Filed under: Cheats, How-tos, Fan stuff, Instances, Bosses, Wrath of the Lich King
Cabinetsanchez over on LJ has documented something that I saw in action yesterday while running a few instances — while it’s a ton of fun to run my Crashin’ Thrashin Racer around (I’m undefeated since I picked up the achievement the first day [...]
Filed under: Herbalism, Leatherworking, Tailoring, Enchanting, Items, Analysis / Opinion, Fan stuff, Virtual selves, Odds and ends, Blizzard, News items, Jewelcrafting, Wrath of the Lich King, Inscription
I love this idea a whole lot. A group of folks on Steamwheedle are holding an RP even (which they’ve done before), but it’s a different kind of [...]
Filed under: Shaman, Analysis / Opinion, Odds and ends, Blizzard, Lore
BlizzPlanet has an excerpt up from Christie Golden’s upcoming Rise of the Lich King novel, featuring the back story of perhaps the lesser known (though no more less powerful) half of the Lich King, Ner’zhul the Shaman. Arthas has gotten banner credit for being the [...]
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, News items, PvP, Forums, Battlegrounds, Arena
If you’ve been in the Arena during Season 5, you probably have noticed a particular change to the way gladiators fight. It can be summarized in a single word: “Damage.” In the bygone days of Season 4, drain teams and Mortal Strike debuffs were all [...]
Filed under: Features, Wrath of the Lich King, Illusionary Tactics
Yes, I know this column has been gone a while. Sorry about that. Or wait, actually - it wasn’t gone, it was just undercover! That’s it! You didn’t really think Encrypted Text was just talking about rogues this whole time, did you? Wake up, sheeple!
Wrath of [...]
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Podcasts, Podcasting, Virtual selves, Odds and ends, Blizzard, Instances, Humor, Bosses, Wrath of the Lich King, WoW Insider Show
Quite a podcast last Saturday — Turpster came back and BigRedKitty joined us as well, so it was a rip-roaring time. We talked about our predictions for 2009, talked once again about [...]
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Machinima, WoW Moviewatch
At this rate, it looks like Irdeen may turn into one of machinima’s regulars. Today’s Moviewatch features not only him, but also another regular in the WoW community: L70ETC. Irdeen has created a music video for one of their most popular songs, “The Power of the Horde.”
For obvious [...]
Filed under: (Guild Leadership) Officers’ Quarters
Every Monday Scott Andrews contributes Officers’ Quarters, a column about the ins and outs of guild leadership.
Raids are in many ways like a sports team. Some players are your proven starters. Some are your backups who fill in for the starters. Some are still learning the game and trying to [...]
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Virtual selves, Odds and ends, Blizzard, News items, Making money, BlizzCon
The Orange County Business Journal has awarded none other than Blizzard’s own Mike Morhaime with the runner up for their Businessperson of the Year award (the main award went to some CEO of an investment company, much more boring than [...]
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Expansions, Burning Crusade, Lore, Wrath of the Lich King, Ask A Lore Nerd
Welcome to Ask a Lore Nerd, where each week blogger and columnist Alex Ziebart answers your questions about the lore and history of the World of Warcraft. Ask your questions in the comments section below, and we’ll [...]