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Shadowlands heads towards its denouement, as does the current story arc, which started with Legion, five-and-a-half years ago.

The true sign of a new year is the arrival of Awesome Games Done Quick.

When we last saw Azshara back in patch 8.3, we had freed her from Dark Inquisitor Xanesh and in payment she gave us Xal'atath as means of defeating N'Zoth.

There are certain characters, settings, and properties that just feel tailor-made for a video game, especially when the industry is capable of turning major media into surprisingly good experiences like Guardians of the Galaxy — heck, even Oswald the Lucky Rabbit has gotten a game.

The subtitle to this post could just be and why is it Arcane because Arcane is one of, if not the, best video game tie-in stories I've ever seen Yes, even better than The Last Guardian, my previous favorite. The Last Guardian is one of the best novels ever set in a game world, which may not be a surprise as it features characters like Medivh and Khadgar and is written by Jeff Grubb, longtime AD&D designer and author of the Azure Bonds tie-in novel, which introduced Dragonbait the Saurial and yes I admit it I loved that book because it made dinosaur people canon in D&D.

I think at this point the Horde and Alliance need to exist as separate and somewhat adversarial entities in World of Warcraft.

What kind of year would it be if we didn't close out with our collective Game of the Year (GOTY) choices?

It's been a rough year.

When you're planning to write your own unique Dungeons & Dragons campaign rather than a pre-made, fully-realized campaign -- also referred to as homebrew -- it can be incredibly fun to go hog wild on the worldbuilding.

I am an ardent believer that not only is it fun to play a wide variety of TTRPGs, it can also improve your skill as a player or game master in every system you play.