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Keen and Graev's Gaming (keenandgraev.com) has great World of Warcraft news, photos, videos and more
Monday, Nov 24
The Lich King made me do it…
Note: I have taken a lot of videos (some with major spoilers) that I’ll edit in time and get up. I also have a lot of screenshots that I’ll add to a gallery. Depending on my free time I may or may not have those up by tomorrow. I’m in the middle of finishing my research paper and grinding out the fin...
Sunday, Jun 22
When smart people say stupid things…
World of Warcraft is a game centered around PvE with raiding treadmills and Battleground/Arena based e-sport PvP. Warhammer Online is a game centered around open-world RvR with tiered gameplay focusing on RvR and PvE split progression. That is the quickest and most basic way that I can ex...
Wednesday, Apr 30
The Goblin in the Tuxedo: Why WAR and AoC are awesome
I want to share with you all a post from the World of Warcraft forums. The post is titled “The Goblin in the Tuxedo“. It is one of the most well written and level headed posts to ever come out of those forums and it deserves to be linked to and read elsewhere. In this post the author discusses Warhamm...
Saturday, Apr 19
Keen’s AoC PvP Weekend Impressions
Since the PvP weekend offers the level 1-6 newbie island experience I’m going to touch upon PvE then go into my analysis of Conan’s PvP gameplay. CTF: Standard CTF except the map or location or whatever is horrible. It’s very boring and it feels so slow and lack luster. I actually feel World of W...
Sunday, Mar 16
Balance at the cost of Dynamic PvP - Is it worth it?
I have been thinking a lot about class balance in pvp games lately. In most mmorpgs that have a strong pvp or conflict element the balance between classes of opposing sides is almost too apparent. In World of Warcraft, Blizzard chose to forgo any attempt at balancing different classes and ga...
Sunday, Feb 24
Josh Drescher compares WAR/WoW Universes
Lots of comparisons lately between Warhammer Online and World of Warcraft. In case the horse isn’t dead yet maybe a few more solid whacks will do the trick. I found a link to a blog and site I’ve never seen before that recently interviewed Josh Drescher. The interview is phenomenal. I tip my h...
Grinding vs. Quests
I like quests. I like the purpose and direction that they give me. Then at the same time I like the freedom and adventure that grinding brings me. Grinding has become to polar opposite of questing. Grinding has been labeled as a more “traditional” approach and to many it’s outdated. For grinding...
