I don’t normally make this sort of news post, but it is important for even more people to see both the new rule, the story, and to be aware of the kind of things Blizzard will do to your account and how their GMs will behave regarding those things. It seems a World of Warcraft player had an account banned for a new rule that Blizzard hasn’t announced, posted anywhere, told anyone or otherwise informed the players about. After the break, see the entire reddit post embed along with the Wowhead link where I found this story that has additional images of the posters conversation with Blizzard GMs.
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Twitch Ads (and other Revenue)
Recently Twitch.TV (also now known as Prime Gaming) has been making changes to how ads run on their service. They have found a way (and then another way and so forth) to stop ad blockers from letting people avoid their ads. Now, this has been on ongoing battle between adblocks and Twitch but it seems the tides are turning in favor of the streaming giant and the users are left unable to circumvent the series of sponsored videos. This has led to a slew of rage-filled posts on the Twitch subreddit and elsewhere as people feel bombarded with unwanted ads. While I’m no fan of ads interrupting my viewing experience, I seem to have the unpopular opinion that Twitch attempting to ensure their ads get seen is… okay.
In this post, I’m going to discuss the if Twitch forcing ads is okay (and what would be okay if not what they are doing), their other means of revenue, and what the options mean to the end user.
(more…)How Much Time Played is Enough to get an Impression?
Recently I made a post regarding Amazon’s New World preview event and my experiences there. I got a lot of push back because having only played five and a half hours is apparently not enough time to give a first impression. I didn’t hit max level and do every single piece of content, so how can I have any opinions about the game? Part of me thought that it might be fanboy rage because I dared to say anything critical (despite saying overall that the game looks good), but it still seems worth while to examine the criticism.
In this post, I’m going to discuss the differences between a review and a first impression as well as what is a fair amount of time to experience a game before making some sort of judgement about the game or it’s systems.
(more…)Gamer Art: September 2020
Honestly, I don’t know if this will end up being a regular feature, but, if it is, you could expect a random selection of cool gaming-related artwork I’ve seen in the past month or so. Share/comment if you like.
Without any adieu whatsoever, here’s the art.
Color Cosmology Chart v2 (World of Warcraft). Art by ATJ2K19 on Reddit. Originally found HERE.