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Wii Fit Meets WoW

Monday, August 18, 2008

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Think Wii Fit is in short supply now? Wait until the general public figures out how to use to to play World of Warcraft. This video, an actual project at a German research center, performs some basic movements in the game rather easily after a quick hack of the software and a PC link up. [...]

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World of World of Warcraft

Monday, June 23, 2008

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‘Warcraft’ Sequel Lets Gamers Play A Character Playing ‘Warcraft’ This one slipped by everybody. The highly anticipated sequel to World of Warcraft? It’s out. This isn’t just some expansion pack. Oh no. This open up an entirely new world to WoW gamers. Instead of wasting time controlling your character, you control a character who controls the [...]

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New Site Shows You How To Be Imbalanced, How Noob You Are

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

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Be Imba! is a new site that allows you to evaluate and improve your World of Warcraft characters using WoW Armory data. The site will suggest ways in which your talent points could be spent more wisely and point out specific problems with your current gear, including any improper enchantments or radically lacking stats. [...]

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Courts Ban Peons4Hire From World of Warcraft

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

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If you’ve ever spent any time playing World of Warcraft, you’re familiar with Peons4Hire, even if you don’t know them by name. The company, owned by In Game Dollar, was responsible for chat spamming players with advertisements for buying in-game gold and items. Peons4Hire were good at what they did, creating characters with [...]

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Flash Game Improves Players’ WoW Skills

Saturday, January 19, 2008

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World of Raids has a great link to an online flash game that trains players for the Teron Gorefiend raid boss in World of Warcraft’s Black Temple. Like the actual boss fight, the flash game is hard, but with a little practice you’ll soon find yourself a more than capable player ready for a [...]

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Blizzard Launches BlizzCast

Thursday, January 17, 2008

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Following in the footsteps of Bungie and Insomniac, Blizzard has released its first official podcast, BlizzCast. The first episode includes a conversation with Samwise Didier, Blizzard’s Art Director, as well as a sneak peak at World of Warcraft’s upcoming 2.4 patch, which will introduce the Sunwell Plateau, the game’s final, pre-Wrath of the Lich [...]

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WoW Player Strives For 70 Without Killing Anything

Monday, January 14, 2008

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I once tried to level a World of Warcraft character usually only Discovery XP, experience rewarded whenever your character discovers a new location in the world. I made it to level 6 before giving up. Boingboing has a link to an interesting WoW Insider article about a much more tenacious WoW player trying [...]

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WoW Machina “Illegal Danish 2″ Finally Released

Saturday, January 5, 2008

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Regardless of how you feel about the game itself, World of Warcraft’s strength as a movie making tool is undeniable, having elevated the medium to heights never imagined in the days of The Marathon Vidmaster Challenge. Our own love for WoW machinima is already well documented. After nearly two years in production, [...]

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Figure Prints Offers Real-Life Statues of In-Game Characters

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

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I have a confession to make: For two years I played World of Warcraft like there wasn’t much else in the world worth doing. I have little to show for it, of course — some transactions on my bank statements, a growing sense of personal failure, and a massive collection of epic loot. Figure Prints [...]

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Tales of the Past III - Legendary WoW Machinima

Sunday, December 23, 2007

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Tales of the Past III is the 90-minute World of Warcraft machinima that’s been making the Internet rounds lately. The action-packed movie follows a host of well-known Warcraft characters, including Thrall and Jaina Proudmoore, as Alliance and Horde are forced to join together to face an impossible threat. You can download the movie [...]

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Dangers of WoW Equates MMO Addiction With Alcoholism

Friday, November 23, 2007

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Boing Boing has discovered a hilarious 1960s “Dangers of Alcoholism” comic that has been remixed and repurposed to explore the dangers of World of Warcraft addiction. It’s very funny stuff, and certainly beats out Blizzard’s own official World of Warcraft comic. The comic contains enough insider WoW references and laugh-out-loud humor to appeal [...]

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MMO Magazine Offers Free EverQuest 2 Loot

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

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MMOs are a uniquely self-perpetuating genre. By asking no more of the player than a monthly fee, they provide a constant wealth of new content, feeding the addiction of both casual and hardcore players alike. When you’re playing MMOs, you have time for little else, especially when it comes to multiplayer games. With new content [...]

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