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  • Tunak Tunak Tun

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    OMG What is this!?!? Whatever it is, World of Warcraft will be getting this dance with the new Draenei race in beling delivered in the WoW expansion – Burning Crusade.

  • New World of Warcraft Forums

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    Blizzard’s forum software has always sucked balls. It was about time that they re-code it and give it a face lift. Well, they have released their new forum Beta test for World of Warcraft, check it out! Features: New design New Avatars Most Valuable Poster (MVP) Status* A Search that works (their non-working search had…

  • Grooming Real Life Leadership Through Virtual Worlds

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    My friend Jon passed this article from Wired Magazine off to me as it suits my interests a bit more. This article reiterates what I have been chanting for some time now, real world lessons can be learned in virtual worlds like World of Warcraft. Gaming tends to be regarded as a harmless diversion at…

  • Shop Talk on World of Warcraft. WoW is the next Golf?

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    Slashdot directed me to an article over at 1up. It seems that Joi Ito is singing the same song that I have been since my immersion in World of Warcraft. Joi Itio, “the money-and-idea guy behind internet companies PSINet, Digital Garage, Infoseek Japan, and social software like Moveable Type, Technorati, and Socialtext” is pleasantly addicted…

  • The Worst Movie In The Universe

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    Yup. I’ve done it. Through my 1337 skills in cinematography and sound mixing…I have created the worst movie in the universe! Feast your eyes and ears on this piece of WoW art!

  • Why Paladin Names are Pink in Raids

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    Shortly after one of my friends created a video on a 10-Paladin instance run in Stratholme Dead, he asked the following: Why did Blizzard make the paladin names pink in a raid, anyway? For those curious, here’s the reason: Many Horde players hate Paladins because of Shield+Hearth Because of this, the Horde (and some jealous…

  • 0.07% of the World’s Population Plays World of Warcraft

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    World of Warcraft has increased in numbers since my last post. 0.07% of the World’s Population play WoW. Thats crazy. Doesn’t seem like much? Well, its 5 million people. What will that number be after Christmas? And yes, WoW has gained me as a subscriber once more…

  • Amusing WoW Video

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    I’m a fan of Machinima and often find myself watching videos that were created using World of Warcraft and have even created one myself. Well, here is a pretty sweet and extremely hilarious WoW video that is a must see! It features a female Tauren lead singer and her fellow horde members.

  • Leetster

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    World of Warcraft, as I’ve mentioned before is a very popular game. WoW, however, is more than just the game aspect…it is extremely social. Players can create guilds – which are organizations in game – and participate in a variety of player created events and interactions with other players. Guilds typically create websites (like this…

  • World of Fellowship of the Ringcraft

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    If you are a World of Warcraft and Lord of the Ring fan, you’ll get a kick out of this: World of Fellowship of the Ringcraft. So Sweet an animated gif!

  • MMORPGs and Perception of Value

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    I made a post a little while back that on MMORPG Cheating and received a very interesting and convincing argument from Gaming Freedom that I thought warranted another post. Basically, the previous post was to emphasize how MMORPGs should be taken a little bit more serious when it comes to its future and how they…

  • Marketing MMORPGs to Women

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    There is a discussion going on my Crimson Eagles message boards spawned by the article I mention in The Holy Grail regarding marketing MMORPGs to women. A fellow gamer writes: I think the female population is left in the dust. From a marketing perspective and a financial perspective, itd be superb to get the female…

  • The Holy Grail

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    I’m a geek…I play World of Warcraft and am part of a guild. A lot of time has gone into the game. What does a lot of time mean? Well, lets just say I am nearing 1,000 hours! So that brings me to the point of this post…I was directed to this article at Tom’s…

  • Most Popular MMORPG

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    Well, as expected, Blizzard has once again created the most popular game of a given category! In a press release on Blizzard‘s site they announced meeting the 1 million paying customer mark in the US! Bringing the total of paying customers world wide to over 4 million. Assuming ~4 million customers @ $15/month…thats $60,000,000 every…