Lore Watch
Lore Watch Podcast: How “Satanic Panic” changed media in the 80s, with ripple effects to today
Most people think of the 80s as a simple time full of big hair and scrunchies, but those of us who were into Dungeons and Dragons will remember the Satanic Panic, a period of time when parents were terrified that every piece of media was making their children evil.
Lore Watch Podcast: Just a few of the breadcrumbs leading us to Midnight
Lore Watch this week explores three questions sent in by our listeners, all ending in answers we may see as we go forward into Midnight.
Lore Watch: The weird similarities shared by the Kirin Tor and the Jedi Order
With the rigidity of the structure of the Kirin Tor and the Jedi Order, and their propensity for keeping secrets about power -- and sometimes that power for themselves -- there are a ton of parallels between these two organizations.
Lore Watch Podcast: Fragments of worlds and world souls
Two listener questions form bookends to an overarching concept this week on the Lore Watch Podcast.
Lore Watch Podcast: Our Lorewalking wish list
The new Lorewalking feature in World of Warcraft is one we can use to explore more moments from the game we haven't seen, or explore the ones we have seen more in-depth.
Lore Watch Podcast: The evolution of Dragons (and other fantasy creatures)
On this week's Lore Watch Podcast, Joe and Matt are joined again by our writer Eric O'Dea, and they continue to explore how the telling and re-telling of stories about creatures in folklore has evolved into the creatures we now know in some of our favorite media.
Lore Watch Podcast: Xal’atath, the Void, and the dawn of Azeroth’s creation
This week's episode was inspired by a question from a listener, about where the story is going from here as we make our way toward the next expansion of World of Warcraft, Midnight.
Lore Watch from the Archives: Cyberpunk Edgerunners explores a crumbling dystopia
The Netflix animated show Cyberpunk Edgerunners is a great entry in the Cyberpunk universe, and one we felt worth exploring in-depth.
Lore Watch Podcast: Crucial source material
While we do enjoy going off on wild tangents or thinking about "what if," sometimes it's important to just go back to the crucial source material.
Lore Watch Podcast: On the origins of the Sethrak
Join our hosts Joe Perez and Matt Rossi as they discuss the lore around the Sethrak, the snakelike humanoids we initially met in Vol'dun in Battle for Azeroth.



