Breakfast Topic: Caught between a rock

For a while I wasn’t sure if I’d continue playing World of Warcraft into the next expansion. I was by no means planning on giving up my gaming habit, but I really felt like I was ready for something new: either another MMO or one of the latest generation consoles. Many pros and cons were [...]

What we know about the Warcraft movie

Last week, we reported that the Warcraft movie may be on its way. Previously there had been speculation that the film’s development would be pushed back, since director Sam Raimi was tied up by problems with Spider-Man 4. Raimi then unexpectedly walked away from Spider-Man 4, citing creative reasons, and it suddenly looked hopeful that [...]

What effect does the Dungeon Finder have on smaller servers?

For a few days now, I’ve been mulling over a point raised by Spinksville in a blog post concerning the Dungeon Finder’s impact on smaller servers. It was her contention that, although the Dungeon Finder makes getting 5-man runs faster and easier for people on underpopulated realms, the new tool was contributing (or likely to [...]

15 Minutes of Fame: Pulverizing the World of Warcraft

15 Minutes of Fame is WoW.com’s look at World of Warcraft players of all shapes and sizes — from the renowned to the relatively anonymous, from the remarkable to the player next door. Tip us off to players you’d like to hear more about.
If the tank in your last pickup group seemed more than a [...]

The Daily Quest: European style

We here at WoW.com are on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere.

This week’s EU forum watch brings you the best of the official forums, European style.
OutDPS has a cure for the lagging hunter pet, increasing their DPS by a bit.
Shields Up really likes the [...]

WoW Insider Show Episode 125 with Project Lore

Despite the fairly slow news week, we had a good WoW Insider Show podcast this Saturday, with Project Lore writers Tim “Heartbourne” Tusing and Jimmy “DJTyrant” Blocksom stopping by to offer their unique perspective on reader emails, the week’s top stories, and having too little to talk about, for once. We discussed Sam Raimi’s newfound [...]

Shifting Perspectives: Druid healing strats for Icecrown Citadel

Every week, Shifting Perspectives explores issues affecting druids and those who group with them. This week, we look at Grid and realize that the dumb buggers are dropping like flies again.
Before I write anything else, I want to send a shout-out to Kalon, who is ending the influential feral theorycraft blog ThinkTank. Like many of [...]

Totem Talk: Elemental 101

Melee combat? Barbaric. Healing? How pedestrian. Let the elements do the talking. Totem Talk: Elemental. Brought to you by Mike Sacco.

If you’re here and reading this, you’ve probably decided that elemental will be one of your shaman’s two possible specs and you want to get a good grasp of how it all works before you [...]

Patch 3.3: Crimson Halls opened in Icecrown Citadel raid

Crimson Halls, another wing within Icecrown Citadel has been unlocked this week. The Icecrown Citadel raid overview here on WoW.com has been updated accordingly. Summaries of the Blood Princes Council and Queen Lana’thel are available along with links and resources. Just starting out in Icecrown CItadel? Don’t worry as information about the bosses in both [...]

The Queue: My, what big teeth you have

Welcome back to The Queue, WoW.com’s daily Q&A column where the WoW.com team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Alex Ziebart will be your host today.
Why yes, that is the most disgusting whale you’ve ever seen. Unless, of course, you’ve witnessed local authorities taking dynamite to a beached whale to get it out [...]