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Emblem Strategy for the Super-Casual

Update! This arti­cle is well-intended but the truth has been revealed, and I guessed wrong. More infor­ma­tion in the arti­cle “Wrath Emblem Design Revealed”. How­ever, it kills me to delete text, so I’ll leave it here any­way. Also as a reminder to myself that design is opaque. Only raid or instance once a week? Won­der­ing [...]
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If, If, Wait, Wait

My 10-month-old daugh­ter is sick, cough­ing, con­gested. Con­fused. She doesn’t under­stand why my wife and I don’t just fix it. It’s impos­si­ble to explain that we would use this awe­some con­ges­tion power on any­one but her. So, lots of sooth­ing, lots of grumpy dia­per changes, lots of naps inter­rupted by vicious chok­ing on mucus. She [...]
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Return of the Mixed Blessing

“Hey guys, I’M BACK” What fol­lows isn’t always a fan­fare of trum­pets for the offi­cers of that guild.
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Expansions, Side Projects, and your Guild

Every time new con­tent becomes avail­able, it’s an oppor­tu­nity for change in how each player approaches the game. When the con­tent is as sig­nif­i­cant as an entire expan­sion, it can mean an influx of play­ers in the most obvi­ous way: peo­ple com­ing back because they want to see that new content. There’s a sec­ond, much [...]
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Everything is Always Moving

There’s a funny thing hap­pen­ing in my guild. I logged on late the other night to hope­fully luck into a quick instance run (didn’t hap­pen), and there were four peo­ple from my guild on. I didn’t rec­og­nize any of them. I vaguely remem­bered read­ing someone’s app from a lit­tle while ago, but that’s all. I mean, [...]
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