So over the weekend, I attended my first-ever Final Fantasy XIV Fan Fest, going to the first leg of the 2023-2024 tour in Las Vegas. It was… Read more “Final Fantasy XIV Fan Fest Las Vegas 2023 Was Kind of a Shitshow”
Month: July 2023
FFXIV Dawntrail Has Been Announced, My Impressions
I got back from Fanfest 2023 Las Vegas yesterday, and while I have a lot to say about that experience, it can wait for now. With a… Read more “FFXIV Dawntrail Has Been Announced, My Impressions”
Generative Artificial Intelligence Sucks and It Shouldn’t Be The Future
It’s hard to escape the idea of AI these days, with models refining their approach and appearing more and more every day. ChatGPT, Stable Diffusion, MidJourney, and… Read more “Generative Artificial Intelligence Sucks and It Shouldn’t Be The Future”
Augmentation Evoker and the Support Role in World of Warcraft
WoW has defined its holy trinity paradigm so rigidly that support will never work in WoW. Well, that’s what I would have said a few months ago.… Read more “Augmentation Evoker and the Support Role in World of Warcraft”
On Player Behaviors, Incentive Sets, and Forming Groups in Online Games
On my initial WoW guild exodus in the summer of 2021, I did try to find a replacement guild before going back, then leaving and creating my… Read more “On Player Behaviors, Incentive Sets, and Forming Groups in Online Games”
Blizzcon 2023 And The Challenges It Faces
Well, we finally have the last pieces of the puzzle for the first Blizzcon post-pandemic (I hate this term because it is inaccurate, but also because it… Read more “Blizzcon 2023 And The Challenges It Faces”