More WoW-themed cakes

Thanksgiving seems like an excellent time to update our gallery of WoW-related confectionary masterpieces, also known as WoW cakes. This dragon and Alliance-themed cake above was made for Valaar of Kargath by his girlfriend Erelia for his 30th birthday. She also made the Cake of the Lich King that we posted a while back. Talented [...]

WoW Moviewatch: The Peace Circle

Oxhorn is usually quite reliable for holiday festivities, and his video The Peace Circle instantly springs to mind when I consider Thanksgiving. “Why Mike!” you might exclaim, “What does a hippy love circle have to do with Thanksgiving?” The answer lies in Thunk’s favorite food — turkey.
As the peace circle proceeds, our Night Elf mediator [...]

The early days of the World of Warcraft

It’s been five years since this game launched, and it’s changed so much that you might have forgotten what life was like back then. But thanks to the magic of the Internet, those times are saved in clear HTML. Let’s dig up some memories of the early game.
It’s interesting to think what Blizzard was like [...]

Two Bosses Enter: Herald Volazj vs. King Dred

Two Bosses Enter … but only One Boss Leaves, in WoW.com’s series of fantasy death matches. This season’s combatants come from the original five-man instances of Wrath of the Lich King.
This week’s Two Bosses fantasy deathmatch throws another loser who was voted back into the competition into the pit: King Dred, who lost his last [...]

Lichborne: The care and feeding of pets

Welcome to Lichborne, your weekly peek into the world of the death knight from WoW.com’s resident undead slave, Daniel Whitcomb.
While we’re not strictly a pet class, per se, no-one can deny that we probably have the largest menagerie outside of Hunters and Warlocks, depending on how we’re specced. It could stand to be a bit [...]

The Queue: Well rested weekend

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 be your host today.
Another week, another Queue. There’s a few good questions today, including the first about rested XP and heirlooms.
Let’s get into it.
Shibdaddy asked…
“Is the amount of bonus xp received from [...]

The Queue: Tooth explosion

Welcome back to The Queue, WoW.com’s (almost) daily Q&A column where the WoW.com team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Alex Ziebart will be your host today.
Today’s edition of The Queue is gifted to you by my horrifying toothache that has kept me awake at ridiculous times of the day for the past [...]

China’s GAPP halts WoW review, calls collecting subscriptions “illegal behavior”

Just when NetEase was finally getting back to business in China (they were even planning for a Wrath release next month), they hit a huge snag: China’s General Administration of Press and Publications (GAPP) office has apparently halted their review of the game and told the company to stop collecting subscriptions and signing up new [...]