Scott F. Andrews

Scott F. Andrews is a 13-year veteran of Blizzard Watch and its previous incarnation. He's been a Blizzard fan since the day he first logged into WoW in 2004. He is the author of The Guild Leader's Handbook, based on his long-running Officers' Quarters column. Scott enjoys reading and writing fiction, drinking craft beer, and traveling the world. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife, son, and chihuahua.

BlizzCon

Scott F. AndrewsNovember 1, 2019

Crush, shred, and burn demons with Diablo 4’s first three classes

In Diablo 4, players will be able to crush their enemies with the Barbarian, rip them apart with the Druid, and burn them to ash with the Sorceress. In…
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Hearthstone

Scott F. AndrewsNovember 1, 2019

Hearthstone’s new Battlegrounds mode will offer 8-player competition

In my post about what Blizzard needed to do this BlizzCon, I said that Hearthstone had gotten stale, that it needed a new game mode unlike anything we’d seen…
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Diablo

Scott F. AndrewsNovember 8, 2019

Diablo 4 will have the PVP combat that Diablo 3 promised

Blizzard announced a gritty, grim, and deeply dark Diablo 4 at today’s opening ceremony, for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. And while the whole game looks exciting, one…
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Editorial

Scott F. AndrewsOctober 4, 2019

Blizzard must show off their passion at BlizzCon 2019

What has defined Blizzard over the years for me are two things: polish and passion. The polish is never in question. Blizzard rarely releases anything “too soon.” Sure, there…
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WoW Archivist

Scott F. AndrewsMay 27, 2019

The 9 best spells returning to Azeroth in WoW Classic

The WoW Classic beta is here! In some ways, it feels like WoW Archivist is becoming unnecessary. Soon we will all be living in a world where WoW Classic…
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WoW Archivist

Scott F. AndrewsMarch 12, 2019

Mists, Warlords, and Legion — what was the greatest era of modern WoW?

In the first half of this retrospective of all the eras of WoW, Wrath of the Lich King came out ahead as the early frontrunner. But was it actually…
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WoW Archivist

Scott F. AndrewsFebruary 25, 2019

Classic, Burning Crusade, Wrath, and Cataclysm — what was the greatest era of WoW?

Let’s be honest: There’s been a lot of negativity about Blizzard and about WoW these past six months. We don’t need to recap it all. Mainly it comes down…
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WoW Archivist

Scott F. AndrewsDecember 17, 2018

WoW Archivist: A Classic story about cross-faction communication (or lack thereof)

One of the longstanding and controversial principles of WoW has been the inability to talk to the other faction. There have been a few exceptions over the years, but…
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BlizzCon

Scott F. AndrewsMay 31, 2022

Blizzard could have avoided the Diablo Immortal PR catastrophe

The scene was heartbreaking for pretty much everyone involved: fans, guests developers from NetEase, and Blizzard staff alike. Principal game designer Wyatt Cheng, tasked with sharing his vision of…
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BlizzCon

Scott F. AndrewsNovember 2, 2018

BlizzCon 2018: Worgen and goblin model updates announced for patch 8.2.5

One of the most requested features in WoW is an update for the Cataclysm-era goblin and worgen models. At the BlizzCon What’s Next panel, Blizzard announced that both races…
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