(This is the second in a series of three posts looking at WoW’s current state before speculating on the expansion announcement to come on April 19th. The… Read more “The Narrow Worldview Of World of Warcraft’s Storytelling”
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Is The World of Warcraft Community, Like, Okay?
(Editing note: this post is long, and will be the first of a three part series looking at WoW analytically in light of the coming conclusion of… Read more “Is The World of Warcraft Community, Like, Okay?”
A Guide To Gearing In Final Fantasy XIV Patch 6.1 You Can Start On Now
A benefit to the relative predictability and stability of patch content in FFXIV is that we have certainty of things that we will be seeing come April… Read more “A Guide To Gearing In Final Fantasy XIV Patch 6.1 You Can Start On Now”
What Three Months of Playing FFXIV As My Main MMO Has Been Like (And A Savage Update)
It’s been a smidge over 3 months since I made the decision to forego World of Warcraft in favor of Final Fantasy XIV as my main play,… Read more “What Three Months of Playing FFXIV As My Main MMO Has Been Like (And A Savage Update)”
Should WoW Tell Its Story Like FFXIV? An Analysis
With all of the firestorm over the, frankly, quite poor ending of the Sepulcher of the First Ones raid in World of Warcraft, which marks the current… Read more “Should WoW Tell Its Story Like FFXIV? An Analysis”
My First AEW Live Event – My Trip to Revolution 2022
Well, I’m safely back home from Orlando, Florida, where my wife and I went to see our first All Elite Wrestling live show – AEW Revolution 2022,… Read more “My First AEW Live Event – My Trip to Revolution 2022”
The Overused Matryoshka Doll Story In World of Warcraft – THAT Jailer Cinematic
Okay, so while I was flying home from Orlando yesterday after attending AEW Revolution 2022 (a topic I wanted to write about more and even queued up… Read more “The Overused Matryoshka Doll Story In World of Warcraft – THAT Jailer Cinematic”
Some Other Viewpoints On The Anduin Raid Finale
It was barely 12 hours ago now that I wrote a fairly scathing rant about the Sepulcher of the First Ones’ first raid cinematic, after the defeat… Read more “Some Other Viewpoints On The Anduin Raid Finale”
You Don’t Have To Write Yourself Into A Corner, You Know?
Admittedly, I was actually kind of excited for the first hidden patch 9.2 cinematic, in a weird way. I came prepared for today to be sort of… Read more “You Don’t Have To Write Yourself Into A Corner, You Know?”
The Matter of Perspective – An Alternate Analysis of Modern WoW
Something I appreciate a lot about blogging is that you get a bigger set of opinions about a given topic or game. In WoW, my guild has… Read more “The Matter of Perspective – An Alternate Analysis of Modern WoW”