Christian Thoma

The 2024 World of Warcraft development roadmap was released yesterday for Retail and for Classic and I love how forthcoming the development team has gotten in the past year with these and other updates. That said, I want to talk about something more important: the term “roadmap.”

We all pretty much know what a roadmap is, but speaking as someone of an advanced age they used to be ubiquitous and necessary just for normal everyday driving in your neighborhood. But in this era of in-car navigation and GPS applications on your phones they’re kind of a relic from a bygone time. While not completely obsolete I’m certain that the number sold annually has plummeted dramatically in the past twenty years. Pretty soon a “roadmap” will only exist as a curiosity, and like the Save File icon the term will be a reference to something that’s no longer around.

Well enough of that, let me navigate out of this intro and answer some questions!

It’s time for Winter Veil in World of Warcraft and your Dragonriding mount is ready to enjoy the festivities with their own special Winter Veil Armor.

The Game Awards were last week and while they were their standard celebration of the year's best video games and creators (congratulations again to Baldur's Gate 3 on winning Game of the Year), there was a lot of criticism afterwards.

It's been a big week for gaming, with The Game Awards airing Thursday night (congratulations to Baldur's Gate 3 on winning Game of the Year) and with Day of the Devs and Wholesome Games showing off games on Wednesday.

Tonight is the 2023 Game Awards and this may be the fiercest Game of the Year competition I've ever seen, with Baldur's Gate 3 going against Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom for the top award.

Having finished Persona 5 Tactica I’m now playing A Highland Song which came out yesterday and it’s a really gorgeous game. The artwork and music are both perfect, and the “chasing a deer” rhythm mini-game is delightful. It’s possible I’ll get frustrated at some point trying to puzzle out the right path, but for now I’m having a lot of fun.

While I take a break from scrambling over Scottish peaks, let’s answer some questions!

Tomorrow night is the 2023 edition of The Game Awards and there's quite the battle shaping up for Game of the Year between Baldur's Gate 3 and Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Amirdrassil is the last raid of Dragonflight and there is a new Legendary that can be acquired from the final boss Fyrakk: Fyr'alath the Dream Render.

As December rapidly approaches we're now hitting a standard lull in the gaming calendar, with the selection of new releases probably the thinnest we'll see all year -- although there are a couple titles I'm planning to pick up next month.

As many of you know we’ve run into a bit of issue lately with ad revenue (among other things). As part of it we’re looking into different ad providers, and a new one has just started — so if you see any major issues (autoplaying ads, for example) please let us know in the comments or on Discord. We ask that you are patient for the next few weeks as we suss out the new system and try a few different things. Thanks for all of your support!

Tomorrow may be a holiday in the US but today is a working day so let’s ask and answer some questions!