Diablo IV – The Start of End Game from a Casuals Perspective
As noted in my previous post, I decided to try the Capstone dungeon after completing the campaign (doing this with average gear); as expected, the key mobs hit like a…
Diablo IV – 3 Days Later
As expected (and still playing semi-casually), my "exploration" tendencies (helped greatly once I unlocked the mount) ended up driving me to uncover the fog of war for the entire map…
Diablo IV – Launch Day Impressions
I wasn't expecting to be playing Diablo IV, but I was gifted the game (to try and get me to at least give the entire game a fair shake -…
Diablo IV Launch/Tribalism in the Franchise and ARPG Genre
With the launch of Diablo IV (D4) just around the corner (for early access), I've been literally staying away from reading/watching anything related to the game since I know how…
Diablo IV – Beta Thoughts
With this weekends open beta weekend coming to a close, I thought I would continue my impressions (from the early access weekend) of what the public was allowed to test…
Diablo IV – Open Beta Disconnects and Queues
Despite Blizzard's heads up about lengthy queues given this weekends "free for all" open beta, I was able to login within 5 minutes at launch. The biggest issue in the…
Diablo IV – Beta Early Access Thoughts
First off, I did say recently that Diablo IV would be a hard pass given the unresolved nature of Activision Blizzard (the Microsoft acquisition and Blizzard Entertainment leadership where in…
Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard
Microsoft Press Release I've been sitting on this writing my thoughts, and constantly just deleting it. Why? For one, the acquisition will be in all cash with Microsoft acquiring Activision…