HEARTHSTONE

Eron Rauch Jul 11, 2022. 8 minute read

The Hidden Worlds of Esports Stages

Looking at a bunch of players in a plexiglass box isn't that interesting on its own. These days, esports event stages are making things a lot more exciting.

Jordan Mallory Jan 24, 2020. 2 minute read

Activision Blizzard Esports Are Moving to YouTube

Activizion Blizzard has moved all of its official esports properties, including Overwatch League and its various Hearthstone shenanigans, from Twitch to YouTube as part of a newly announced partnership with Google. This means that from now on, thousands of human trash compactors will have to do without their favorite symbols…

NEWS

Does It Matter That A Woman Won The Hearthstone BlizzCon Tournament?

Yes.

Alexis Ong Jul 15, 2019. 8 minute read

A League of Their Own: Women’s Esports in Southeast Asia

In a 2017 interview with ESPN, Korean Overwatch League star Kim “Geguri” Se-Yeon described wanting to disguise her voice with a modulator so that male players would team up with her. This is just one example of the ongoing struggles faced by women in esports, in addition to far less…

FEATURES

Hearthstone Artwork Changes Are Not Censorship, Says Blizzard

Normally when a Hearthstone patch changes a handful cards, it’s on the numbers side of things. This card’s mana cost goes up or down, this card’s attack points are reduced, this card’s health is boosted; that sorta thing. But not so with this week’s update, version 14.6. While this patch…

Kiss My Ass, Activision Blizzard

Dear Bobby, Dennis, Coddy, Brian, Chris, et al., As a former Activision Blizzard employee, allow me to congratulate you all on posting a record $7.5 billion net revenue for the calendar year 2018, and on upending the lives of some 800 human beings that helped make that incredible feat possible.…

Jordan Mallory Nov 28, 2018. 2 minute read

5 Things to Love About Hearthstone’s Big New Frog

Blizzard has revealed all the cards coming to Hearthstone in its impending, troll-based Rastakhan’s Rumble (sigh) expansion, and inarguably the most important among them is Krag’wa, the Frog. A new legendary Shaman minion, Krag’wa is a beast (both figuratively and literally) that gives you back all of the spells you…