The Fundamental Problem Plaguing MMOs
Imagine what would happen if your favorite restaurant changed out their staff every few years? It would be hard to believe that the quality of the food would still remain …
Tag: MMO
The Persecution, Cancellation, and Replacement of Straight White Male Blizzard Developers
Until a few weeks ago, I had no idea who Geoff Frazier was or who he worked for. I’ve been covering Blizzard’s World of Warcraft for years and I have …
Amazon’s Depraved New World MMORPG: a Trojan Horse of Corporate Wokeness and Gender Theory Propaganda
I wanted to like New World, I really did. But, only a few minutes after loading the program, I was subjected to gratuitous identity politics hectoring that quickly eroded the …
The Explosive Revelation that Challenged the Myth of EverQuest Creator and Gamer God Brad McQuaid
The unfortunate reality that the EverQuest franchise — the most profitable enterprise in Sony history according to veteran MMORPG dev Jeff Butler — never fully developed and actualized its massive …
Blizzard is Using Disturbing Violent Imagery to Recruit New Developers
For over 20 years, video game studios have making false promises about their studio culture to woo naive developers to join them. The careers section of every studio has the …
Don’t Tell Koster and Bartle but More Freedom Exists in Virtual Worlds than the Real World
As our world rapidly descends into totalitarianism via the ruse of preposterous COVID lockdowns, pervasive Big Tech censorship, and so-called “hate speech” laws, I have come to the sobering conclusion …
World of Warcraft Lore Dev Steve Danuser Uses Blizzard Lawsuit to Virtue Signal
Steve Danuser cares™. You have to hand it to the this ambitious industry veteran who is both a survivor and a chameleon. Like most clever leftists, he never lets a …
Removing Only Afrasiabi’s Vanity NPCs from World of Warcraft Would be a Big Mistake for Blizzard
For the past few days, the Twitter outrage mob have been demanding that Blizzard remove all references to alleged sexual harasser Alex Afrasiabi from World of Warcraft. Petitions have surfaced …
EverQuest 3 or Lord of the Rings Online 2: Enad Global 7 CEO Robin Flodin Just Announced a New MMO is in the Works
In 2020, something remarkable happened to the EverQuest franchise: it was purchased by Enad Global 7. EG7 is a very serious company that is taking an active interest in the …
Short Takes: The Player is the Ultimate Game Designer
In my mind, there is no doubt that in sandbox virtual words, the player is the ultimate game designer. What other genre of entertainment can you choose your face, your …
Why is Asmongold Simping for Ex-Blizzard and Former WoW Dev Jeff Kaplan?
Earlier this week, Jeff “Papa” Kaplan resigned from Blizzard and took his ball and went home. It was a slow news day in the video game world and most every …
The Absolute Wretched State of the MMORPG Genre
Normally I avoid talking about YouTubers and streamers. Today’s video centric video game commentary scene is much like blogging was 20 years ago. It’s a good fit for today’s short …
Official WoW Volunteer Tester Claims Blizzard Developers Insulted and Belittled Fellow Testers
According to Twitter user @MagdalenaKDuser, since 2013, Blizzard Entertainment has maintained secret and private forums for elite World of Warcraft volunteer theorycrafter testers to share their insights into class builds …
GLAAD is Incentivizing Video Game Studios to Create LGBTQ Propaganda
We can all breathe a sigh of relief. America got lucky this year. Thanks to the China Wuhan virus and a month of riots, looting, arson, murder, mayhem, and desecration …
It’s Time for the Alliance to Take Down their Racist Statues and Defund the Stormwind Army
Open Letter to the Nobles of Stormwind, Forgive me for this bold intrusion but what I am about to say is of the utmost importance. You may know me, for …
Darkpaw Games Promotes Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Non-Binary, Asexual, and Pansexual Pride Propaganda in EverQuest
As expected, Darkpaw Games is continuing to disseminate LGBT PRIDE propaganda in both EverQuest and EverQuest 2 MMORPGs. This month they offered 3 new PRIDE themed pet bunnies to complement …
Blizzard President J. Allen Brack Makes the Ridiculous Claim that WoW is Just as Social as it was When Released
Want to know a dirty little secret about the video game industry? Many top executives and even some developers don’t even play their own games. It seems crazy but it’s …
Former Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime Admits Making WoW More Accessible Eroded its Social Nature
After years of speculation, we finally have the official smoking gun as to why World of Warcraft was dumbed down with the release of the Cataclysm expansion. They did this …
Darkpaw Games Fails to Honor Black History Month in EverQuest’s Norrath
In an act of shocking indifference and betrayal to all black gamers, Darkpaw Games a subsidiary of Daybreak Games failed to honor Black History Month within their long-running MMORPGs EverQuest …
Prediction: The New EverQuest will be a Multiplayer Action RPG with MMO elements
All journeys come to an end. I have uncovered some additional information regarding the future of EverQuest and if you love MMORPGs, it’s not good. In three previous articles where …
More Evidence that a New EverQuest Game is on the Horizon
After months of rumors of imminent studio changes, last week, Daybreak Games finally announced it was splitting into 3 studios. One of their new studios named Darkpaw Games is solely …
Daybreak Games Creates a Permanent Memorial for Brad McQuaid in EverQuest
Rumors started abounding on various forums that a permanent memorial to Aradune Mithara was placed in a small secluded hamlet in Norrath’s the Plains of Eastern Karana. Today I logged …
20 Years Later: The State of Fantasy Virtual Words in 2019
The recent passing of EverQuest co-founder and MMORPG visionary Brad McQuaid has caused me to pause and take stock of the fantasy virtual world genre that was born 20 years …