I’ve decided, after the reception for my post on Warlords of Draenor, that I’d take a stab at every expansion, talking about cut content and the general… Read more “Dispelling the Mists – A Retrospective on Mists of Pandaria”
Tag: story
The Alternate-Alternate Universe – the Warlords of Draenor That Almost Was
It has been discussed at length, what could have been with Warlords of Draenor. We saw the expansion as it was, with two content patches, only two… Read more “The Alternate-Alternate Universe – the Warlords of Draenor That Almost Was”
My Biggest Disappointment With The Word “Epilogue” In Patch 7.3.5
So there it is. A lot of lore speculation has been happening about bridging between the end of Antorus and the beginning of Battle for Azeroth. How… Read more “My Biggest Disappointment With The Word “Epilogue” In Patch 7.3.5″
From Commoner to Conquerer – The Narrative Arc of the Player In WoW and What Can Change
The story of original WoW is not defined by quest text or voiceover, but rather as a journey through a new place and a struggle to find… Read more “From Commoner to Conquerer – The Narrative Arc of the Player In WoW and What Can Change”
The Lore Train Wreck of WoW – Untangling In-Game, Digital Supplemental, and Outside Novels Into Something Resembling a (Maybe?) Complete Whole
Okay, so it is time for me to come clean. I write about lore…a lot. I like the overall idea of lore in an MMO. Generally, establishing… Read more “The Lore Train Wreck of WoW – Untangling In-Game, Digital Supplemental, and Outside Novels Into Something Resembling a (Maybe?) Complete Whole”
Storytime – How I Started Tanking – Video
To go with my Tanxiety videos, I thought it would be fun to talk freeform about starting tanking, and how it took me almost 10 years to… Read more “Storytime – How I Started Tanking – Video”
The Narrative Arc of Blizzard Storytelling, Or How I Think We Are Going to Be The Enemy of Battle For Azeroth (At Least Up Front)
Blizzard storytelling has one trope it falls on harder than many others – the narrative arc of a good hero falling to darkness before being redeemed. It… Read more “The Narrative Arc of Blizzard Storytelling, Or How I Think We Are Going to Be The Enemy of Battle For Azeroth (At Least Up Front)”
The Big Misdirect of Battle for Azeroth – How, Just Maybe, We Were Right This Whole Time
The game of World of Warcraft is about to go in a lot of interesting directions. But not ones we expected. While speculation was wild, unchecked, and… Read more “The Big Misdirect of Battle for Azeroth – How, Just Maybe, We Were Right This Whole Time”
The “Disappointment” of the Antorus Finale
There is something unique that seems to happen in internet fandom with expectations. No matter how well set they are, someone will always, inevitably, find a way… Read more “The “Disappointment” of the Antorus Finale”
The Slow-Burning Story, For Once, In WoW
There have been a lot of good posts about this very topic, so rather than retreading the basics, I want to take a different tack. Firstly, I… Read more “The Slow-Burning Story, For Once, In WoW”
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