Warning – this post has spoilers for the post-Sanctum raid cinematic in WoW, some light discussion of Grimoire of the Shadowlands, and some spoilers for Final Fantasy… Read more “The Nature of “Retcons” And The Way World of Warcraft Tells Stories”
Tag: story
I Decided to Stop Raiding – About Managing Expectations and Learning When To Cut Your Losses
(Editor’s Note – I’m writing this as I finish the conclusion of this post, over 8,000 words deep. A few things I need to say before I… Read more “I Decided to Stop Raiding – About Managing Expectations and Learning When To Cut Your Losses”
All Heart, Little Thought – My Time With Final Fantasy XV
In November 2016…well, a lot was going on. One of those things, however, was the release of Final Fantasy XV. Fashionably late to the (then) new-generation consoles,… Read more “All Heart, Little Thought – My Time With Final Fantasy XV”
The Journey Towards Redemption Becomes Ever Clearer – Sylvanas and Her Fable
This week, Wowhead had an interesting post about the contents of a new WoW book – Folks & Fairytales. The book is interesting in that much like… Read more “The Journey Towards Redemption Becomes Ever Clearer – Sylvanas and Her Fable”
Sidenote: I Finally Got My Ryzen 9 5900x And I Almost Killed It Before Using It
This one is just a short, fun (in retrospect) post! A couple of weeks ago, I managed to snipe an order with Amazon for the AMD Ryzen… Read more “Sidenote: I Finally Got My Ryzen 9 5900x And I Almost Killed It Before Using It”
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 Social Impact of Patch 9.1’s Delay
Much has already been said, both here and in all other corners of the WoWosphere, about how drastically, awfully, terribly late the upcoming Chains of Domination, patch… Read more “The Social Impact of Patch 9.1’s Delay”
A (Hopefully) Short Discussion About Coaching Raiders And What Goes Wrong
I’ve been pretty quiet here lately, for a few reasons. Firstly, talking about WoW is largely rote right now because there just isn’t much new stuff in… Read more “A (Hopefully) Short Discussion About Coaching Raiders And What Goes Wrong”
Don’t Let Perfect Be The Enemy of Good – Some Thoughts on Raid Strategy and Mechanics
Fights in World of Warcraft are finding more, excessively complicated ways to make players respond to bosses outside of simply executing a rotation to some measure of… Read more “Don’t Let Perfect Be The Enemy of Good – Some Thoughts on Raid Strategy and Mechanics”
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