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About Eric Law

Eric Law is a The Best War Games contributor from Pennsylvania, USA. An MMORPG-focused video game writer for The Best War Games for four years and counting, Eric cut his teeth on gaming since he was a wee lad watching his father play Lands of Lore. Equipped with a +1 Bachelor's Degree of Creative Writing, making the jump from gamer to game journalist was a natural evolution. He seeks to spread his love of characterization, world-building, and inclusivity far and wide. His nerd specializations of choice are Dungeons & Dragons and narrative-focused RPGs (Especially of the MMO variety,) and has spend thousands of hours in Fantasy Grounds, World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy 14, and more. One of his articles was even cited on the official Dungeons and Dragons Wikipedia page!

Industry Focus

MMORPGs like World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy 14, and Guild Wars 2, narrative-driven RPGs like Horizon, Mass Effect, and Undertale/Deltarune, Dungeons and Dragons, Star Wars, Blizzard Entertainment, and video games with rich characterization, representation, and world building, such as Overwatch 2.

Favorite Games

World of Warcraft, for the impact that it and its RTS predecessors had on my way of life.
Final Fantasy 14, for being a critically-acclaimed MMORPG with a free trial all the way through the Stormblood expansion.
Dungeons and Dragons, for giving me an outlet through which to tell stories with my friends.
Tactics Ogre, for being one of the best strategy games on the market.
Undertale and Deltarune, for flexing just how amazing video game stories can be.
Horizon: Zero Dawn, for painting an incredible tale of past and future that seamlessly marries compelling characters, stellar worldbuilding, and fun gameplay.

Proudest Gaming Achievement

Completing every Star Wars: The Old Republic class storyline.
Keeping every job in Final Fantasy 14 at max level each expansion for over 10 years.
Beating Bahamut in the Binding Coil before retiring from hardcore raiding.
Running 1-2 games of Dungeons and Dragons nearly every week for over 10 years.
Finally obtaining all of the Hades 1 achievements mere days before Hades 2 released.
Getting 100% on Horizon: Zero Dawn despite the initial crashes on the PC port.
Interviewing Brennan Lee Mulligan, as well as several incredible Blizzard developers like Terran Gregory and Maria Hamilton.
Helping a The Best War Games colleague professional transition.

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The Best War Games interviews World of Warcraft game designers Jeremy Feasel and Graham Berger about the story, setting, and systems in Dragonflight.

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What World of Warcraft Developers Learned from Shadowlands to Create Dragonflight
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World of Warcraft developers Jeremy Feasel and Graham Berger tell The Best War Games what they learned from past expansions to make Dragonflight better.

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How World of Warcraft Hopes to Build New Lore With Old History in Dragonflight
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World of Warcraft designers Jeremy Feasel and Graham Berger share with The Best War Games some of the lore-rich narrative beats coming in Dragonflight.

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Guild Wars 2 Interview: ArenaNet Game Designer Joe Kimmes Talks Recreating Living World Season 1

The Best War Games interviews ArenaNet advanced game designer Joe Kimmes about bringing Living World Season 1 back to Guild Wars 2 after nine years.

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Guild Wars 2 advanced game designer Joe Kimmes talks with The Best War Games about the best parts of bringing Living World Season 1 back to the game.

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Guild Wars 2 Game Designer Discusses Challenges of Modernizing Living World Season 1

The Best War Games speaks with Guild Wars 2 advanced game designer Joe Kimmes about the obstacles ArenaNet overcame to recreate Living World Season 1.

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Blizzard fans find questions about NFTs and play-to-earn crypto games in a recent survey, only to be dropped off at the Battle.net store afterwards.

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The first pull of Final Fantasy 14's Housing Lottery System is infested with bugs, awarding plots of land to nonexistent lots.

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Hearthstone reveals the Rewards Track for Voyage to the Sunken City, including free Legendary cards, mercenaries, and deep-sea alternate heroes.

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World of Warcraft: Fan Creates Azeroth-Style World Maps of New York City and Skyrim
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A World of Warcraft artist and cartography enthusiast creates a Stormwind-style map of New York City and an Azeroth-style map of Skyrim.

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World of Warcraft: Key Art Image Discovered Right Before Blizzard's Expansion Leak
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Alleged key art for the unannounced World of Warcraft expansion is discovered with the same title as one leaked from Blizzard's website source code.

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World of Warcraft: Sylvanas Novel Hints at Unexpected Future for Anduin
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Hints discovered in World of Warcraft: Sylvanas and the "Judgment" epilogue point to a unanticipated detour for Anduin Wrynn after Shadowlands.

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Final Fantasy 14 shares details about the Housing Lottery System, including how to qualify, enter, and claim a house in Ishgard's Empyreum district.

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One of the World of Warcraft guilds hunting Mythic Jailer in the Sepulcher of the First Ones shares the overhead costs for racing to World First.

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Cut the enemy down to size using this guide for the Bladesworn, the new Warrior Elite Specialization from Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons.

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