The Happy Hearthstone

Hearthstone’s a brand new game, but it’s built on top of a rich heritage of tabletop card games, especially the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game that’s been running since 2006. Matt from the Outlandish podcast joins me this week as we talk about how Hearthstone is borrowing mechanics from its predecessors while blazing its […]

What do Hunters, Warriors, Druids, Shamans, and Warlocks have in common? They’re all being featured on this week’s podcast! Last week we looked at the hero abilities for the Rogue, Mage, Paladin, and Priest heroes in Hearthstone. Now the other five launch-day heroes get their turn in the spotlight. Half-geek-half-jock superster Dan joins me and […]

What do Hunters, Warriors, Druids, Shamans, and Warlocks have in common? They’re all being featured on this week’s podcast! Last

What do Hunters, Warriors, Druids, Shamans, and Warlocks have in common? They’re all being featured on this week’s podcast! Last week we looked at the hero abilities for the Rogue, Mage, Paladin, and Priest heroes in Hearthstone. Now the other five launch-day heroes get their turn in the spotlight. Half-geek-half-jock superster Dan joins me and […]

Today we embark on an epic two-part journey! This week, we start exploring the 9 unique hero and class abilities in Hearthstone, and talking about what we think of them. We kick it off this week by taking a look at four classes: Rogue, Mage, Paladin, and Priest. We picked these because those are the […]

Today we embark on an epic two-part journey! This week, we start exploring the 9 unique hero and class abilities

Today we embark on an epic two-part journey! This week, we start exploring the 9 unique hero and class abilities in Hearthstone, and talking about what we think of them. We kick it off this week by taking a look at four classes: Rogue, Mage, Paladin, and Priest. We picked these because those are the […]

We’ve talked about the basics, we’ve talked about the game modes, we’ve talked about hands-on impressions, and we’ve talked about the casual gamer interest.

We’ve talked about the basics, we’ve talked about the game modes, we’ve talked about hands-on impressions, and we’ve talked about the casual gamer interest. Today, we talk about everything else! Lucas Sullivan joins me for this week’s episode, and we take a scatter shot approach, talking about all the little things in Hearthstone that we […]

We’ve talked about the basics, we’ve talked about the game modes, we’ve talked about hands-on impressions, and we’ve talked about the casual gamer interest. Today, we talk about everything else! Lucas Sullivan joins me for this week’s episode, and we take a scatter shot approach, talking about all the little things in Hearthstone that we […]

Free to play is still a pretty controversial business model, stirring up specters of the money-grubbing games of yesteryear in some gamers. But a ton of games have proven the business model can work wonders, ensuring players get what they want and have fun without being nickel-and-dimed to death. This week, we take a look […]

Free to play is still a pretty controversial business model, stirring up specters of the money-grubbing games of yesteryear in

Free to play is still a pretty controversial business model, stirring up specters of the money-grubbing games of yesteryear in some gamers. But a ton of games have proven the business model can work wonders, ensuring players get what they want and have fun without being nickel-and-dimed to death. This week, we take a look […]

This week, we take a look at the 4 game modes that Hearthstone is launching with. How do they work? Who are they designed for? And how fun do we think each will be? Download The Happy Hearthstone #4: The Game Modes Subscribe to The Happy Hearthstone Podcast on iTunes or via RSS! The Links […]

This week, we take a look at the 4 game modes that Hearthstone is launching with. How do they work?