This week Sam and Ally discuss the many stages of testing throughout the course of game development. QA testers before the game ever gets into the hands of players. This day and age of Early Access for numerous titles on Steam where people pay to […]

Arcane Analysis Episode 18: Testing Comes in all Shapes and Sizes

Sam, Ally, and Tannlin sit down to discuss the recently implemented level scaling. Allowing players to complete the story line in a zone without out-leveling the area, or even allow skipping entire expansion’s leveling zones in favor of more attractive experiences. With the scaling came […]

Arcane Analysis Episode 27: Bring Leveling to Life

Tannlin makes a permanent return to the show, joining Sam and Ally to discuss gate-keeping, how players use external tools to develop arbitrary hurdles to ensure success in-game which can breed a less-than-pleasant environment for less progressed players. The show is recorded every other Tuesday. You […]

Arcane Analysis Episode 26: You Must Be This Tall To Raid

Sam and Ally talk about the fine line that players often tow between cleverly leveraging game mechanics and delving into exploits. The show is recorded every other Tuesday. You can listen here or find us on Stitcher,  iTunes, or Google Play. If you have any questions for the show, […]

Arcane Analysis Episode 25: Clever Use of Game Mechanics

Ally and Sam sit down with a guest co-host, Tannlin, to discuss the recently announced Classic Servers to be seen at an unknown date in the future. The trio discusses what they, as non-vanilla players, would like or expect to see on these special servers […]

Arcane Analysis Episode 24: Classic Servers

Ally and Sam are fresh from BlizzCon 2017 with lots of announcements, new features coming in Patch 7.3.5 and what we’ll see in the next expansion Battle for Azeroth! Allied races, Classic servers, improved social features, the next iteration of artifacts, the return of 3-player […]

Arcane Analysis Episode 18: Testing Comes in all Shapes and Sizes

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