I finished the main campaign of Control tonight. Like most modern games, it has an “end of narrative” point after which you can play on, doing sidequests,… Read more “Control: Weird, Paranormal, Story-Driven Fun”
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Sidenote: Backlog Woes
I own a lot of games. I mean, A LOT of games. Here is the storage situation on my new machine as of this very moment, with… Read more “Sidenote: Backlog Woes”
Change, Necessary or Not – How The Loot Changes and Their (Sort Of) Reversion Affect Shadowlands
Today, the news went up – rejoice! With the next weekly reset, raids will be seeing more loot in Shadowlands. Specifically, Castle Nathria is going to a… Read more “Change, Necessary or Not – How The Loot Changes and Their (Sort Of) Reversion Affect Shadowlands”
Analyzing WoW Via The Blizzconline Schedule
My favorite type of post to write – rampant speculation! This week, the schedule for next week’s (next week?!) Blizzconline event was posted. With an in-person event,… Read more “Analyzing WoW Via The Blizzconline Schedule”
Surprise! It’s A Systems Patch! Shadowlands Patch 9.0.5
Interesting, surprising news. Last week, Wowhead showed a CDN update for WoW’s patch version indicating a patch 9.0.5 was in the works. Whatever, surely an error, I… Read more “Surprise! It’s A Systems Patch! Shadowlands Patch 9.0.5”
Tuning and Tweaking Over Tackling The Real Problem – 3% Buffs and My Frustration With Shadowlands Balancing
This week marked a round of much-needed adjustments to Shadowlands content and classes. Or, well, it would have, if the adjustments meaningfully addressed the actual problems. I… Read more “Tuning and Tweaking Over Tackling The Real Problem – 3% Buffs and My Frustration With Shadowlands Balancing”
My Recap and Opinions on the Unveiling of Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
Spoiler warning: discussing the next expansion innately involves spoilers for past content and some conjecture about upcoming content, largely focused on the MSQ of Shadowbringers. What a… Read more “My Recap and Opinions on the Unveiling of Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker”
Shadowbringers: On Eden and the Sorrow of Werlyt
Spoiler alert – this post has some spoilers for both the Eden raid series in full, including the most recent chapter Promise, and the full Sorrow of… Read more “Shadowbringers: On Eden and the Sorrow of Werlyt”
A More Thorough and Nuanced Look at Gear In Shadowlands
Throughout these first two and a half months of Shadowlands (it has been that long already?!), something of a constant theme has been bubbling up to the… Read more “A More Thorough and Nuanced Look at Gear In Shadowlands”
How To Tell Stories of Peace and the Consequences of War – Final Fantasy XIV Patch 5.4
Spoiler alert – this post has spoilers for the content of patch 5.4 in Final Fantasy XIV, and some speculation about where the story goes from here.… Read more “How To Tell Stories of Peace and the Consequences of War – Final Fantasy XIV Patch 5.4”
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