February 2020 – Kaylriene

Just Normal, But Glad To Have It Down

N’Zoth normal down at last, and on to heroic!

Most of us play games to interact with the mechanics of said game in a meaningful, substantial way. When a game removes layers of interaction, it can… Read more “Passive Damage and Its Negative Gameplay Impact”

2020 still feels very timewarpy, in that it feels like it was a long time since the last time I wrote one of these, but hey! It’s… Read more “Weekly Hype Train Week of 2/25/2020”

Something I keep coming back to as a theme in my head lately is gear and gear progression in MMOs. One of the key opportunities I find… Read more “Rewards and Progression – Looking at Content Models from Classic WoW to Modern Final Fantasy XIV”

Given that patch 8.3 for World of Warcraft: Battle For Azeroth has been out for over a month now, it seems like a good time to revisit… Read more “The Re-revisit Of Horrific Visions”

Another week, another trip on the hype train! N’Zoth The Corruptor – Again: So N’Zoth is definitely the hardest fight in Ny’alotha on Normal, and requires a… Read more “Weekly Hype Train – Week of 2/18/2020!”

Another week, and it is time once again for the Hype Train! Ape Out: This was a surprisingly fun little game. I saw a WoW designer (Hamlet… Read more “Weekly Hype Train! Week of 2/11/2020”

A lot of current debate in videogames can be summed up rather quickly in a single statement – the line between games as a business and games… Read more “Business Versus Art – The Conflict of Modern Gaming as Told Via World of Warcraft”

This month, I started a Shadowlands wishlist series by discussing high-level story wishes I have for WoW in 2020 and beyond, but this is the post I… Read more “Shadowlands Wish List Part 2: The Gameplay”

While I’m not a financial analyst, I do find the Activision-Blizzard earnings calls interesting. Today marks the Q4-2019 report, one year removed from the Q4-2018 report that… Read more “The Activision-Blizzard Q4-2019 Earnings Call and My Armchair Analysis”