Val Hull

Val Hull

Resident role-playing RPG game expert. Knows where trolls and paladins come from. You must fight for your right to gather your party before venturing forth.

Todd Howard Podcast Interview

While undoubtedly a busy man, Bethesda’s game director and executive producer Todd Howard recently spent a few hours being interviewed by one Lex Fridman as part of the latter’s podcast. As you might expect from such a massive interview, it…

EverQuest II: Renewal of Ro Expansion Now Live

If you prefer your MMORPG expansions sufficiently old-school, you might want to turn your attention to Renewal of Ro, the 19th expansion for Darkpaw Games’ EverQuest II. Priced at $34.99 for the Standard Edition, this latest bit of extra content…

Pentiment – Josh Sawyer’s Background

Following the recent launch of Pentiment, Obsidian Entertainment’s Josh Sawyer made an appearance on Eurogamer’s podcast to talk about his career and how his various interests and hobbies came together to create his latest historical adventure. Here’s a quick excerpt…

Disco Elysium – Setting’s Origins

What with ZA/UM Studio and the actual people behind Disco Elysium currently butting heads in the court of law, you might be interested in learning where and how it all began. If that’s the case, this recent Medium post from…

The Witcher Remake Gets an Open World

When The Witcher Remake was revealed, we didn’t know much about this project apart from the fact that it was being developed by Fool’s Theory using the Unreal Engine 5. And while that’s still mostly the case, CD Projekt’s Q3…

Path of Exile 3.20 Balance Manifesto – Curses

The Forbidden Sanctum challenge league expansion for Path of Exile will be getting its proper reveal in a few days, on December 1, 2022. But in the meantime, we can check out this here Balance Manifesto that serves as a…

World of Warcraft: Dragonflight Now Live

Dragonflight, the latest World of Warcraft expansion, is now live, with its Base Edition priced at $49.99 or your regional equivalent. This new chapter in WoW’s history is all about dragons – helping them, fighting them, riding them. You can…