Breakfast Topic: Getaway guilds

I discovered that many of the regular players in It came from the Blog, WoW.com’s event guild, are using it as a getaway guild. Some of them lead or are regular raiders in progression guilds on other servers, but come to Zangarmarsh to get away from it all.
In a getaway guild, you can level a [...]

Scheduled maintenance on US Realms for February 2nd

It looks like there will be realm maintenance for all US realms this February 2nd. Since it seems to be somewhat extended (3 AM PST to 11 AM PST) and we’re waiting for the 3.3.2 patch to drop in order to start Arena Season 8, I’m willing to go out on a limb and suppose [...]

Blizzard shines the spotlight on account security

At least judging by the number of emails we’ve been getting about them, WoW scams have never been more popular than they are now. So I’m very happy to see that Blizzard has launched a new Account Security section on their Battle.net site, featuring tips on how to keep your Battle.net account safe.
A lot of [...]

Addon Spotlight: Vuhdo

We’ve received many tips about Vuhdo and it was only a matter of time before it would be featured here. Vuhdo is one of the most popular raid healing addons available. It offers enough features and customization options to keep even the pickiest of UI enthusiasts happy. At the same time, if your entire UI [...]

WRUP: Not in Azeroth edition

Is it just me or does it seem as though everyone (myself included) is playing Mass Effect right now? I suppose there are a few people who aren’t, but I’m pretty sure they’re off playing Star Trek Online. Well, I suppose we all have to find something to occupy our time between raid resets and [...]

WoW Insider Show with Ayabi & Sijia live today at 3:30 PM Eastern

The WoW Insider Show returns to the airwaves today at 3:30 PM Eastern time, bringing with it your host Michael Sacco, cohost Matthew Rossi, and special guests and prolific cosplayers Ayabi and Sijia. We’ll be answering reader emails, shootin’ the breeze, and, of course, discussing the week’s top stories on WoW.com and around the web. [...]

Around Azeroth: In the service of the queen

If the blood princes and Blood Queen Lana’thel are looking to attract adventurers to turn into new Scourge, they definitely know their audience. Lana’thel’s got the scantily-clad blood elf lady thing going on to attract the guys, and the trio of vampiric princes should be able to fascinate the rampaging hordes of Twilight/True Blood/Vampire Diaries-watching [...]

Breakfast Topic: Fun with jerks

I admit it: I’m a contentious person. Sometimes I deliberately say or do something just because it will irritate people. Usually, I try and use this power for good and I’m hardly pretending to be the most effective person at it even out of people I know, but the other night it worked out rather [...]

Ready Check: Rotface

Rotface probably has the best name in World of Warcraft. Can’t you just see a pair of elementary school kids standing out in the playground, yelling at each other? “Well, you’re a Rotface!” “Well, you’re just a Festergut!” The comparison’s pretty apt when you hear Rotface’s voice, too. And then that voice gets even better [...]

Phat Loot Phriday: Nevermelting Ice Crystal

In honor of our hard to get trinkets and all the casters who have begged, cajoled, even threatened me to try and get me to tank Heroic PoS this week (look, I can only tank it twice or more in a day if I get it randomly. No, I’m not going to run randoms for [...]