I made something of an interesting purchase last night. The second (and last) round of 15th Anniversary World of Warcraft server blades went on sale, and I… Read more “Nostalgia, Escapism, and Growth – Or A Fluff Post About How I Bought a Decommissioned WoW Server Blade”
Category: Blog
Skills to Pay the Bills – How I’d Manage Skillpoints in Modern WoW
It was Monday here in the states when I started this post, and since my workplace has some system issues preventing real work from being done, now… Read more “Skills to Pay the Bills – How I’d Manage Skillpoints in Modern WoW”
What Makes a Reward? An Analysis of Classic Reward Structure and Where It Changed
The discussion posts I’ve written about World of Warcraft Classic have attempted to communicate something delicately – I’m not interested in playing WoW Classic as anything than… Read more “What Makes a Reward? An Analysis of Classic Reward Structure and Where It Changed”
New Patch 8.2.5 Datamining – Or, Is 8.3 Not Meant To Be?
My suspicions about Blizzard’s patching plan are starting to look truer. Yesterday, Wowhead dropped a bevy of new datamining from Battle for Azeroth patch 8.2.5. Despite having… Read more “New Patch 8.2.5 Datamining – Or, Is 8.3 Not Meant To Be?”
Blizzcon 2019 and Too Soon-ists
My attention for WoW has turned to Blizzcon 2019. In live, I’m just logging on to raid and do Assaults to level my warrior slowly but surely… Read more “Blizzcon 2019 and Too Soon-ists”
Opinions, Subjectivity, and When Games Go “Wrong”
A concept I began to touch on in yesterday’s post is this idea of people marking things World of Warcraft has done “wrong” – and about how… Read more “Opinions, Subjectivity, and When Games Go “Wrong””
Random Rambles – Would Wrath of the Lich King Classic Be Better Received than Vanilla Classic?
I’ve talked about wanting World of Warcraft Classic to evolve, moving towards Wrath of the Lich King as the pinnacle of the original game. Today, however, an… Read more “Random Rambles – Would Wrath of the Lich King Classic Be Better Received than Vanilla Classic?”
Graphics, Art, and Immersion
Technically, Blaugust is over as of 90 minutes ago (in my time zone of PDT) and so this kind of doesn’t count, I suppose. I did rack… Read more “Graphics, Art, and Immersion”
A Post About Those World of Warcraft Branded Smartphones and What They Mean
If I hadn’t already prepared yesterday’s post before leaving work, the first news item I saw on Wowhead would have been yesterday’s post instead. What is that… Read more “A Post About Those World of Warcraft Branded Smartphones and What They Mean”
Melee Combat and Gameplay Feel
When I was a kid, in a time before I played MMOs, there was this fascination with the idea of melee combat. A lot of games I… Read more “Melee Combat and Gameplay Feel”
Kaylriene 