Tag: World of Warcraft
Jason Schreier’s new book Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment reads like a eulogy written by the wrong priest. It’s reverent, selective, and ultimately dishonest—not because …
On September 9, 2021, Chris Metzen — the once-venerated creative visionary behind Warcraft and StarCraft — posted an apology so drenched in preemptive guilt and ideological conformity that it read …
When Ion Hazzikostas took the stage in Malmö this spring to reflect on 20 years of World of Warcraft, he delivered a polished, corporate-safe narrative that has become all too …
Blizzard Entertainment has unveiled its 2025 Pride Collection, once again partnering with GLAAD—an activist nonprofit with a clear ideological mission. The company insists this initiative is about “inclusion,” but the …
One of the most overlooked yet essential elements of MMORPG design isn’t found in mechanics, graphics, or even content cadence. It’s something deeper and more primal: a core struggle — …
Role-playing games (RPGs) have long been a bastion of fantasy escapism, providing players with immersive worlds built on medieval European traditions. These games offered heroic adventures, grand quests, and clearly …
If Amazon Games plays their cards right, they could see their upcoming Lord of the Rings MMORPG dethrone Blizzard’s aging giant, World of Warcraft. WoW is showing its age, not …
If you wait long enough, a bad penny turns up. I just learned that Steve “Moorgard” Danuser has completed time off from working on Blizzard’s World of Warcraft and taken …
The nonsensical phrase body type has replaced gender and sex designation in many popular RPGs in the past few years. This is a top-down initiative that has been implemented to …
With the recent publication of Jason Schreir’s book Play Nice: The Rise and Fall of Blizzard, the topic of the Irvine studio’s demise is being hotly debated. I am reading …
The following is a commentary-free summary of John Hight’s The First 30 Years of ‘Warcraft’: The Making of a Game Universe presentation at GDC 2024. INVEN, a Korean gaming website, …
In December of 2023, the news broke that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit against Activision-Blizzard was finally settled and they will pay $18 million in compensation. Few industries …
