Senior games, tech and business contributor for Forbes and a bunch of other places. Master's degree in CS/A.I. Proliferator of characters named Gbits.
Joined July 2014
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19 Mar 2024
Who wants to join up so we can kill everything but each other?? One of my latest.
World of Warcraft’s battle royale mode won’t force you to PvP so you can 'have an awesome pirate party with your friends and collect plunder’ trib.al/L4Fo251
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19 Mar 2024
In-depth #warwithin timing math here. Thanks for the opportunity to write it!
Blizzard's World of Warcraft patch schedule suggests The War Within expansion will launch in August. trib.al/ID4Zy7P
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19 Mar 2024
Super fun writnig this one! Great editing by @tylercolp
Blizzard secretly made a battle royale game inside World of Warcraft to 'break the rules' its had for 20 years. trib.al/FZ2KXgo
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1 Mar 2024
Thanks to @Jannthaman, the gamer-turned-racer whose life became the @granturismo movie, who gave me a great video interview in an airport on his way to win the Gulf Historic in Dubai. #GranTurismo #GT7 @thegranturismo
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11 Nov 2023
Another story of mine thanks to my friends @pcgamer. Interview with @WatcherDev on #warcraft #TheWarWithin!
Warcraft’s game director explains why Blizzard debuted three expansions at once: 'Speaking it out loud makes it real.' trib.al/N9ZDDiq
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11 Nov 2023
Nothing to worry about here, ladies. Carry on and ignore that errant druid... #warcraft #druidsoftheflamearepeopletoo
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The WoW Classic team is expanding so they can experiment more: 'We are slowly crafting things that are effectively Classic Plus' trib.al/j1vR64a
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10 Nov 2023
Thanks again to @pcgamer for the opportunity. Another story with @OptimusJones and Linny Cooke Saverline on #WowClassic !
The WoW Classic team is expanding so they can experiment more: 'We are slowly crafting things that are effectively Classic Plus'
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10 Nov 2023
Woohoo! MoP challenge portals too, please.
Mythic portals will be account bound in War Within!
#warcraft #Dragonflight
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10 Nov 2023
.@SamwiseDidier (best gaming name ever) just announced he's retiring from Blizzard. I had the good fortune to profile him a few years back. He's an original, our own Frank Frazetta, and his impact on this industry has been absolutely enormous.
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10 Nov 2023
WoW director says its most controversial new class specialization is OP because it had to be: "The community is naturally skeptical of things they don't understand" trib.al/b0tgcdr
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Why Diablo 4's loot filter isn't ready yet: 'Every perceivably simple decision has some kind of crazy cause and effect' trib.al/33GZb82
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World of Warcraft: Classic was supposed to recreate the past, but now it feels like WoW's creative future trib.al/SGaYcpz
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9 Nov 2023
And another @pcgamer story of mine on #DiabloIV for #BlizzCon2023 (Thanks for the opportunity, guys!)
Why Diablo 4's loot filter isn't ready yet: 'Every perceivably simple decision has some kind of crazy cause and effect'
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9 Nov 2023
First of two @pcgamer stories today from #blizzcon2023, this one from @OptimusJones and Linny Cooke Saverline. #WowClassic #SeasonofDiscovery
World of Warcraft: Classic was supposed to recreate the past, but now it feels like WoW's creative future
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9 Nov 2023
Next one - more from @WatcherDev at #blizzcon2023. #Warcraft #WOW
Warcraft’s Next Three Expansions Will Be Just As Big, Blizzard Says
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9 Nov 2023
I think it's time y'all did some cross promotion, @Warcraft & @ToasterStrudel.
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9 Nov 2023
The first of many BlizzCon interview stories from @WatcherDev (thankya, sir!)
Warcraft Will Have Three Patches And Fated Raids Before The War Within #warcraft #wow #blizzcon2023
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