'm "on vacation" for posting this Meme Monday.)

So this is for all those people who are skeptical about taking vacation and you end up "working" more than at your regular job.

The family lore is littered with the times
I have been called back into work on
company holidays, such as Christmas or New
Years Day, because... stuff. From Cheezburger.

This too. There have been so many times that
I've come back to far more work than when I left,
and somehow people seem to think this is normal.
From Laurent Perrier via Thunder Dungeon.

Again, why do I go on vacation when I get up earlier thatn
when I go to work? From inkl.

Yep. And usually the arguments are about going
and doing all sorts of things when we should
be relaxing. From Alamy.

And this is what you end up facing when you
"go someplace invigorating" or "go someplace
peaceful". Everybody else goes there too.
From Readers Digest.

And then it's the dreaded "return from
vacation" event, in which you realize you
forgot the PIN to your password vault
(or your passwords; take your pick).
From Facebook.