(A Quick Heads-Up: there are some story spoilers that include content through the end of Shadowbringers in this post.) In a better world, today would be the… Read more “Some Endwalker Thoughts On What Would Have Originally Been 6.0 Maintenance Day”
Tag: storytelling
The Nature of Story Arcs in MMOs And Why WoW Needs Them
Deep breath in, folks. This post is going to start off with wrestling. This last Saturday was All Elite Wrestling’s Full Gear PPV, an even which saw… Read more “The Nature of Story Arcs in MMOs And Why WoW Needs Them”
The Woes of The Sanctum of Domination Raid Storyline and What It Means for Patch 9.2
Yesterday, I put up a review of the raid from 9.1, the Sanctum of Domination, WoW’s 27th raid tier. I skipped one vital bit however, and that… Read more “The Woes of The Sanctum of Domination Raid Storyline and What It Means for Patch 9.2”
What If: Could Endwalker Have A Mediocre Transitional Storyline?
I want to start this post off with a huge, giant disclaimer up top – personally, I think Endwalker is going to be great from a storytelling… Read more “What If: Could Endwalker Have A Mediocre Transitional Storyline?”
Post Number 666 – Exploring My Favorite Villains
This post (provided I publish it and don’t throw it in the drafts folder to die) will mark a fun milestone in this blog – the six… Read more “Post Number 666 – Exploring My Favorite Villains”
A Story Is About Characters – Looking At The Biggest Failing of Shadowlands Narratively
World of Warcraft’s focus on story over lore, on character-driven drama over worldbuilding, has never been more conflicted than it is in Shadowlands. Shadowlands is presented as… Read more “A Story Is About Characters – Looking At The Biggest Failing of Shadowlands Narratively”
A Spoilerriffic Look At What The Core Premise of Endwalker Means
(Spoiler alert – there’s a lot of FFXIV spoilers in this post, just in general but specifically for Shadowbringers as a whole and the full patch cycle… Read more “A Spoilerriffic Look At What The Core Premise of Endwalker Means”
The Chains of Domination Story Thus Far, And The Lens of the News
This is a post that I wanted to let percolate for a bit after the news of the California DFEH lawsuit against Activision Blizzard broke, although I… Read more “The Chains of Domination Story Thus Far, And The Lens of the News”
My Incomplete List Of Loose Plot Threads I Want To See In Endwalker
(Spoiler alert – all kinds of FFXIV spoilers for content from 1.0 through to 5.55 are here, and speculation on the Endwalker trailer and details we have… Read more “My Incomplete List Of Loose Plot Threads I Want To See In Endwalker”
The Nature of “Retcons” And The Way World of Warcraft Tells Stories
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”
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