On normal, inside the halls of Castle Nathria, I proclaimed the raid overall was pretty reasonably tuned, with a couple of wall fights early that made Sire… Read more “How Hard Should An Endboss Be, Anyways? Sire Denathrius Discussion”
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I Did It for the Numbers: Thoughts On Switching Covenants
Yesterday, I did a thing that was maybe less than ideal. After a lot of reading (and doing my last covenant weeklies as Kyrian), I pulled the… Read more “I Did It for the Numbers: Thoughts On Switching Covenants”
When All Anyone Remembers Is The Ending, Make It Good – Looking at AEW Revolution 2021
For most of my adult life, there’s something kind of funny about pop culture and media in general that has emerged as a trend – really bad… Read more “When All Anyone Remembers Is The Ending, Make It Good – Looking at AEW Revolution 2021”
What If – Old Gear Bonus Systems Were In Play While Leveling In Old Content?
The other day, I read something that interested me at Wowhead. The gist is pretty easy to get to – a player got a Corrupted item in… Read more “What If – Old Gear Bonus Systems Were In Play While Leveling In Old Content?”
Sidenote: The Early Retail-Sample Review of the Intel Core i7-11700k and Interesting Low Results
Yesterday, I saw something really quite fascinating. Anandtech, one of my formative technology review outlets, had secured Intel’s newest 8-core via an early retail sale and benchmarked… Read more “Sidenote: The Early Retail-Sample Review of the Intel Core i7-11700k and Interesting Low Results”
Nintendo and the Shrinking Need to Chase Next-Generation Hardware – Analyzing the Switch Pro Rumors
Nintendo has, since the Wii, been on a weird hardware refresh cycle out of sync with Sony and Microsoft, and for good reason. In 2005/2006, as the… Read more “Nintendo and the Shrinking Need to Chase Next-Generation Hardware – Analyzing the Switch Pro Rumors”
Patch 9.0.5 Launches Next Week – Some Things To Look For
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands gets its first patch next week. Now, contrary to what you might expect if you haven’t been paying attention, this patch is targeted… Read more “Patch 9.0.5 Launches Next Week – Some Things To Look For”
Sidenote: The GeForce RTX 3060, Radeon RX 6700 XT, and The Growing Midrange Gap
When I got into PC gaming, there was something really great, almost magical about the hobby. Sure, the high-end was up with $1,000 CPUs from Intel, exponentially… Read more “Sidenote: The GeForce RTX 3060, Radeon RX 6700 XT, and The Growing Midrange Gap”
Rampant Speculation On The Future of Shadowlands Part 3 – The Remaining Lore After This
In part 1 of this series, we focused in on the expectations and speculation of what I predict we’ll see in 9.2 and 9.3. In part 2,… Read more “Rampant Speculation On The Future of Shadowlands Part 3 – The Remaining Lore After This”
Rampant Speculation On The Future of Shadowlands Part 2 – The Next Expansion
Welcome back to the new, second of three parts in a series I’m writing this week about where Shadowlands goes from here. Some housekeeping first – part… Read more “Rampant Speculation On The Future of Shadowlands Part 2 – The Next Expansion”