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About Drew Swanson
Drew Swanson is a Features Article Editor from the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Being a gamer all his life and enjoying everything from ARPGs like Diablo to JRPGs like Pokemon and Persona, his love of digging into game lore and history naturally led to a passion for sharing these ideas with others through writing. He has been writing about games professionally for over 4 years, with bylines as a Contributing Writer at High Ground Gaming for 2 years before joining TheBestWarGames. He also has a background in video game studies with a degree from Washington State University, where he also won the Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Award in 2021 for his writing and design work on the game Quest for Arete.
Proudest Gaming Achievement
Drew is a huge Pokemon fan, so completing a living National Dex through Pokemon Gen 9 is a huge achievement for him. He tries to complete the Pokedex in each new generation, but it wasn't until Gen 7 that he started building and maintaining a living National Dex that contains one of every critter in the franchise.
Favorite Games
Pokemon Black and White, Persona 5 Royal, Final Fantasy 7, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Xenoblade Chronicles, Elden Ring, Animal Crossing, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, and Metroid Prime are some of his favorites, but it's hard to pick just one. He tends to love JRPGs, and his "holy trinity" of JRPGs are Persona 5 Royal, Final Fantasy 7, and Xenoblade Chronicles.
Industry Focus
Drew focuses on Diablo 4 content, following trends in the community and highlighting popular builds for new seasons since the game's release nearly 3 years ago. He also leverages his almost 30-year fandom of Pokemon to write about the series' past, present, and future, including its lore and real-world connections. Otherwise, he tends to stay on top of the latest gaming trends, exercising his love of new gaming experiences to dive deep into new RPG, Survival, and Extraction Shooter releases.
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Diablo 4 Season 10 is Taking the Game’s Worst Mythic from Zero to Hero
Diablo 4 is offering the game's worst Mythic the chance to shine in Season 10, and players will want to capitalize on it while they can.
Diablo 4 Season 10 is Forcing Me to Confront My Most Overlooked Class
There's one Diablo 4 class that I've never really dug too deep into, and Season 10 is making it harder for me to ignore than ever before.
Diablo 4’s Best Class Will Continue Its Reign of Terror in Season 10
The meta may not be shifting too much in Diablo 4 Season 10, as the best class from past seasons seems ready to wear the crown once again.
Diablo 4’s Best Necromancer Leveling Build is Getting a Second Wind in Season 10
Necromancers looking to level up quickly in Diablo 4 Season 10 will have some new tools to take one build option from good to great.
Diablo 4 Season 10 Could Be the Gift That Keeps On Giving
Diablo 4 Season 10 may be exciting for more than just Chaos Armor and Chaos Perks, with Blizzard potentially teasing some big news coming by its end.
Diablo 4 Season 10’s Rising Tides Should Float All Boats
Diablo 4 is making some much-needed changes to Unique drop rates as part of its update to itemization, but the game can't stop there in Season 10.
One Diablo 4 Season 10 S-Tier Build May Be Writing a Check It Can’t Cash
Although one Diablo 4 Season 10 build will likely be S-Tier in the meta, most players won't be able to achieve its optimal version.
Fans of this Diablo 4 Class Have No Reason to Cry Over Spilled Milk in Season 10
Even with one Diablo 4 class being hit with some nerfs in Season 10, it seems to have enough going for it that these changes shouldn't make a dent.
How Diablo 4 Could Copy Path of Exile 2's Homework, But Make it Look Like Its Own
Diablo 4 may be able to shake up its build variety by following in the footsteps of Path of Exile 2, but with its own specific twist.
Diablo 4 Season 10 is Making a Molehill Out of a Mountain
Diablo 4 Season 10 may be the most game-changing season since Vessel of Hatred was released, but it sure doesn't feel that way with one feature.
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is a Love Letter to Sega’s History More Than Anything
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance not only successfully captures the feel of the series' classic entries, but it also taps into the overall history of Sega.
Shinobi: Art of Vegeance’s Ankou Blends Real-World Mythology in the Best Way
Ankou is a central character players will meet in Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, whose presence helps bring two distinct cultures together.
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance’s Most Intimidating Boss is a Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing
The bosses of Shinobi: Art of Vengeance put players' skills to the test, but one foe is a case of looking more intimidating than it actually is.
Don’t Expect to Play a Shinobi: Art of Vengeance Stage Just Once
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance makes a strong case for playing stages more than once, which is basically a requirement for one type of player.
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is a 3D Game Disguised as 2D
While at its core Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is a 2D action-platformer, players will often need to think in 3 dimensions in order to succeed.
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance’s Bonus Stages Are Optional in Name Only
Although Shinobi: Art of Vengeance's bonus stages sound optional, players would be wise to fully complete them in order to optimize their playthrough.
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is Basically a Platformer for Fighting Game Fans
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is an action-platformer at heart, but diving beneath the surface reveals that it has a lot in common with fighting games.
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance Makes the Flow State Its Default
While many action-platformers can induce a flow state for players, Shinobi: Art of Vengeance makes achieving this state nearly immediate.
Path of Exile 2: The Third Edict is Avoiding the Elephant in the Room
Path of Exile 2's Third Edict update is delivering on a lot of long-awaited changes, but the game's silence around one missing feature is deafening.
Everything Confirmed For Path of Exile 2: The Third Edict So Far
The upcoming Third Edict update for Path of Exile 2 marks the game's Early Access patch 0.3, and it features several game-changing additions.