Hello and happy Thursday, February 17! I once had a college professor who would put an “h” sound in front of “wh” words (so, hwheat). I didn’t find it annoying or anything, but now any time I decided to put an h sound in front of a w, I think of that professor and that class (it was an Anthropology/Archaeology course about early civilizations, for the curious).

Anyhow, it’s an exciting Thursday so we’re diving right in!

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I've been ruminating on the events of Mass Effect 2 and 3, and the more I do, the more that I believe there's a mysterious shadow conspiracy at the heart of the Mass Effect trilogy.

Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) added a new feature called Combat Styles in their recently launched expansion, Legacy of the Sith.

The latest patch for World of Warcraft has almost arrived, and Shadowlands patch 9.2 is taking us to Zereth Mortis, the primal workshop for all of the Shadowlands.

Shadowlands patch 9.2 will see players take the fight to the Jailer and his minions for the final time.

I have long since given up on trying to get holiday mounts -- no Hallow's End, no Love Is In The Air, none of it.

It is apparently the season of enormous patches that take a year to download and install. The giant Cyberpunk 2077 patch just dropped, as did a surprise Baldur’s Gate 3 patch that finally lets us play Barbarians. They are 50 and 90 gigs, respectively. I had to delete several video games I’m not currently playing just to make room for them. So yeah, that’s pretty much what I did last night. What are you all up to?

This week we explore the best expansion for leveling, how the lore revelations in Shadowlands have changed the definition of a demon, and what kind of in-game hints we may be seeing that would signal the theme of future World of Warcraft content.

Reputation is a major mechanic in World of Warcraft, representing how various factions in the game feel about your character and their actions.

I'm sad to say that, after playing it a lot, I'm fairly "meh" about Assassin's Creed Valhalla's upcoming DLC, Dawn of Ragnarok.