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World of Warcraft Epidemiology

In 2005, World of Warcraft accidentally provided a virtual simulation of a pandemic that academics have been studying in papers since.

World of Warcraft Makes It Way Easier For New Players To Get Into The Game

World of Warcraft is the king of MMO's and will continue it's reign for quite some time and they just changed something that will keep it on top for the considerable future. In the past if you wanted to get into World of Warcraft you could pay the subscription and download the base game and play. Thing is there have been 7 total expansions for the game post launch and if you want to experience all the content you need to acquire (usually buy) all of the expansions. It makes it hard to get in and play with your friends if you friend new to the game doesn't have all the content but Blizzard just made it a lot easier.

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Get Back To Work - The New Warcraft Film Trailer

In 2006 Blizzard said it was working on plans for a Warcraft film. In 2013 Duncan Jones was attached to direct and filming started January of 2014. We got a few second trailer tease last week and today at Blizzcon Blizzard unveiled the first full Warcraft trailer. The movie seems to be a retelling of the events in Warcraft: Orcs and Humans with the Orcs leaving their dying world Draenor in search of a new home. There is some speculation as to if this is a standalone film or the first in a series of films that catalog the history of Azeroth. I imagine if the film does well we will undoubtedly see more but right now I am uncertain how well it will do at the box office.

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Travis Admin wrote on 11/07/2015 at 06:54am

It uh... it looks kinda cheesy.

Beyond the fact that it's obviously using no practical effects, and like even the forest scenes they opted for CG instead of actually going to a forest, the storyline looks pretty cheesy.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 11/07/2015 at 05:38pm

Sometimes movie studios will put out a really cheaply done movie just to extend their rights on an intellectual property. I expected this movie to be simply that; something thrown together without much effort or cost. After seeing this trailer, I no longer think this is the case. I do think this movie is the Barbie movie series. (Any of you with daughters know what I'm talking about). The Barbie movies are simply random stories told with Barbie characters (I remember Swan Lake the most, but there's several movies with Barbie). The animation is terrible (all blocky 90's looking CG) and the storyline are simple. But kids love the movies because the movies have Barbie skins. Now this Warcraft movie has pretty good animation, but like Travis said, the animation is clearly only animation, but it's simply fanservice for fans who way to see the characters of Warcraft in a movie.

I won't be seeing this movie, unless it gets really good reviews by non-Warcraft fans.

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 11/08/2015 at 01:55am

It looks meh. I like Duncan Jones though. Maybe it will be decent.

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Looking for Group Documentary Catalogs 10 Years of WoW

Since Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos I have been a fan of Blizzard Collectors Editions. The modern incarnations come with several documentary shorts on the making of the game and I really love watching those after I complete the main story. Recently Blizzard celebrated 10 years of World of Warcraft and to help ring in the year, created an hour long documentary "Looking for Group."

So if you have every run with the Tauren in Thunder Bluff or swam with the Undead in Stranglethorn, peep the documentary above, you know.... for the horde.

Blizzard Launches New Web Reality Show, Azeroth Choppers

Blizzard is a company like few others and are showing that style in it's latest foray, Azeroth Choppers. Azeroth Choppers is a reality TV web show focusing on the Horde and Alliance building competing motorcycles. The first episode is pretty interesting and ends on a typically reality TV cliffhanger. Whereas the geek in me likes the premise of the show I was really turned off by the reality TV aspect of it. The ending cliffhanger seems invented and kind of broke some of the magic.

That said, they plan on doing a whole run of shows online for your YouTube viewing pleasure. The next episode of Azeroth Choppers will launch on YouTube April 24th and keep the week release... Read All

Wowcraft: Episode 2 Quest for Tooth

It's a common tale. Collect teeth to progress. Head over to kill the things to get the teeth...

WowCraft Episode 1: The Creation

WoWCraft is a fun new cartoon from the creator of the amazing Starcrafts series. The opening episode of WowCraft is pretty spot on with how hard it can be to start a new character in an MMO.

Pandas in the Mist.

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I wanted to hate it. I wanted to mock it from behind my usual standbys of EVE-Online, TF2, and DayZ. For a while, I probably did hate it... Then I saw it was on sale and wound up buying it and re-activated my account.

"What the shit is this? What'd they do to my Druid?!?"

Class changes aside, I've grown to...actually...like Mists of Pandaland. One feature I thought I'd abhor was pet battles... Boy was I wrong. Remember waiting half an hour for Heroic queues while you ground away on a couple of dailies? Yeah, not anymore. You'll assemble your pet-battle team and go lay waste to whatever furry creature you can find in the forest. Oh, that one has a blue border? YOU'RE... Read All

jdodson Admin wrote on 12/17/2012 at 11:12pm

The pet battle system was the thing in the Pandera expansion I was the most interested in so its good to hear it worked well. The interesting thing about new entrants into the MMO space is that they have a bunch of awesome WoW expansion to contend with.

The other day I started Planetside 2 and had no idea what I was doing. Nothing letting me know what was happening, nothing giving me a pro-top to what to do next. The game is a cool concept, but the original Quake does a better job of teaching you how to play the game. This isn't a jab at Quake but a slight against a new MMO like Planetside 2 that doesn't really show you what the deal is.

jdodson Admin wrote on 12/17/2012 at 11:13pm

Oh and how many pets have you collected so far?

Jason_Taylor Post Author wrote on 12/18/2012 at 03:45pm

Something like 65 I think? I meant to check last night but I was busy trying to build an epic space station in KSP.

jdodson Admin wrote on 12/18/2012 at 06:10pm

Nice. I was playing Dragon Age: Origins last eve. So fun, gonna write about it soon.

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Emailed A Free WoW Battle Chest

Recently I made it to Hell mode in Diablo 3 and a night or so later I got an email from Blizzard saying this:

"You've proven your valor in the battle for Sanctuary in Diablo III. Now take your skills to Azeroth with a FREE digital copy of World of Warcraft Battle Chest, which includes 30 days of game time, The Burning Crusade and Wrath of the Lich King expansion packs."

World of Warcraft Battle Chest free? The email came with a key. I thought this might be some kind of phishing, but the email seemed legit and the URL's matched up to Battle Net proper. Clicked the link logged in to Battle Net and I had World of Warcraft, The Burning Crusade and Wrath of the Lich King for... Read All

Travis Admin wrote on 11/17/2012 at 10:13pm

I don't think it had anything to do with getting to Hell, though I guess they may have some threshold for it. I got that email yesterday as well.

I probably won't give it a shot, with all the other things I have to play at the moment. Though if you can start that 30 days whenever you want, and you don't have to start it immediately upon activating the freebie, then I might.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 11/17/2012 at 10:25pm

The Starter Edition and this 30 day eval are different. The Starter Edition has no time limit and is separate. I would just play the Starter and then the 30 day if you are more inclined to continue.

Travis Admin wrote on 11/17/2012 at 10:30pm

No I mean the Battle Chest has a limit. If you don't activate it soon it expires. Does your 30 day eval start with activating it or when you start playing? Because I'd like to activate it just to have it and start playing when I'm ready.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 11/17/2012 at 11:03pm

The free month expires, not the Battle Chest. Clipped from the site on the Battle Chest:

"Game Time
Source: Free Month
Expires: 12/16/2012 7:16 PM"

Travis Admin wrote on 11/17/2012 at 11:11pm

Right I knew that. Just wondering when the free month *started*-- whether it was when you activate the battle chest or when you start playing-- but (unless you've played WoW since you activated that) it looks like it starts when you activate it.

Travis Admin wrote on 11/17/2012 at 11:14pm

I think I was bad at explaining exactly what I was wondering.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 11/17/2012 at 11:17pm

That makes sense, yeah seems they time limit the 30 days to have people start it up now. Makes sense, I don't need to play it right now and if I want getting a 90 day card isn't hard or expensive.

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I played WoW a bunch. The Burning Crusade and Wrath of the

I played WoW a bunch. The Burning Crusade and Wrath of the Lich King kept me going for a while, but I dropped out before Cataclysm came out.

I had no idea another another expansion was coming out until I saw a Kung Fu Panda commercial, that ended up being a WoW commercial?!? Mists of Pandaria? What the heck?

It might be drawing me back... thankfully my computer can't handle it, so it'll be a while before I lose myself to it, but I'm definitely interested.

Anyone else picking it up right away?

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/21/2012 at 04:39am

This expansion really interests me and I am not a WoW player. They add a kind of pokemon mini game to it, plus I really like the look of Pandara. I dig the whole dark game thing, but I enjoy bright open worlds too. WoW had that, but maybe I just started as a Undead and... Wait I did :)

That said, the Undead area has its bright places and it was fun. I just can't get around a sub...

TonyJapMayo wrote on 09/21/2012 at 05:33am

is GW2 better than WOW? I might buy GW2..

AdamPFarnsworth Post Author wrote on 09/21/2012 at 07:23am

I've not played GW2, but hopefully someone else knows :)

Ben_Dodson wrote on 09/21/2012 at 03:40pm

Is GW2 better than WOW? That is like asking the question is Torchlight 2 better than Diablo 3. Both are great games that are similar but everyone has their bias and you then can ask the question what coffee is the best and you will get different responses.

Mist is looking to be a fun expansion. The keep claiming it will get back to the original WOW roots of exploring and Horde v Alliance conflict.

There are many new mini games as Jon talked about Pokemon. If that wasn't enough there will be a type of Farmville with the Tillers faction. There is already a Plants v Zombies in the game.

Cataclysm revamped the Old World in a huge way. The 1-60 leveling is by far the best it has ever been. However the 80-85 content there are many opinions on this and mine is I am glad it is over. I am not going to make a huge post in that regards.

Kung-Fu Panda meets WOW we shall see but from the test I have seen and the feed back I have read this should be good.

And Jon I am sorry but when WOW is under 2Mil subs I am sure they will make it free. Until then 15$ a month.

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/23/2012 at 05:42pm

Yeah, I don't think WoW will go F2P for ALONG time, if ever.

The game I want to go F2P though? The original Everquest. That would be awesome.

Missile_Drop_Kick wrote on 09/27/2012 at 01:54am

I can see why you quit WOW when Cataclysm came out. This girl would make me quit too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QFtqIqaYLs

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/27/2012 at 01:58am

This dude is better. He is a character based on gaming stereotypes and I love him: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZXNMs8D-Ow&feature=related

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/27/2012 at 02:04am

Oh man, he just dropped this about the Panda expansion, hilarious: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VvYGAVvphU&list=UU4_bwov47DseacR1-ttTdOg&index=0&feature=plcp

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