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A Look At Blizzard’s Raid Philosophy

Friday, July 10th, 2009 - 22 Comments

As we enter the end of the 3rd ’set’ of raid instances in the current expansion, I think it is a good time to take a look at Blizzard’s new raid philosophy which made another dramatic change in WotLK, not unlike the change from 40 ... More

Hunters: Tame a Pet Worgen, While You Still Can

Monday, July 6th, 2009 - 34 Comments

UPDATE 7/7/09 Wow, I figured this would be fixed, but I didn’t think it would come quite this quick. Mania’s Arcade now is reporting that the Worgen can no longer be tamed, and those that already have been tamed are somewhat useless. It was a good ... More

Longing for More Cut Scenes and Epic Events (spoilers!)

Thursday, June 4th, 2009 - 40 Comments

Last week you guys might remember that I wrote a bit about my love of the Dragonblight zone and all of its lore-tastic quest lines. And I should have known I can’t sneak anything past you guys! As several of you pointed out, I excluded ... More

Getting Sucked Back In: Part Duex

Friday, May 8th, 2009 - 35 Comments

If you look back at my blogs since the launch of Wrath of the Lich King and compare them to my collection of thoughts from the The Burning Crusade days, you may notice a trend.  During Illidan’s and later Kael’thas’ respected reigns my posts were ... More

The Creepy Lore Of Forsaken Apothecaries

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 - 19 Comments

Maybe they’re just bitter about being killed by the plague. Or they could still be holding a grudge against the Lich King and his Scourge legions. Perhaps they just love torturing people with their creepy, oozing concoctions. Whatever it is, apothecaries and all the messed ... More

Allakhazam Interviews Lylelovett

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 - 8 Comments

Allakhazam continues its interview series with with the Project Lore crew this week by conducting an interview with Lylelovett, Project Lore’s protection warrior tank, AKA Joshua Brentano. When he isn’t busy tanking for Project Lore, Joshua is also the Executive Producer of the hit G4 ... More

Wrath of the Lich King Collector’s Edition Review

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 - 13 Comments

Earlier I discussed some of the hidden gems in the Wrath of the Lich King Collector’s Edition Artbook. That article focused solely on the idea that a few artistic scribbles could be Tier loot that will be added to World of Warcraft in the ... More

Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems: Maximizing Quest Reward Income

Friday, November 21st, 2008 - 31 Comments

Many players have been griping that the gear they have seen on their first five levels towards 80 have not been good enough. Generally speaking, these players are decked out with Tier 5/Season 3 gear, or better. Heck, one of my characters has ... More

Wrath of the Lich King Artbook Hints At Incoming Armor Sets?

Thursday, November 20th, 2008 - 16 Comments

Most players who care already know what the Tier 7 loot is going to look like.  The loot from the retuned Naxxramas - which, by the way, has already been beaten - will be styled after the look from the old Tier 3 of vanilla ... More

A Wrathful Weekend

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 - 27 Comments

Photograph by L. Simon. Like many of you, I am taking my time in getting to level 80. I did not create an elaborate flowchart of areas to tackle, research the best grinding spots or enlist a friendly Priest, Paladin, Shaman and Warrior for their ... More