cataclysm
Wishful Thinking: A Truly Random Dungeon
Monday, November 16th, 2009 - 17 Comments
In addition to World of Warcraft, I’ve found myself playing a couple of “loot whore” games lately, and they’ve got me thinking about the balance between static and continually-generated end-game content. These sorts of things can be important when considering how entertained or bored your ... More
New Map/Quest Interface Tour [Video]
Friday, November 6th, 2009 - 15 Comments
As you may have read in the latest patch notes, Blizzard has gone ahead and given players the option to integrate the Quest Log and World Map into one big, conglomerated objective-tracking monstrosity! People will wail and people will moan that they’re, once again, making ... More
3.3: Character Creation Changes May Hint At Expansion Beta
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 - 8 Comments
Hackers get a bad rap. Sure, some of them do it for dubious reasons, but others do it for the fun — to see if they can pull something off, explore a system, or get access to information that people otherwise wouldn’t have. Data-mining, as ... More
PTR 3.3: New Tutorial System Incoming
Monday, October 26th, 2009 - 6 Comments
I love Nintendo, but there’s one game design aspect the company constantly employs that never ceases to piss me off, tutorials. Don’t get me wrong, in-game tutorials are great, and very useful for introducing games to new players, but the Big N takes them to ... More
Twitter Developer Chat Highlights
Friday, October 23rd, 2009 - 10 Comments
The developer chat we told you about a few days ago has come and gone, and I bet you’re wondering: what undoubtedly delicious morsels of information do we have for you to consume? Well, I’m afraid it’s not quite the feast that we had hoped, ... More
Hallow’s End 2009: Why No Goblin or Worgen Masks?
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 - 6 Comments
Before we had any confirmation at Blizzcon that Goblins and Worgens would be introduced as playable races in WoW Cataclysm, we had a plethora of speculation that that might be the case. If you recall, it all started with the discovery of four new textures ... More
Wishful Thinking: Quest Collector
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 - 15 Comments
Wishful Thinking is a column for the theorycrafting behind World of Warcraft. No, not the number crunching madness perfected by the folks at ElitistJerks, but the features, abilities, and design ideas that the Project Lore writers conjure from their squishy pink stuff. Well, readers. I don’t ... More
Don’t Rule Out Garrosh Hellscream Just Yet
Monday, October 5th, 2009 - 40 Comments
Warning! This post is speculative and potentially spoiler-heavy. I won’t lie. I’ve been cringing inside at the thought of Garrosh Hellscream replacing Thrall. How could he? What would this mean for the fate of the Horde? And why would Thrall allow it? Amatera’s recent post on ... More
Blizzard Makes Its Mark On YouTube
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 - 4 Comments
Ever have trouble finding quality versions of Blizzard cinematics on the internet and refuse to spend the time downloading them from the official site? Well, now there’s an easy and convenient solution! Perhaps as part of their social networking kick lately (see their Twitter accounts), ... More
Stranglethorn Reborn
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 - 13 Comments
At BlizzCon, we learned that parts of Azeroth would be reshaped as Deathwing broke the the Plane of Earth and shattered the world. Azshara, The Barrens, Ashenvale, Desolace, and several more were showcased, both in panels and in the trailer for Cataclysm released during the ... More