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11/09 Hotfix Breaks WoW

Monday, November 9th, 2009 - 14 Comments

If you’ve attempted to log-in over the past few hours you’ve likely been stone-walled from entering the game. The culprit appears to be a small hotfix or patch intended to (ironically) update the install repair tools that either wasn’t ready to go live yet or ... More

The Bugs Of World of Warcraft

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 - 30 Comments

Every video game has bugs, some game breaking, others just amusing.  Old school NES players likely remember the Minus World from Super Mario Bros., and all arcade junkies strove to reach the unplayable 256th stage of Pacman.  Yesterday I found an amusing, and somewhat expensive, ... More

Brewfest 2009: Festivities Extended for 2 Extra Days

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 - 9 Comments

I know, I know. I gave Brewfest a hard time when it first started up. On top of my frustrations with blurry screens and fatigued rams, Blizzard was working through some bugs that prevented players from properly using their mugs to bonk dwarves attempting to ... More

Brewfest 2009: Hungover Already

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 - 12 Comments

Which is the Dark Iron Dwarf, and which is the keg? They’re both short and fat - your guess is as good as mine! As iTZKooPA already pointed out in his detailed Brewfest guide, the onset of this merriest of holidays brings with it a host ... More

What We Take for Granted in WoW

Monday, September 21st, 2009 - 3 Comments

In the past month or so, I’ve had a lot more time to really sink my nails into playing WoW. While getting caught up in the hype of gold, dungeons, scoring a hot new flying mount and figuring out how to best spend my emblems ... More

Patch 3.2: A Retrospective On Its Application

Friday, August 7th, 2009 - 28 Comments

Whenever Blizzard decides to lay a patch on us I hold my breath.  Sure, I want the bounty of content, but sometimes that isn’t all we receive.  Oftentimes we’ll be stuck at login screens, the World Server will be down, our add-ons will cease to ... More

Exodus Suspended, Oh My!

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 - 25 Comments

I don’t know about you guys but even though I am a far cry from the hardcore raiding base, I still live through them vicariously.  I follow the MMO-Champion’s Hall of Fame, I check up on all the “top guild” websites here and there, and ... More

Highlights of 3.1 Patch Notes

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 - 19 Comments

Dungeon maps? Yes, please! While my game was patching this afternoon, I took a look through WoW’s official Patch Notes on 3.1. We’ve already been talking a lot about some of the larger ticket items including Ulduar and related achievements, dual spec, armor upgrades, profession changes ... More

Keeping Tabs On The PTR

Monday, March 23rd, 2009 - 14 Comments

Playing on the public test realm isn’t for everyone. Of course, we love to keep track of Project Lore posts so we know about exciting upcoming features such as Ulduar, dual spec and tons of new achievements. But we may not be as keen about ... More

Adventures With Death Grip

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 - 19 Comments

So we’ve probably all heard by now of the infamous death grip bug. The one that drags unsuspecting duelists, PvP’ers and joyriders alike all the way across Azeroth and into a ghost ship in the nether realm. The music video-inspired footage and numerous threads on ... More