Warcraft gets a little Slashdot luvin'

The Changing Face of World of Warcraft

Back in March Blizzard released patch 2.4 and significantly altered a good portion of the overall gameplay and provided a much more casual experience. Since then Blizzard has continued to make the game more approachable through new dungeons and removing attunements and other restrictions throughout the game. While this may open up a lot of new content to the masses and help the game's overall appeal, does this continuing trend promise to alienate the high-end players who thrive on new challenges? Should Blizzard care?

PA doing Molten Core

Another classic Penny Arcade series from a few weeks back.

Template Change

I changed to a new Blogger template. I couldn't deal with the width limitations on the old one. I can pretty much duplicate the colors in this one and it is a lot more legible.

Chat Antics

Late Night Ogrimmar Chat
Originally uploaded by Batty aka Photobat

This traveled fast. Just saw it in guild chat this afternoon.

PA Contest for Upper Deck Gear

Cloaked In Twilight

Check out their site for complete details but here are the "rules".

"Securing these mounds of treasure is simple, but not effortless: you must write a short story, set in World of Warcraft, and this story must be precisely ten words long. Then, you must mail your story to Gabriel, with the subject line "Ten Words." This contest is easy and fun. At least, for me! But Gabriel has told me that I cannot win, so you've got a shot. Something along these lines, maybe:

His father's sword, shattered to the hilt, fell like stars."