Today the pre-orders for the next WoW expansion went up, with a bold declaration – that the expansion will be launched and running by December 31st, 2022.… Read more “World of Warcraft Dragonflight Is Launching This Year (Question Mark)”
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The Role of Role Stats in a Role Playing Game and Their Death in MMOs
Role stats are dead. Sorta. If you play only WoW, I just said something that hasn’t meant a damn thing in around 6 years – back in… Read more “The Role of Role Stats in a Role Playing Game and Their Death in MMOs”
My First Savage Tier in Final Fantasy XIV – In The Books!
Well, finally, I get to say this: I could be Savage. My FC static had a spot for their final pre-vacation run at P4S, so I took… Read more “My First Savage Tier in Final Fantasy XIV – In The Books!”
Sidenote: My New Azeron Cyborg Gamepad, Closing Out My Azeron Classic
I have, for a long time now, been an advocate for MMO controllers. It is a shame that the specific market for them came and went relatively… Read more “Sidenote: My New Azeron Cyborg Gamepad, Closing Out My Azeron Classic”
What If Being Good Isn’t Enough? Dragonflight and the Looming Specter Of Activision-Blizzard News
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”
Limitations and How They Strengthen Games and Art
Borderlands 3 is a 125 GB download. I know that because it was the free Epic Games Store title this week and I finally grabbed it (fun… Read more “Limitations and How They Strengthen Games and Art”
World of Warcraft’s Social Contract And The Reaction
There definitely wasn’t anything else in the news around WoW or Blizzard that was worth discussing this week, right? Okay, okay – that…thing also happened, but I… Read more “World of Warcraft’s Social Contract And The Reaction”
My Favorite Memes About the Final Fantasy XIV Third-Party Tools Debate (And I Guess Some Editorial)
I debated writing a post about this issue at all, because observing it over the course of the week has been mind-numbing to a point, and it… Read more “My Favorite Memes About the Final Fantasy XIV Third-Party Tools Debate (And I Guess Some Editorial)”
How Do You Solve A Social Problem In Games? A Second Look At DPS Meters, Parsing, and Communities
On Monday, I wrote and published a post looking at the way in which discussions around DPS meters and real-time parsing have been trending in MMOs. I… Read more “How Do You Solve A Social Problem In Games? A Second Look At DPS Meters, Parsing, and Communities”
DPS Meters, Parsing, Toxicity, and The MMO Culture Around Self-Improvement and Shaming
One of my favorite and also least-favorite topics has cropped up again over the last few weeks, on blogs I follow and in the broader communities of… Read more “DPS Meters, Parsing, Toxicity, and The MMO Culture Around Self-Improvement and Shaming”