One thing I’ve avoided engaging with too much has been the idea of player loss during Battle for Azeroth. While it is true that the game has… Read more “From Content Tourist to Quitting – How People Quit WoW”
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Black, White, and the Space In-Between – Judging Quality
(Behind the scenes note: I thought this would be up way sooner, like Tuesday, and would be faster and shorter, but it turned into a sprawling thing… Read more “Black, White, and the Space In-Between – Judging Quality”
My Slow Re-engagement with World of Warcraft – How I Figured Out World Mob Scaling Was Bad
It’s funny, you know? A lot of my recent WoW posts have focused on how the game is in something of an iffy-state – not necessarily bad,… Read more “My Slow Re-engagement with World of Warcraft – How I Figured Out World Mob Scaling Was Bad”
When A Good Design Reads of Bad Intentions
Something I guess I didn’t expect has happened a lot since the announcement of the 8.2 content and the particular inclusion of mount equipment. I guess some… Read more “When A Good Design Reads of Bad Intentions”
The Unlikely Parallels of Pro Wrestling and World of Warcraft
There is beginning to be something of a similarity between World of Warcraft and one of my other, longstanding hobbies. I’m going to wind this post up… Read more “The Unlikely Parallels of Pro Wrestling and World of Warcraft”
Weekly Hype Train Week of 4/9/2019 – Patch 8.2 Livestream!
This week’s hype train is largely going to focus on a WoW event. Shocking! – but yet, here we are. Yesterday, Blizzard announced that they would be… Read more “Weekly Hype Train Week of 4/9/2019 – Patch 8.2 Livestream!”
Design Challenges – Gameplay-Oriented Thought vs. Systems Design
One of the big takeaways I had from revisiting an old design document I made in 2005 was that there is a variation in approach that to… Read more “Design Challenges – Gameplay-Oriented Thought vs. Systems Design”
Sidenote: Google Stadia and the Future of Gaming, Part 2: The Bad Stuff
Last time I wrote about this topic, I took a positive outlook, noting that while Stadia, on the surface, is just another also-running online game streaming service… Read more “Sidenote: Google Stadia and the Future of Gaming, Part 2: The Bad Stuff”
Weekly Hype Train Week of 4/2/2019 – The One With All Of The Wrestling
This week is going to be heavy (HEAVY) on non-gaming stuff, so I am leading in with the gaming stuff and then, should you so desire, there’s… Read more “Weekly Hype Train Week of 4/2/2019 – The One With All Of The Wrestling”
Simple Can Be Fun – A Quick Talk About My Time In Tetris 99
If you’ve been around gaming in 2019, you’ve probably seen the battle royale craze reaching a new highpoint with Fortnite, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, and Apex Legends being 3… Read more “Simple Can Be Fun – A Quick Talk About My Time In Tetris 99”
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