Equipment Manager will not be in 3.1

Filed under: Patches, News items
It looks like Noblegarden started a trend: the Equipment Manager, Blizzard’s answer to Outfitter et al., is being delayed and will not be included as part of the upcoming patch 3.1. The cited reason is that “certain issues were encountered…that could not be resolved in time” to be included with the [...]

MI6 marketing awards nominate Blizzard in six categories

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Machinima, Fan stuff, Odds and ends, Blizzard, Wrath of the Lich King
Get ready to put a few more awards on the (ever-growing) shelf, Blizzard — MI6, which is a conference about marketing video games, has nominated Blizzard in no less than six different categories for all of their marketing of [...]

Fan-made Draenei Barbie

Filed under: Fan stuff, Virtual selves, Draenei, Fan art
Reader Amanda S sent us this picture of a Draenei Barbie (that is a Draenei, right? Not a Night Elf? Oh yeah — check the hooves) she says she and a friend made when they were bored. It’s not the most involved craft we’ve [...]

WoW Moviewatch: Buddhist 3v3: Ming Must Die!

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, WoW Moviewatch
Warning: This video is longer than your average, and definitely includes language not suitable for the workplace. It’s not all potty-mouth, but it’s got some cursing and strange sounds.
Do you remember Insane Gouge Crits, by Buddhist? Well, the master of PvP Parody is back with another installment in [...]

Learning to dance with WoW

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Fan stuff
I’m learning to dance. By which I mean, I’m learning various semi-ballroom or formal dances that are not characteristic of my native and well-honed ability to flop around on the dance floor like a seizing fish out of water. My fundamental problem with dancing is that I don’t have [...]

Around Azeroth: Multiplicity

Filed under: Bugs, Screenshots, Around Azeroth, Galleries

We’ve received several additional pictures of last night’s chaos on Spirestone. Nick, Failicus, and Chimmychummy all sent in shots of the madly spawning mammoth vendors Mojodishu, Drix Blackwrench, Hakmud of Argus, and Gnimo. A quick visit to the Spirestone forums shows that the vendors were not despawning when people [...]

Battle.net Mobile Authenticator hands-on

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Odds and ends, Blizzard
Last week, Blizzard released their very first piece of iPhone software, and it wasn’t a mobile mailbox or an ingame chat client as some of us had hoped. Nope — out of the blue (get it?), they introduced a replacement for the hardware version of the [...]

Breakfast Topic: Ignoring achievements for roleplay reasons

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Breakfast topics
This is Bedrock. He is what many might call “Achievement obsessed.” (Yes, I know, there’s a slightly different word most folks use, but this is a family blog.) He’s the kind of chap who’s run Stratholme about five million times, desperately hoping for the Baron’s horse to drop. And [...]

Widespread server problems tonight [Updated]

Filed under: Realm Status, News items

We’ve been getting numerous reports of widespread server outages tonight, apparently mainly focused on the Northrend area.
I’ve experienced this first hand on a couple of my servers, and several people have been reporting it to us both via the tip line and by pointing us in the direction of the [...]

Scattered Shots: Pet talents for leveling

Filed under: Hunter, Leveling, Guides, Talents, (Hunter) Scattered Shots

Scattered Shots is your weekly guide to improving your Hunter skills, brought to you by Jessica “Lassirra” Klein of The Hunter’s Mark, covering a variety of Huntery topics. Today, we’ll be looking at talent builds for your pets as you level.
At level 10, every Hunter completes a [...]