Scattered Shots: Beast Mastery 101

Welcome to Scattered Shots, written by Frostheim of Warcraft Hunters Union and the Hunting Party Podcast. Each week Frostheim uses logic and science mixed with a few mugs of Dwarven Stout to look deep into the Hunter class.
When you’re looking at stepping into the hunter class for the first time there are three [...]

Spoilers: Fall of the Lich King cinematic

Be warned, there are incredibly massive spoilers for the end of Icecrown Citadel beyond the cut below, and in the embedded video. We will say no more until you’ve clicked through. If you don’t want to be spoiled, stop reading right now. Seriously!

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The Lawbringer: WoW and the magic circle

Welcome to Lawbringer! Each week we’ll dive into the intricacies of law and the World of Warcraft. In the column’s introductory edition we look at the magic circle, which isn’t just something you summon demons and teleport around in…

Law and Warcraft – sounds like a crazy mashup. Does this mean I can sue that bear [...]

World of WarCrafts: Get Lich or Die Tryin’ (NSFW)

WARNING: This video is Not Safe for Work (NSFW). The track features profanity-laced lyrics typical of the music’s genre. If this offends you, don’t watch this movie.
World of WarCrafts spotlights art and creativity by WoW players, including fan art, cooking, comics, cosplay, music and fan fiction. Show us how you express yourself; contact our tips [...]

WoW.com giveaway: Get Lich or Die Tryin’ T-shirts

Some days, you gotta Get Lich or Die Tryin’ … Now you can do that in style with these free T-shirts! WoW.com has two T-shirts to give away from Get Lich or Die Tryin’ creator Adam C. Beamish.
The contest is open to legal residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia and [...]

The Queue: More WoW

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. Adam Holisky will be your host today.
Another week, another Queue. I was tempted to make this Queue all about Star Trek Online (check out Massively’s STO page for more info), but I decided [...]

Officers’ Quarters: How to fill slots

Every Monday Scott Andrews contributes Officers’ Quarters, a column about the ins and outs of guild leadership.
This week’s e-mail is straight and to the point:

Dear Mr. Andrews:
In your latest Officer’s Quarters article you mention filling raid slots by seniority is not a good system. What is a good system for filling raid slots? What [...]

WoW Moviewatch: Life of a Vendor

Life of a Vendor is one the most subtle, beautiful WoW movies I’ve seen this year. The music video is set to I don’t know by Lisa Hannigan. The video’s author is Galenmereth. (At least, as far as I can tell: if someone knows differently, please drop me a line.)
The movie is [...]

Blood Pact: Using SimulationCraft for gear selection

Blood Pact is your weekly warlock digest brought to you by Dominic Hobbs. “He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci
As warlocks, we’re used to delving into the mysterious depths of the occult to [...]

Around Azeroth: You can run but you can’t hide

Before you die, you see … this thing. Elinu of <Cthulu> on Alonsus-EU was attempting Festergut with his guild this weekend, and happened to be the last survivor on one of their many wipes. She grabbed this shot of the approaching boss (plus aggro warning) shortly before being stomped into a nature-infused smear on the [...]