LOST ARK 2024 Roadmap = Great IF You Enjoy the Item Level Treadmill
This roadmap (part 1) for the first couple of months for Lost Ark, pretty much highlights why I don't see myself returning to it anytime soon (if at all). This…
ArcheAge – Pre-merge/Post-merge Property
A little over a week has passed since the service merge took place for ArcheAge Legacy and ArcheAge Unchained (with the land rush taking place a weekend ago), where the…
Gamers Need to STOP Being Gullible Suckers
I've long made my stance clear on Kickstarter and Early Access titles (I mostly stay away from them). While there are developers who are legitimately trying to obtain funding to…
Throne and Liberty – Why The “Dislike” in Korea?
Not very long after Throne and Liberty launched in South Korea, NC's official Inven (KR) forum began filling up with some pretty negative takes on the game. Some were stating…
Throne and Liberty Officially Launches in Korea
It's finally happened; this long in development hell title, has finally seen the actual light of day in South Korea. NC must be breathing a sigh of relief (given how…
After 8 Years… (plus 2023 year ending thoughts)
After 8 years, I finally changed the title at the top (a couple of weeks ago) from "walls of text by a (former) Diablo III player" to what it is…
Twitch Pulling Out of South Korea in February 2024
In what must have been like a bomb going off, many South Korean streamers who have managed to make a living streaming on the Twitch platform, are finding themselves suddenly…
ArcheAge (Legacy) and ArcheAge Unchained Post-Merger/Land Rush Thoughts
As of the December 2nd land rush, the 36 hours leading up to it was consumed by this merging of the two game services for the ArcheAge franchise in NA/EU…