After the FFXIV Fan Fest Online this last weekend, I saw a tweet from Taliesin & Evitel that was sort of interesting to me: Now, I’m not… Read more “Final Fantasy XIV, World of Warcraft, and Player Acceptance”
Tag: shadowlands
Achievements – How I’ve Been Drawing Out Fun In The Shadowlands Season 1 Rut
So, we’ve been in the start of this expansion for a long time, eh? Well, all week, I’ve been starting and stopping draft posts about Asmongold’s Twitlonger… Read more “Achievements – How I’ve Been Drawing Out Fun In The Shadowlands Season 1 Rut”
The Torghast Changes of 9.1 – Or, Blizzard Doesn’t Know How To Give Us What We Want
Torghast has a checkered history in its already-short existence of being highly polarizing and controversial. To some players, it is a decent-enough roguelike that has some fun… Read more “The Torghast Changes of 9.1 – Or, Blizzard Doesn’t Know How To Give Us What We Want”
A Much Friendlier WoW Lore Post – The Actually-Good Execution of Jaina’s Post-Wrath of the Lich King Story Arc
The last time I wrote here, it was a long, ranty affair about how Sylvanas Windrunner’s character arc in World of Warcraft is…not great! Stylistically, I’m not… Read more “A Much Friendlier WoW Lore Post – The Actually-Good Execution of Jaina’s Post-Wrath of the Lich King Story Arc”
The Long-Form Storytelling of World of Warcraft and Where it Fails – My Definitive Sylvanas Redemption Rant
WoW is trying to be a lot of things to a lot of people at this point in time. It wants to remain the pre-eminent PvE MMO,… Read more “The Long-Form Storytelling of World of Warcraft and Where it Fails – My Definitive Sylvanas Redemption Rant”
The State of Mythic Plus Part 3/3: Where We Go From Here, In WoW Or Other Games
In part 1 of this series, I discussed the history and implementation of Mythic Plus, and the core ideology of the mode of play. In part 2,… Read more “The State of Mythic Plus Part 3/3: Where We Go From Here, In WoW Or Other Games”
The State of Mythic Plus Dungeons, Part 2/3: Season 1 of Shadowlands
Yesterday, I wrote a big honking post with the history and explanation of Mythic Plus dungeons and some general pros and cons to them as I saw… Read more “The State of Mythic Plus Dungeons, Part 2/3: Season 1 of Shadowlands”
The State of Mythic Plus Dungeons, Part 1/3: Their History and Current Implementation
Over the last 5 years or so, a new mode of play has created an additional pillar in World of Warcraft’s endgame content – Mythic Plus (or… Read more “The State of Mythic Plus Dungeons, Part 1/3: Their History and Current Implementation”
The Maw – A Pre-9.1 Design Analysis and My Review
When the beta for Shadowlands started, with me in the first wave of invites, one of the first things I had a strongly negative opinion of was… Read more “The Maw – A Pre-9.1 Design Analysis and My Review”
The Downsides of Patch 9.1 So Far, As Told By The First PTR Build
Chains of Domination hit the PTR yesterday, which I’ve already written a little bit about. Today, though, after some more hours put in (until a quest bug… Read more “The Downsides of Patch 9.1 So Far, As Told By The First PTR Build”
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