Entries Categorized as 'World of Warcraft'

Wake me when we get there

Date April 23, 2008

Talking Points Memo on last night’s primary:

There’s a lot of crowing from Hillary’s campaign tonight about a shift in momentum and doubts about Obama. Tomorrow there will be a lot of chatter from Obama’s campaign that none of that really matters because of the reality of the delegate numbers which won’t change much.
Like I said, [...]

Cable news wastes my time

Date March 9, 2008

Cable news wastes my time. Time which could more profitably be spent leveling 63 troll mage to WOW endgame. I mean, if I play WOW at least I have something to show for it at the end of the day, whereas cable news can only make me stupider.
For example, instead of killing ogres in [...]

“Outside” MMORPG reviewed: D-

Date September 14, 2007

I’ve been hearing about this MMORPG for months — everyone seems to be talking about it but no one seems to have actually played it. So I thought I’d give it a spin.
The ad copy promises:

No monthly fee!
Massive world to explore!
Incredible NPC AI!
Over 56,400 Character Archetypes
Fully PvP
Highest Resolution Graphics

But how much of this [...]

Gonna have to face it…

Date August 30, 2007

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Trolls and Taurens: Racist stereotypes in World of Warcraft?

Date August 12, 2007

Via
Fred, I see Matt Ruff talks about racism in World of Warcraft.

For my first World of Warcraft character, I decided to play a troll of the hunter class. About an hour into the game I got sent on a quest to a seaside village called Sen’Jin, populated by my fellow trolls, and while interacting [...]