Patch 3.2 PTR Tier 9 reawakens faction pride and… homogeneity?

When Blizzard announced that the new Tier 9 sets with Patch 3.2 would be faction-specific, I’m sure I wasn’t the only one who thought how awesome that would be. It would mark the first time tier sets would be themed to a faction. It was something many players had been asking for. But as the [...]

Breakfast Topic: Favorite in-game settlement

This is a fun thread over on the forums, and though we’ve talked about favorite cities a few times before, I like the use of the word “settlement” — it seems different enough from “city” to consider separately. Your favorite city brings to mind images of metropolises like Stormwind or Orgrimmar, but “settlement” could mean [...]

Breakfast Topic: How do you cope with burnout?

Burnout is a natural part of doing anything for a long period of time whether it’s a game or your job. Right now I’ve got WoW burnout, I can’t be bothered to log on and the thought of raiding Ulduar (Ignis specifically) just makes my eyes and head hurt. It’s not too bad and I’ve [...]

WoW Insider Show Episode 94: More zones than we can remember

Our podcast was live on the virtual airwaves last Saturday as usual, and it was a pretty wacky affair — Turpster, our newest blogger Eddie “Brigwyn” Carrington, and I dissected those mount changes that dropped last week, the Mountain Dew Battle-bots and how you can get your hands on one, and how scammers can get [...]

The Spreading Taint plans pride parade on Proudmoore

The Spreading Taint, a GLBT guild that we’ve featured here on the site before, is hosting an in-game event next Saturday, their fifth annual Pride Celebration. Just like real-life Pride events, they’re planning quite the spectacle, from floats of all kinds (I’m curious to see the “>8< Spider Pride” float, featuring spider pets aplenty, both [...]

Night Elf cat forms coming tomorrow

We’ve already seen the graphics for three out of the four new feral forms we know are coming for druids in patch 3.2: Tauren bear and cat forms, and Night Elf bear forms. This only leaves Night Elf cat forms left to be seen. (They might be redesigning moonkin and tree forms too; they’re being [...]

World of WarCrafts: Black Jelly

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You’re not alone: Black Jelly made from Borean Man o’ War does sound disgusting. We wouldn’t [...]