Posted on September 27th, 2008 by admin
Gamestop has stopped online WotLK Collector’s Edition pre-orders
Until recently, Gamestop was offering pre-orders of the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, the Collector’s Edition.
At this point, you can still pre-order, but you’ll have to drop in at one of their locations, because according to their website, they are “currently not available [...]
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Posted on September 25th, 2008 by admin
Gamestop listing for “WorldofWarcraft Gaming Mouse”
We got sent this picture by a rogue Gamestop employee — he says he found a listing in their computer not only for the upcoming Zboards for Warhammer and Wrath of the Lich King, but as you can see, there’s also a listing for a “WorldofWarcraft Gaming Mouse.” There’s no [...]
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Posted on September 24th, 2008 by admin
Guildwatch: “Are u a Tauren or a mouse?”
The “negotiating a /gkick” drama above was probably the most legendary drama this week (in fact, if you’re a drama connoisseur like we are, you probably already heard about it), but we’ve got lots more, including the “Tauren or a mouse” quote above, and the usual weekly requisite [...]
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Posted on September 23rd, 2008 by admin
User Interface Alterations FTW!
Here are a few suggestions I have on getting yourself ready to play as a Druid caster during your early levels. Almost everything I’m going to discuss is well known to experienced players, but if you have primarily played a melee class in the past, or especially if you are new to [...]
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Posted on September 23rd, 2008 by admin
The Art of War(craft): Battleground Achievements part II
Last week we took a look at some of the Battlegrounds Achievements that can be unlocked in Wrath of the Lich King and examined how they could change the game for the better. Goal-oriented Battlegrounds PvP is certainly something to look forward to in this age of mindless [...]
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Posted on September 17th, 2008 by admin
Arathi Basin
Unlike the Alterac Valley version, the Arathi Basin All-Star only requires the capture and defense of two flags. In evenly matched games, this can happen fairly often and the only difficulty lies in having more players trying to unlock the same Achievement. This is a good thing, regardless, as I’m sure we’ve all experienced [...]
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Posted on September 11th, 2008 by admin
New Death Knight starting screen and skeletal gryphon mount
Fresh from the new Beta build today: new Death Knight starting screens and our first look at the Death Knight flying mount – a skeletal gryphon! The starting screen pictured above is pretty cool. The Death Knight is standing on a terrace surrounded by Northrend. Neat. Be [...]
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Posted on September 11th, 2008 by admin
Brack: Will Blizzard consider a graphical overhaul? “Yep, probably.”
Chilton and Brack are just all kinds of talkative at the Leipzig Games Convention this year — in addition to chatting with the buffed.de folks, they also sat down with Jeff Kaplan and Eurogamer, and the results of that conversation are now up on their site.
They start [...]
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Posted on September 1st, 2008 by admin
Clausewitz “On Gaming” - Warfare as an Art
Last time we dived into Clausewitz and began looking at how his theories of warfare can be applied to gaming. We investigated the impact of moral forces on combat and I got a bit ahead of myself. When I think of Clausewitz, morale factors are the first thing [...]
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