Recently, I rewatched FoldingIdea’s excellent video on the allure of WoW Classic through the eyes of someone who played the original release, plays the live retail game,… Read more “World of Warcraft, Content “Noise,” and the Endgame of Shadowlands”
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Sidenote: This Week’s AMD Ryzen Fourth Generation Unveiling and The CPU Landscape
I thought about putting this out closer to Thursday, the actual event day, but ideas I wanted to share kept popping up, and the WoW posts I… Read more “Sidenote: This Week’s AMD Ryzen Fourth Generation Unveiling and The CPU Landscape”
Sidenote: My Upcoming New PC Build and How I Think About My System Builds
Since I can’t currently sleep and I’m also about 90% sure my plans for a new PC will get to proceed, I figured why not share the… Read more “Sidenote: My Upcoming New PC Build and How I Think About My System Builds”
Immediate Impressions of the Shadowlands Delay Announcement
Good. No really, good. Look, I am loathe to continue playing Battle for Azeroth for much longer, but delaying the expansion a bit more was absolutely the… Read more “Immediate Impressions of the Shadowlands Delay Announcement”
Blizzard’s Announcement of Covenant Changes And The Essence Of Time
There are, as I type this, 30 days and change until the global release of the Shadowlands expansion. This is important not just a context setting for… Read more “Blizzard’s Announcement of Covenant Changes And The Essence Of Time”
Sidenote: The Geforce RTX 3090, 8K Gaming, and The Coming GPU Wars
Topic the First: The Disappointing/Interesting Launch of the RTX 3090 and 8K Gaming Viability Nvidia’s RTX 3090 launches today, at a staggering $1,500 cost. It is a… Read more “Sidenote: The Geforce RTX 3090, 8K Gaming, and The Coming GPU Wars”
Rising from the Ashes – Bonfire, Second Dinner, Dreamhaven, and the Harvesting of Nostalgic Appreciation
Today, Mike Morhaime (yes, the very same!) announced the formation of a game company – seemingly, serving many of the same roles as a publisher. Called Dreamhaven,… Read more “Rising from the Ashes – Bonfire, Second Dinner, Dreamhaven, and the Harvesting of Nostalgic Appreciation”
A Wishlist for Blizzconline
Today, Blizzard officially announced more details about something they had previously hinted at – in cancelling Blizzcon 2020 in person, we instead get Blizzconline (HATE this wordplay)… Read more “A Wishlist for Blizzconline”
Final Fantasy XVI – Hope for the Mainline Franchise?
As part of Sony’s Playstation 5 release date reveal event this week, Square Enix took the wraps off of their first trailer for the next Final Fantasy… Read more “Final Fantasy XVI – Hope for the Mainline Franchise?”
Sidenote: The Upcoming Ryzen 4th Generation Announcement and What I’d Like To See
With the GPU market in a relative mode of stasis until Nvidia finishes releasing the Ampere graphics cards and AMD not set to announce anything, much less… Read more “Sidenote: The Upcoming Ryzen 4th Generation Announcement and What I’d Like To See”
