The Dragonflight expansion announcement last month was…odd. It was weird because of a confluence of factors – COVID-19 delays to Shadowlands’ entire content pipeline, how late it… Read more “What If Being Good Isn’t Enough? Dragonflight and the Looming Specter Of Activision-Blizzard News”
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The Thing I Want Most in The World of Warcraft 10.0 Reveal Event
Over the last few months, I’ve written quite a bit about becoming disenchanted with World of Warcraft (generating an Eternal Crystal in the process). The game was… Read more “The Thing I Want Most in The World of Warcraft 10.0 Reveal Event”
Is The World of Warcraft Community, Like, Okay?
(Editing note: this post is long, and will be the first of a three part series looking at WoW analytically in light of the coming conclusion of… Read more “Is The World of Warcraft Community, Like, Okay?”
Cross-Faction Gameplay In WoW Is Real and Coming Soon (TM)
I was in the middle of a whole other draft post, but wow, this needs to be addressed. Today, Blizzard announced that in patch 9.2.5 (an update… Read more “Cross-Faction Gameplay In WoW Is Real and Coming Soon (TM)”
A Treatise On World of Warcraft In 2021
To say that WoW is in a decline right now would be an understatement to some, an overstatement to others, and yet, it feels generally well agreed-upon.… Read more “A Treatise On World of Warcraft In 2021”
Eternity’s End Announced, What Happens From Here
So the next patch for WoW, 9.2 – Eternity’s End – was just announced via a pre-recorded 11 minute video, which you can watch below if you… Read more “Eternity’s End Announced, What Happens From Here”
The Ongoing Saga of Workplace Culture at Activision-Blizzard
The ABK situation has been a little slower to unfold than I think many of us believed it would be back in July. Just in time for… Read more “The Ongoing Saga of Workplace Culture at Activision-Blizzard”
The Good, Great, Really Good News of Patch 9.1.5
Okay, so when I went to bed…this morning, let’s be real, I was expecting to write a very, very different post today. I was gonna talk about… Read more “The Good, Great, Really Good News of Patch 9.1.5”
The Chains of Domination Story Thus Far, And The Lens of the News
This is a post that I wanted to let percolate for a bit after the news of the California DFEH lawsuit against Activision Blizzard broke, although I… Read more “The Chains of Domination Story Thus Far, And The Lens of the News”
The #ActiBlizzWalkout and Reconciling Art and Artist
Content warning – this post deals with sexual harassment and abuse, issues of inequality, and also briefly includes discussion of death, murder, and suicide. Yesterday (okay, it… Read more “The #ActiBlizzWalkout and Reconciling Art and Artist”