Last week, I bought New World, after a decision not to. I wrote about it, a piece that contextualized why I wasn’t going to get it, why… Read more “New World Impressions, Now With More Context!”
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A Brave New World (Not The Novel)
Two weeks ago now, Amazon Games finally launched their first project – the MMORPG New World. Launched on Steam to near-million player concurrency, the game has been… Read more “A Brave New World (Not The Novel)”
Preparing for Legion Timewalking’s Mage Tower
(Update 10/31/2021: These ideas are all speculation and most have been disabled or worked-around with the recent PTR testing of the Timewalking Mage Tower. Further update 12/7/2021:… Read more “Preparing for Legion Timewalking’s Mage Tower”
The FFXIV Endwalker Media Tour Tooltip Leaks and A Lot of Thoughts on Sage Gameplay
Yesterday, the news was a murmur in FFXIV corners of the internet – someone on Media Tour had leaked screenshots of tooltips, with full assortments of tank… Read more “The FFXIV Endwalker Media Tour Tooltip Leaks and A Lot of Thoughts on Sage Gameplay”
What Am I Playing Lately? A Quick Check-In
Right now is perhaps slow for me, but not for the MMO space at-large, as New World’s launch last week definitely proved. I might have words on… Read more “What Am I Playing Lately? A Quick Check-In”
WoW Classic’s Season of Mastery and What Lies Ahead
This week, Blizzard announced something that seemed likely for a while now – a fresh start server for the Vanilla WoW experience. However, instead of just a… Read more “WoW Classic’s Season of Mastery and What Lies Ahead”
50 Days To Go – Revisiting My Endwalker Goals
At the start of August, I wrote about the goals I had for the remaining time in Shadowbringers, before Endwalker came out in Early Access ready to… Read more “50 Days To Go – Revisiting My Endwalker Goals”
Diablo II Resurrected and The Value Proposition of Remasters
Diablo II Resurrected came out last Thursday. The outlook going into it was interesting – Blizzard had completely botched the Warcraft III Reforged launch and overall design,… Read more “Diablo II Resurrected and The Value Proposition of Remasters”
A Look at the Impact of Seasonal Content Cycles on World of Warcraft
It wasn’t that long ago, but just 5 short years ago, the idea of what a content cycle in WoW looked like was fundamentally quite different from… Read more “A Look at the Impact of Seasonal Content Cycles on World of Warcraft”
A Brief Summary of Endwalker Combat Live Letter Thoughts
It was only a few short days ago that we got the first look at Endwalker combat design, through a long live letter dedicated to discussing the… Read more “A Brief Summary of Endwalker Combat Live Letter Thoughts”
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