You may have (possibly!) noticed I have been rather quiet the last few days. That is simple enough to explain – as I mentioned in a post… Read more “Sidenote: My Long, Sometimes Frustrating Weekend of Building My New Desk and Watercooled PC”
Category: Blog
Shadowlands and Change Management – Where Things Went Awry
A lot of my recent posts about Shadowlands have had a certain theme to them, which is easy enough to state: Blizzard did not do a great… Read more “Shadowlands and Change Management – Where Things Went Awry”
Tanks for the Threat – Threat Changed In Shadowlands and I Don’t Like It
Tank design in most holy trinity MMOs boils down to managing a trifecta of gameplay components for a player to focus on and learn – managing threat,… Read more “Tanks for the Threat – Threat Changed In Shadowlands and I Don’t Like It”
Sidente (Sort Of, I Guess?): My New Desk/Office/Streaming Setup Planning and Parts
This one is kind of just a fun personal story, because I spent most of the day fending off our dog as deliverypeople came one by one… Read more “Sidente (Sort Of, I Guess?): My New Desk/Office/Streaming Setup Planning and Parts”
Shadowlands (Nearly) Two Months In – My More Experienced Thoughts on the Expansion
Shadowlands is a weird expansion to me, in a way. Last night, before going to bed, I had a completely random thought that serves as my starting… Read more “Shadowlands (Nearly) Two Months In – My More Experienced Thoughts on the Expansion”
Sidenote: Intel Rocket Lake, Core 11th Gen Benchmarks, and a Better Intel
WoW fans – I have a post in the works about the game for later this week. It dives into the concluding lore of the Kyrian covenant… Read more “Sidenote: Intel Rocket Lake, Core 11th Gen Benchmarks, and a Better Intel”
Sidenote: Discussing Ray-Tracing Implementations and Why RT Faces an Uphill Battle
Last time I discussed ray-tracing, it was largely to discuss if RTX, as implemented by Nvidia, had been a bust. That post and its conclusions all focused… Read more “Sidenote: Discussing Ray-Tracing Implementations and Why RT Faces an Uphill Battle”
Sidenote: CES Week Rumors and GPU Hell Gets Worse
CES is the first major milestone for the year in tech, and while 2021 is going to be a virtual event, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t… Read more “Sidenote: CES Week Rumors and GPU Hell Gets Worse”
And Twisting, Twisting Endlessly, Towards Freedom – Torghast, Twisting Corridors
Writing about Torghast’s normal wings can be tricky. While they are optional in the purest sense, most players rightly perceive them as mandatory in order to earn… Read more “And Twisting, Twisting Endlessly, Towards Freedom – Torghast, Twisting Corridors”
The Normal Difficulty Castle Nathria Review
Tonight, my guild did it. Actually, a fun preamble – due to the popularity of the expansion and our BfA merger, we had two guilds worth of… Read more “The Normal Difficulty Castle Nathria Review”