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There's a game I like to play - wait, no, that's a lie. There's a game I do play called "Oh, I Made Myself Sad."...

The simplest analogy I can think of for World of Warcraft: Classic is being served a breakfast of toasted plain white bread with...

So now we have a date at the end of August for World of Warcraft: Classic. That's actually a lot later than I had expected,...

Here's the genesis of this particular article: I saw speculation over on Blizzard Watch that we were about a year too early for...

Let's talk about fan expectations and naked fanservice for a bit. In fact, let's start with the Power Nine from Magic: the Gathering, and...

So the conclusion to the Azshara raid has been mined out, and I'm just going to link it to you here. I don't...

To be entirely honest, you might have expected this column a little bit earlier because it's been a hot minute since Ion Hazzikostas

This week, after some 7000 words on this particular topic, I'm starting off by acknowledging what should be a rather obvious fact: My...

The fun thing about bringing up the story of World of Warcraft is that you inevitably have some folks who will immediately crop up and...

As part of a WoW Factor column experiment relating to our March 2019 article, we've taken a stab at an alternative version of WoW's plotline.

We've spent three weeks explaining, in no small amount of detail, why people are unhappy with the current state of World of Warcraft....

Remember earlier this week when I was talking about the difference between leveling as a part of the game vs. leveling as a...

We're continuing on in our tour of why people are upset about the current World of Warcraft expansion, and I think it's important...

One of the complicated challenges of writing about World of Warcraft is sorting out the stuff that's happening now from the stuff that's been...

There's a narrative that's been making the rounds for a little while now among the World of Warcraft community, buoyed a lot by the...

No, I'm still not done with thinking about the game's zones and how they relate to Classic. Because while I've already covered the zones...

Yeah, so Kalimdor has changed a bit in World of Warcraft. I'm going to be honest and say that I've never actually liked Kalimdor very...

The one down side to working ahead is that sometimes your schedule gets nudged around more than expected. I promise that a further look...

We've got a little while until World of Warcraft actually drops its Classic server, but the nice thing is that those of us who...

Let's get something out of the way first and foremost. I am not going to count Warcraft III: Reforged as a smart thing for...