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 …
Tag: MMORPG
Blizzard Showcases Diversity Hire and Ex-EverQuest Dev Holly Longdale at BlizzCon 2021 with WoW Classic Role
Day One of BlizzCon 2021 is over and a figure familiar to EverQuest veterans has shown up. It is none other than ex-EverQuest Lead Producer Holly Longdale. Regular readers of …
Where’s the Beef Rob Pardo? Four Years and $25 Million Later Bonfire Studios Still has Not Announced their First Video Game
Executive Vice President of Game Design Rob Pardo resigned from Blizzard Entertainment in July 3, 2014. Over two years later in September of 2016, he resurfaced and announced the formation …
Ex-EverQuest Designer Jonathan “Prathun” Caraker Lands Job at Blizzard
The hemorrhaging of talent at Darkpaw Games continues. As I suspected, Jonathan “Prathun” Caraker a designer with 18 years experience working on EverQuest, is now working as a game designer …
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 …
Magnificent Unearthed EverQuest Next Concept Art from 2017
The cancellation of the ambitious EverQuest Next MMORPG in 2016 was a dagger in the heart for many loyal EverQuest fans. While the voxel technology didn’t pan out, there was …
Welcome to the Machine: Luke Sigmund Escapes Daybreak Games and Joins Blizzard Entertainment
Luke Sigmund hit the jackpot and won the video game career lottery. With no fanfare or maudlin farewell letter, he quietly left Daybreak Games and is now employed by the …
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 …
Did Holly Longdale Leave Daybreak Games Because They Cancelled EverQuest 3?
Given the news that former EverQuest executive producer has just revealed she is now working for Blizzard, I’m now going to indulge in some speculation as to why she left …
Holly Longdale Lands WoW Classic Producer Job at Blizzard
The mystery has been solved. According to Holly Longdale’s LinkedIn page, she’s landed a principal game producer gig at Blizzard Entertainment. What is really interesting is that the former EverQuest …
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 …