There are, as I type this, 30 days and change until the global release of the Shadowlands expansion. This is important not just a context setting for… Read more “Blizzard’s Announcement of Covenant Changes And The Essence Of Time”
Month: September 2020
Sidenote: The Geforce RTX 3090, 8K Gaming, and The Coming GPU Wars
Topic the First: The Disappointing/Interesting Launch of the RTX 3090 and 8K Gaming Viability Nvidia’s RTX 3090 launches today, at a staggering $1,500 cost. It is a… Read more “Sidenote: The Geforce RTX 3090, 8K Gaming, and The Coming GPU Wars”
Rising from the Ashes – Bonfire, Second Dinner, Dreamhaven, and the Harvesting of Nostalgic Appreciation
Today, Mike Morhaime (yes, the very same!) announced the formation of a game company – seemingly, serving many of the same roles as a publisher. Called Dreamhaven,… Read more “Rising from the Ashes – Bonfire, Second Dinner, Dreamhaven, and the Harvesting of Nostalgic Appreciation”
A Wishlist for Blizzconline
Today, Blizzard officially announced more details about something they had previously hinted at – in cancelling Blizzcon 2020 in person, we instead get Blizzconline (HATE this wordplay)… Read more “A Wishlist for Blizzconline”
Final Fantasy XVI – Hope for the Mainline Franchise?
As part of Sony’s Playstation 5 release date reveal event this week, Square Enix took the wraps off of their first trailer for the next Final Fantasy… Read more “Final Fantasy XVI – Hope for the Mainline Franchise?”
Sidenote: The Upcoming Ryzen 4th Generation Announcement and What I’d Like To See
With the GPU market in a relative mode of stasis until Nvidia finishes releasing the Ampere graphics cards and AMD not set to announce anything, much less… Read more “Sidenote: The Upcoming Ryzen 4th Generation Announcement and What I’d Like To See”
Sidenote: The Nvidia Geforce RTX 3080 Launch and The Need for Competition
So, with reviews out, we can see why I dislike Nvidia marketing – the performance details offered were cherry-picked extremes more than a median representation of the… Read more “Sidenote: The Nvidia Geforce RTX 3080 Launch and The Need for Competition”
The Shadowlands: Afterlives Series and Show, Don’t Tell in Storytelling
With the (presumably) final Shadowlands: Afterlives animated short out today, we now have the promised hype content leading us into the pre-patch, which still, as of this… Read more “The Shadowlands: Afterlives Series and Show, Don’t Tell in Storytelling”
Shadowlands Beta Leveling Stream Series Starts…Today!
Today, starting around 11 AM PDT, I’ll be starting a series of week-daily Shadowlands beta leveling streams, with the goal of finishing one zone story a day… Read more “Shadowlands Beta Leveling Stream Series Starts…Today!”
Sidenote: The Xbox Series S And Next-Gen Console Thoughts
Editor’s Note: I’ve been debating making these tech posts into a blog of their own to keep an MMO space and a tech space for those that… Read more “Sidenote: The Xbox Series S And Next-Gen Console Thoughts”