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On Starting Experiences – Addendum 3 of 2 -Why Is There an “Endgame” Anyways?

Before I resume the pile-on of Shadowlands beta info, I wanted to get out two additional posts about starting and level-up experiences in MMOs. One comment in… Read more “On Starting Experiences – Addendum 3 of 2 -Why Is There an “Endgame” Anyways?”

Another week and boy are there things to be excited about! While I’ve called out one specific topic in the title, there was some good news this… Read more “Weekly Hype Train Week of 7/22/2020! The One With All The Shadowlands Beta Stuff”

In what is sure to be an interesting week for us WoW players, there is a decent amount to talk about, so let’s dive in. Shadowlands Beta:… Read more “Weekly Hype Train Week of 7/15/2020!”

In my Shadowlands media blitz recap post, the most text for me was devoted to The Maw. There is a fairly simple reason why – the design… Read more “The Maw In Focus – How To Design Unwelcoming, But Fun, Spaces and Why It Seemingly Falls Short”

So yesterday’s stream was as notable for what it didn’t say as it was for what it did. While the details around Beta for Shadowlands launching were… Read more “The Shadowlands Media Blitz Recap – The Maw, Legendaries, Covenants, and More”

This might be my first real dedicated WoW content post in a few months! Tomorrow marks the rescheduled date of Blizzard’s planned Shadowlands livestream, one that was… Read more “Super Special Hype Train Week of 7/7/20202 – The Pre-Shadowlands Livestream Predictions Post”

My months-in-the-works post on how the starting experiences of MMOs are often a deterrent to new players prompted a lot of great discussion, but in particular, I… Read more “On Starting Experiences – Addendum 1 of 2 – Learning to Play (Or Not)”

A new week, more things to be hyped about, so lete’s go! FFXIV – All Things Tradeskill: I’ve been having a blast spending large chunks of my… Read more “Weekly Hype Train! Week of 6/9/2020!”

So I mentioned recently that I haven’t really been playing WoW. That has been true, a vast majority of my time in games has been in FFXIV.… Read more “Sometimes Home Is Where You Least Expect It – My Experience Leveling a WoW Alt Now”

Okay, so 27 years ago (no wait, it was January 2020), I promised a post on my experience playing Everquest II. What I’m about to say is… Read more “When The Starting Is Slow, No One Gets Started – MMOs and New Player Experience”