The announcement has been made – on February 18th, 2022, we get our first Live Letter of the Endwalker era! But yet, there is something weird afoot… Read more “Some Speculation About the February 18th FFXIV Live Letter”
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The Scourge of Consolidation in Gaming
Yesterday, the gaming world was shook by news of more mergers and acquisitions coming for beloved titles. In a surprise move, the New York Times announced they… Read more “The Scourge of Consolidation in Gaming”
Cross-Faction Gameplay In WoW Is Real and Coming Soon (TM)
I was in the middle of a whole other draft post, but wow, this needs to be addressed. Today, Blizzard announced that in patch 9.2.5 (an update… Read more “Cross-Faction Gameplay In WoW Is Real and Coming Soon (TM)”
Sidenote: The Low-End Graphics Add-In Card Market Finally Got Current Gen Cards, And They Suck
(Radeon RX 6500 XT teardown image is courtesy of TechPowerUp.) In the last few weeks, two major launches have defined the GPU space on the desktop PC… Read more “Sidenote: The Low-End Graphics Add-In Card Market Finally Got Current Gen Cards, And They Suck”
Boss Mechanics Versus Player Mechanics
Something my recent forays into Savage raiding and harder EX trial pushing in FFXIV has brought to mind is a key difference between the core combat gameplay… Read more “Boss Mechanics Versus Player Mechanics”
Sylvanas, The Afrasiabi Sabotage, and What It Means For The Story Of Warcraft
If you’ve been on WoW Twitter at all lately, a story that has been damn-near impossible to avoid is that of how Alex Afrasiabi might have “sabotaged”… Read more “Sylvanas, The Afrasiabi Sabotage, and What It Means For The Story Of Warcraft”
My Road Out of World of Warcraft – The Rationale and Evaluating If I Would Return
I talked in early December about having uninstalled World of Warcraft. At the time, I wrote a fairly basic summary that tried to analyze my personal reasons… Read more “My Road Out of World of Warcraft – The Rationale and Evaluating If I Would Return”
Three Genuinely (Mostly) Positive News Items About WoW/ABK From This Week
It’s been fairly obvious as of late that I have been disenchanted with WoW (generating an Eternal Crystal in the process), but I do think there are… Read more “Three Genuinely (Mostly) Positive News Items About WoW/ABK From This Week”
I Parsed Zero On Samurai Twice, And Other Thoughts About My First Journeys Into Savage Raiding in FFXIV
I’ve never done current-tier Savage raiding in FFXIV before Endwalker. In fact, I’d barely done current EX trials, and if I counted up the total number of… Read more “I Parsed Zero On Samurai Twice, And Other Thoughts About My First Journeys Into Savage Raiding in FFXIV”
Some Additional Thoughts And Speculation About WoW Post-Microsoft – Game Pass and Console
The immediate question in the wake of the news that Microsoft was to buy Activision-Blizzard this week was, “Does Bobby Kotick finally pay?” The answer to that… Read more “Some Additional Thoughts And Speculation About WoW Post-Microsoft – Game Pass and Console”
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