World Of Warcraft
3 things World of Warcraft should shamelessly steal from Diablo Immortal
Whatever your feelings are about Diablo Immortal, it has to be admitted that the mobile MMO has some pretty significant innovations in terms of its design to make the gameplay accessible and easy to drop in and out of.
How important is cross-faction play to you? How much do you think it will change World of Warcraft?
Patch 9.2.5 next week, and we're getting Cross-Faction Grouping, a feature I've wanted for years and years.
What keeps you coming back to a game?
I started playing Diablo 3 since it was released in 2012 (actually beforehand, because of the beta).
Which WoW expansion has had the best endgame?
I'm biased, but I really had a blast playing endgame in Cataclysm, and I think Dragon Soul may have been the best raid in terms of enough complexity and variety to make fights fun and challenging while still not being ridiculously over-taxing or over-designed.
What would you like to see if World of Warcraft added a sandbox creation tool?
I don't know if any of you played City of Heroes back in the day -- it shut down ten years ago, my God, I am literally aging to dust like that one villain in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade -- but one of the elements it had that fascinates me is that it had a content creator added at one point, where players could create small adventures for other players to experience.
What’s the most annoying trash mob in WoW?
Every expansion has that one mob which is just plain annoying.
Blizzard needs to show guilds some love, but Shadowlands hasn’t convinced me they will
Behold the Shadowlands -- four zones full of interesting and compelling content.
What are your favorite cooking moments in games?
I come from families where life revolves around food.
How to use the Black Market Auction House to get your Mighty Caravan Brutosaur
With the arrival of the pre-patch, the Reins of the Mighty Caravan Brutosaur went from a vendor item to an infrequent visitor on the Black Market Auction House (BMAH).
Dig back into the good ol’ days of Warcraft’s novel and comic roots with this Humble Bundle
It's not every day you see Warcraft show up on Humble Bundle, the pay-what-you-want-for-books-and-or-games site that lets you choose how to distribute your payment, with part of the proceeds benefitting a wide variety of charities.