How important are progression systems in gaming, and what’s the ideal progression system to you?
While your exact definition may differ, to me, a progression system is any system in a game that allows you to accomplish a goal and gain something that feels rewarding.
WRUP: This weekend, Team Blizzard Watch is attending musical events, loving cute animals, and playing a lot of video games
Ah, Friday.
Paladins get a glowup in latest One D&D playtest
Alongside the previous look at the Cleric and the fresh new look at the Druid, the newest One D&D playtest material also focuses on another iconic class, the Paladin.
Blizzard Watch Weekly Wrap-up: A week of important Diablo announcements
Despite this week's Diablo buzz, it's been relatively quiet for us Blizzard Watchers...
How to spend your first five points in Diablo 3 Season 28’s Altar of Rites
Diablo 3 Season 28: Rites of Sanctuary, going live later today, introduces the Altar of Rites to New Tristram, granting incredible (account-wide) boons.
One D&D playtest material completely reshapes the Druid
Now that we've all had a chance to absorb the results of January's Open Gaming License controversy, Wizards of the Coast has released a new round of playtest material for the upcoming One D&D.
The Queue: Friday is a state of mind
If Friday is a state of mind, then it is always Friday and it is never Friday. All week we hope for Friday, and when Friday comes we wait for five o’clock when we can go off to our exciting weekend plans, and then the weekend zooms by and it’s Monday again. That Friday feeling is fleeting, ephemeral, and always out of reach — either in a too distant future or drifting into the past, but never the present.
But for this brief moment in time, it is Friday. Let us enjoy our Friday together for the brief time it lasts. Let’s Queue.
Blizzard Watch Podcast: The Diablo 4 beta is nigh
This week we discuss the two announced beta weekends for Diablo 4 coming up in March, the new talent system in Diablo 3 Season 28, and the Diablo Immortal patch that finally adds what the game has been missing all along: fishing.
What effect does the range of gender customization in a video game have on your interest in that game? How do those options impact your choice of in-game avatar?
Looking at my roster of characters in World of Warcraft and Diablo 3, I have almost exclusively chosen to create characters with female-presenting avatars.
Live out your mariachi fantasy with the white-quality transmog Haliscan outfit in patch 10.0.5
Thanks to patch 10.0.5 and the ability to transmog white-quality items, you too can finally look like you're just taking a break from performing with a mariachi band to do some questing on the Dragon Isles.



