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Thursday, Jan 1
15 Minutes of Fame: Where are they now?
I never thought of playing WoW like that!" - and neither did we, until we talked with these players. 15 Minutes of Fame profiled a whole host of World of Warcraft players last year, from multiboxers to disabled players and even people with the patience to build a Booty Bay entirely out of Lego...
Monday, Dec 29
Podcast: WoW Insider Show Episode 70: The year that was
It was great to put a capper on 2008, but we'll be back next Saturday at 3:30pm Eastern over on Ustream as always (and the T tells me he'll be back) with yet another 52 shows about WoW Insider and World of Warcraft. See you then. Listen here on the page:
Thursday, Dec 25
Five WoW movies to help get your Festivus on
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Machinima, Humor Merry Christmas World of Warcraft players! No matter what you celebrate, whether it's Festivus for the Rest of Us or full blown Christmas cheer, you can appreciate some quality holiday movies this season.
Tuesday, Dec 23
Last Week on Massively: WoW-related stories
Our sister site Massively covers many different angles of the MMO universe - it's not all just World of Warcraft over there. Which is not to say we don't love WoW! Our weekly roundup will try to give you a look at the best WoW-related content on Massively from the last week. You can click on the li...
Friday, Dec 19
President Bush dodges a Shaman attack
No matter what your political persuasion is, we can all find the above animation funny. President Bush had a shoe thrown at him last week, and this week we've seen the incident take on a World of Warcraft spin. originally appeared on WoW Insider on Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:00:00 EST. Please see our te...
Tuesday, Dec 16
Guildwatch: Rolling the endgame
Boy, there's definitely no Naxx bump this time around (unlike the old Karazhan bump) -- guilds are hitting 80 and rolling right into the endgame. Of course, with even casual players moving this fast (surely casual players are 80 by now right, Ghostcrawler?) there may eventually be a probl...
Last Week on Massively: WoW-related stories
According to FCC Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate, online game addiction - namely World of Warcraft - is "one of the top reasons for college drop-outs." And here I was thinking it had something to do with decreased funding for education or lowered standards for college admission.The Digi...
Wednesday, Dec 10
Last Week on Massively: WoW-related stories
The online gaming industry -- actually, the world -- has been changed by World of Warcraft. The game has become a cultural phenomenon played by 11 million people, so it's gotten quite a bit of mainstream media attention -- that is to say, it's not just a geek thing. Wrath of the Lich King breaks...
Tuesday, Dec 2
Last Week on Massively: WoW-related stories
Richard Bartle, co-creator of the first multi-user dungeon MUD, has expressed his displeasure with Blizzard over a Wrath of the Lich King quest -- titled, "The Art of Persuasion" -- that involves the torture of a character for information.Richard Bartle responds to "torture quest" iss...
The Queue: Proto-drakes, Brilliant Glass, and more
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Jewelcrafting, Death Knight, Wrath of the Lich King, The Queue Welcome back to The Queue, WoW Insider's daily Q&A column where the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. AbsalonPrieto asked...
Tuesday, Nov 25
Last Week on Massively: WoW-related stories
Massively Speaking Episode 32 works through a heaping helping of Wrath-related discussion, as more World of Warcraft conversation is had in the span of 50 minutes than really should be possible.Numbers support players returning to World of Warcraft
Thursday, Nov 13
Opinion: Wowhead launches new blog feature
This is great news for everyone as Wowhead just keeps on getting better (kind of like, ahem, a certain World of Warcraft blog), and a better Wowhead is always a better gaming experience for everyone. You can always visit the blog page or subscribe to it through the RSS feed. There isn't much on...
Monday, Nov 3
World of Warcraft 3.0.3 Patch notes
Continue reading World of Warcraft 3.0.3 Patch notes. WoW Insider World of Warcraft 3.0.3 Patch notes originally appeared on WoW Insider on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. ...
Sunday, Nov 2
All the World's a Stage: So you still want to be a blood elf
For no group of player-aligned characters was this as true as it was with the blood elves. From the time The Burning Crusade was released, up to now, when the next chapter of the Warcraft story (Wrath of the Lich King) is starting to unfold, the blood elves are the only player faction whose lea...
Wednesday, Oct 29
Times Online examines WoW's zombies and the connection to real life
Very interesting. There is still more to say about this plague, I think (and though things have slowed down on the realms, hopefully the event itself isn't completely over). But it is fascinating how Blizzard turned emergent gameplay into an official event, and how they mimicked the real-...
Monday, Oct 13
Patch: How to uninstall the PTR client
Other people can find the PTR client inside of the folder "C:\Users\Public\Games\World of Warcraft Public Test" in Windows Vista and "C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft Public Test" in WindowsXP. MacOS X users can find the files in "MacintoshHD::Applications::World of Warcraft Pu...
Tuesday, Jul 10
Patch 2.1.3 released
Read in-game mail will now be kept for thirty days instead of three.The Warlock spell Incinerate has had the performance of its graphical spell effect improved.The "Show Launcher" option has changed so that it now defaults to "On". Players will now see the launcher when running WoW by defau...
Sunday, Jul 8
Opinion: WoW Rookie: Choose your class!
Class type: Physical DPS (ranged) Mage Class type: Magical DPS Class type: Hybrid, tank, physical dps, healing Priest Class type: Healer, magical DPS Rogue Class type: Physical DPS (melee) Shaman Warlock Class type: Magical DPS Class type: Tank, physical DPS (melee)
Monday, Jun 18
The fastest class to level with?
Breanni at WarcraftPets.com has spent quite a bit of time evaluating the nine classes of World of Warcraft and ranking them based on DPS, survivability, speed buffs, and downtime. The result? A very informative discussion of the classes comparative strengths and weaknesses. Breanni's l...
Wednesday, Jun 6
PTR patch 2.1.2 tonight
2.1 is getting quite a few sub-patches, it seems. The public test realms are scheduled come up "late tonight" in order to test patch 2.1.2, which will probably correspond with the beginning of Arena Season 2 (or at least that's my guess). It mostly looks like a bug fix patch, but there are a few mor...
Friday, Jan 5
Faience's adventures in Outland: Through the Dark Portal
I won't bore you with the details of the quests. If you've played World of Warcraft long enough to be playing in Hellfire Peninsula, you've got an idea of the sort of quests that await you. Kill this many of this monster, that many of that one, and could you find some scraps of metal for me? There'...
