Obligatory New Year Post

So, those who follow this site may have noticed that there hasn’t been many updates in the last couple of months. This has been partially due to person obligations with the creators, but, and mostly, there’s been something feeling missing with games recently. We don’t want this to just be a beacon of negativity, but so many of the recent release that some or all of us were hopeful for (New World, Shadowlands and patches, Warzone, Battlefield 2042, Elyon) that would have yielded content would have ended up with posts like “Why This Game Sucks, Too”. With this demotivation, the website redesign is also a bit behind.

What is coming this year, after all?

It isn’t all doom and gloom. The redesign will come, along with a means of submitting guest posts for the site. Guest posting will give you the opportunity of creating some gaming content if you don’t already have a platform or provide a means of promoting your platform though backlinks on the post. The redesign should also make browsing for the type of content you want a little bit smoother.

And the Content?

You can expect games such as Lost Ark, Elden Ring, Warzone, Raid: Shadow Legends, World of Warcraft and more. We’ll be doing reviews, more “Is it Pay to Win“, editorials, and possibly could see the introduction of “Is it Toxic” – a new column we’ve been considering to gauge the toxicity of a game and it’s community. The youtube channel will likely see a video version of some of this, along with general gameplay footage – especially of any upcoming/bete access games.

Overall, we’re just hoping that 2022 can bring a little bit more quality to gaming and the companies that make the games we all play.

Gamer Art: April 2021

Check out April’s Featured Gamer Art, a monthly column of art that I’ve found found in the past few weeks. Art can include paintings, drawings, digital art, physical crafts, cosplay and more.

Unlike last month where I ended up a little short on art, this month’s Gamer Art has had an abundance. I might need to start finding a way to filter this, make a theme each month, or something. Perhaps a way for people to submit their art as opposed to just what I find. Not sure, but look for some changes to this in the coming months, maybe.

This month has The Witcher, World of Warcraft, Destiny 2, Cyberpunk 2077, Monster Hunter, Nier Automata, Pokemon, God of War, League of Legends and Assassins Creed Valhalla.

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Is it Pay to Win?: World of Warcraft

Welcome to ‘Is it Pay to Win’ – a column where we examine a game and decide if that game is has aspects of pay to win and to what extent. Check out Is it Pay to Win?: Defined to see how we break down the components of pay to win (p2w), such as pay for advantage, pay for convenience, and pay for cosmetics.

World of Warcraft is a game that needs no introduction, but, we’re going to do it anyway. World of Warcraft or WoW is one of the worlds preeminent MMORPGs. It has a purchase cost (buy to play), a monthly subscription (pay to play), a token that can be bought with cash and sold for in game currency, and cash shop with game services and cosmetics.

Scoring:

  • Pay for Power: 3/5
  • Pay for Advantage: 5/5
  • Pay for Convenience: 3/5
  • Pay for Cosmetics: 4/5
  • Pay to Win: 3.4/5

Continue reading to see a game description and how we came up with those scores.

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Shadowlands Story Leveling Experience

The expansion is out and while end game tends to be the main focus of the game, leveling is still where it starts. How is the leveling experience this time around? In this post, I’ll talk about the introduction, the maw, each of the zones, and how long it took us, plus my overall opinion of it. Hint: It wasn’t terribly long, but it felt like it in some places. Also, slight spoilers in here.

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