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The Pace of a Boss Fight – Why Sylvanas Is An Awful Fight Design

Sire Denathrius in Castle Nathria was a boss with some interesting breakpoints in his fight. Phase 1 demanded perfect execution against simple mechanics, but a part of… Read more “The Pace of a Boss Fight – Why Sylvanas Is An Awful Fight Design”

I had a draft version of this post I was working on, no joke, for 4 days. The idea was there, but it was getting bogged down… Read more “Power Progression and Player Participation – Talents, Stats, Builds, and Cosmetics”

Healing priest was the first main character I had in WoW. I was account sharing with my friends/roommates trying to find a groove. Warrior didn’t fit. Mage… Read more “A Random Collection of Holy Priest Thoughts”

Video games are art. Rest in peace Roger Ebert, but you were wrong on this one. I want to talk about the changes coming for WoW in… Read more “Art, Friction, And Reward – Talking About The Big WoW 9.1.5 Changes”

I’m back! I would have had a post yesterday, but after a near 7 hour drive to get home and a 2 hour raid, my 90 minutes… Read more “The (Possible) Return of the Legion Mage Tower And What It Means”

Early in the raid tier, my thoughts on Sanctum of Domination were a little scatter-shot. I’d been pugging it and doing things very inconsistently – a boss… Read more “Sanctum of Domination – 9/10 Heroic, Some Thoughts”

Last night, I went on a little expedition online. I knew that FFXIV had datamining, but that its role was pretty constrained because the game’s data is… Read more “Why Seek Spoilers – The Effect of Datamining”

The wait for the next Final Fantasy XIV expansion, Endwalker, is about to get very, very exciting. First and foremost, there are just eighty days remaining before… Read more “Endwalker in Eighty Days – The Road Ahead”

The Shards of Domination system is a damn-near perfect microcosm of the kind of problems that modern Blizzard has with game design. That is what makes them… Read more “The Shards of Domination – A System-Solution to a Blizzard-Made Problem”

It’s been a while since I sat down and wrote a post that was solely about the ongoing ATVI lawsuit from the state of California. Until such… Read more “The Ongoing Activision-Blizzard Lawsuit”