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WoW: Fiction Has a Horde Bias, Talarian, Gamer By Design, 11/18/13.

Talarian gives an interesting look at the favoritism in storytelling.

Wowhead adds zone music, character quest tracking, Adam Koebel, WoW Insider, 11/27/13.

Some pretty cool, new features were added to Wowhead!

Blizzard: Gearing in Warlords of Draenor, Sarah Pine, WoW Insider, 11/26/13.

Gearing will be a bit different in WoD, and this post explains the current mechanics.

Know Your Lore TFH: Sailing to Oshu’gun, Matthew Rossi, WoW Insider, 11/20/13.

Rossi provides some very interesting speculation about the draenei and their dimension ship.

What’s going on with Karazhan?, Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 11/22/13.

It looks like Karazhan is getting restored. What could it mean?

Ghostcrawler to leave Blizzard, Olivia Grace, WoW Insider, 11/27/13.

Bye, Ghostcrawler!

Warlords of Draenor: The Story So Far, Matthew Rossi, WoW Insider, 11/10/13.

If you missed what the expansion is all about, this will tell you!

Warlords of Draenor Systems Panel: What We Learned, Booka, BlizzPro, 11/9/13.

Booka provides a quick overview of the features and changes coming in Warlords.

Warlords of Draenor Open Q&A: What We Learned, Booka, BlizzPro, 11/9/13.

More quick bulletpoints.

Know Your Lore, TFH: The Aspects of the Titans, Matthew Rossi, WoW Insider, 11/6/13.

Rossi has some very interesting theories about the Titans and time. He speculates that they’re from the future, and that they want to preserve the “true” timeline to ensure their own creation.

Know Your Lore TFH: The Big Lie, Matthew Rossi, WoW Insider, 11/13/13.

Just how do the timelines work, and what has Nozdormu been up to? Rossi speculates.

Know Your Lore: The warlords of Draenor, Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 11/9/13.

Who are the Warlords of Draenor?

Know Your Lore: The History of Draenor, Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 11/8/13.

A look at Draenor’s current history.

Bashiok on flying mount delay in World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor, Sarah Pine, WoW Insider, 11/14/13.

No flying until 6.1? In my opinion, it’s a great idea.

The cosplay of BlizzCon2013, Elizabeth Harper, WoW Insider, 11/9/13.

There’s some very cool cosplay in the gallery!

How does a 25 player guild handle Mythic raiding?, Matticus, World of Matticus, 11/13/13.

The leader of a 25-player heroic guild talks about what’s going to happen come Warlords of Draenor.

BlizzCon 2013: Updates on the level 90-100 questing experience, Adam Koebel, WoW Insider, 11/9/13.

Take a look at what’s changing.

Know Your Lore, TFH Edition: What are the Old Gods?, Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 11/3/13.

What if the Old Gods aren’t what we think?

What We’ll Miss About Mists… And What We Won’t, Booka, BlizzPro, 11/7/13.

The best and worst aspects of Mists of Pandaria.

Behind the Blogging Scenes Interview: Rohan, Matticus, World of Matticus, 10/5/13.

Matticus interviewed Rohan, one of my favorite bloggers.

I Think I’m in Love With 5.4, Balkoth, Balkoth’s Word, 10/3/13.

Wondering what’s so special about 5.4? Balkoth can explain.

Inventory fixes being worked on, Olivia Grace, WoW Insider, 10/5/13.

Yes yes yes.

Warcraft as a whole: story balance between RTS and MMO, Matthew Rossi, WoW Insider, 10/7/13.

A consideration of the different ways the MMO and RTS games have interacted with story.

WTB generic glyphs, Sarah Pine, WoW Insider, 10/9/13.

Some interesting ideas for generic glyphs.

The Mists of Pandaria that never was, Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 10/4/13.

Things could have been a bit different.

New Refer-A-Friend system revealed, Olivia Grace, WoW Insider, 10/7/13.

The new system sounds good, but are there really people who are coming to play WoW for the first time still?

Breakfast Topic: Today, the Sky Golems invade Azeroth, Adam Koebel, WoW Insider, 10/9/13.

This is a pretty sweet mount.

We may be in debt, but the chips on our shoulders are chocolate, Sarah Pine, WoW Insider, 9/18/13.

When Greg Street and Brian Holinka traded tweets about exciting changes to PVP, Olivia Grace replied to them, saying that she’d bake them each 1,000,000 cookies if the changes were cross-realm arenas. Well, they’re in patch 5.4 now, and in the Alliance PVP room in the Valley of the Four Winds, there’s an IOU note for “1,000,000 Chocolate Chip Cookies” signed “- O.D.G.” She better get on that.

WoW Trivial Pursuit now available, Sarah Pine, WoW Insider, 9/25/13.

Sweet.

Know Your Lore: This Was All Necessary, Matthew Rossi, WoW Insider, 9/25/13.

Pandaria grew stagnant under the Sha of Pride. Garrosh was right that “such power cannot be contained.”

Hearthstone account wipe is coming, Sarah Pine, WoW Insider, 9/26/13.

Good to know if you’re still playing Hearthstone. You’ll be reimbursed with gold for your purchases, and they don’t believe there will be any additional wipes.

Queue for all the LFRs at once in patch 5.4, Olivia Grace, WoW Insider, 9/24/13.

This is a welcome change.

WoW Archivist: A rolled-back history of realms, Scott Andrews, WoW Insider, 9/13/13.

I remember roll-backs. Dark days, they were.

Know Your Lore: The future of the Horde, Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 9/15/13.

What will happen to the Horde after the Siege of Orgrimmar?

Know Your Lore: Delenda est Orgrimmar, Matthew Rossi, WoW Insider, 9/18/13.

This is a satirical piece from the Alliance perspective on why Orgrimmar should be destroyed.

Escape from Orgrimmar, Matthew Rossi, WoW Insider, 9/19/13.

And this is the follow-up Rossi wrote after realizing that people didn’t realize the first was satirical. It lists the reasons why Orgrimmar shouldn’t be destroyed.

When the big squish happens, you’ll still be able to kill the mobs, Adam Holisky, WoW Insider, 9/19/13.

Some clarification for people who are still confused.

Suggested Reading: Of Ordos and the D3 Auction House

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Either it was a slow week or I’ve been in an uninterested mood!

Should Ordos Be Available To Everybody?, Booka, BlizzPro, 9/13/13.

Personally, I think it’s fine to have restricted content. However, I think the general plot and assets should be available to everybody. That’s one reason that, while I don’t particularly enjoy running LFR regularly, I’m very thankful for it’s inclusion in the game.

Blizzard to shut down Diablo III auction house, Sarah Pine, WoW Insider, 9/17/13.

I didn’t enjoy the AH, and I’ve really enjoyed the PS3 version of Diablo III. I think this is a good move.

And So It Begins, Averry, The Warchief’s Command Board, 9/10/13.

Averry, the man behind Garrosh Hellscream at the Warchief’s Command Board, posts a little bit out of character. He brings up leading a raid of Warchief’s Command Board readers in Siege of Orgrimmar. Could be fun!

Timeless Isle Guide (WoW MoP 5.4), Damien, Icy Veins, 9/10/13.

This seems to be a great guide for the Timeless Isle.

Know Your Lore: The legacy you will leave behind, Matthew Rossi, WoW Insider, 9/11/13.

An examination of the major players of Mists of Pandaria.

Know Your Lore, TFH Edition: The haunting refrain of the Mists of Pandaria, Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 9/8/13.

This is a sad tale of the Vale of Eternal Blossoms.

World of Warcraft Trivial Pursuit coming soon, Olivia Grace, WoW Insider, 9/6/13.

There isn’t too much to say about this, but I’m excited.

I won’t cry for you, Garrosh Hellscream, Sarah Pine, WoW Insider, 9/5/13.

It’s time for the story to end.

I Just Want to Play With My Friends! (On WoW Leveling), Balkoth, Balkoth’s Word, 7/26/13.

Leveling is fine for some people. For other people, it becomes a huge barrier to playing with their friends. Balkoth examines some scenarios and discusses the leveling process.

Small Decisions, Rohan, Blessing of Kings, 7/29/13 and Small Decisions, Part II, Rohan, Blessing of Kings, 7/30/13.

These two articles discuss the small decisions (reagents, arrows, talents every level) that were removed from WoW and what that’s done to the game.

Know Your Lore: The tauren peoples of Azeroth, Matthew Rossi, WoW Insider, 7/31/13.

An examination of the three tauren peoples in World of Warcraft.

Know Your Lore: The color of magic, Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 7/28/13.

There are a lot of flavors of magic in Azeroth.

New World of Warcraft class coming? Ghostcrawler drops a hint, Adam Holisky, WoW Insider, 7/25/13.

Could we be gaining a support class?

Ghostcrawler, potentially, details the future of WoW at Chinajoy, Sarah Pine, WoW Insider, 7/25/13.

GC sort of talks about some things that, honestly, we should probably just ignore for now.

World of Warcraft to sell experience buff and more in confirmed in-game store, Samit Sarkar, Polygon, 7/9/13.

Huge news in my opinion.

Thinking about the in-game store, TyphoonAndrew, TyphoonAndrew’s – Eye of the Storm, 7/10/13.

TyphoonAndrew doesn’t seem too pleased with the buffs being sold.

#245 A word of warning to Blizzard about Microtransactions, Spencer Nozell, Be MOP, 7/10/13.

Spencer cautions Blizzard about microtransactions, using Valve’s TF2 as an example.

Enough With the WoW P2W* Hysteria!, Balkoth, Balkoth’s Word, 7/10/13.

Balkoth thinks people need to calm down and that the news about microtransactions aren’t a big deal. I disagree.

Choosing Statistics to Evade the Argument, Rohan, Blessing of Kings, 7/9/13.

Just because someone uses statistics to back their argument doesn’t mean the argument they’re rebutting is wrong.

WoW Archivist: WoW’s 20 greatest non-legendary weapons, Scott Andrews, WoW Insider, 7/5/13.

Andrew examines the coolest non-legendary weapons.

WoW Archivist: WoW’s 20 greatest non-legendary weapons, part 2, Scott Andrews, WoW Insider, 7/9/13.

Andrew finishes his look at some cool weapons.

Patch 5.4 PTR: Legendary spell effects for all (druids included), Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 7/8/13.

If you want to see what our new legendary will look like, take a look!

The living game and the end of nostalgia, Matthew Rossi, WoW Insider, 7/8/13.

It’s okay to miss the past, but don’t be blinded by it.

Do warlocks bring too much utility to a raid?, Sarah Pine, WoW Insider, 7/8/13.

I kind of think they do, but I hope it’s not removed. That utility is important, and I like the flavor that it comes with warlocks.

Alliance vs Horde Storyline Favoritism, Rohan, Blessing of Kings, 6/3/13.

Is there favoritism in the story or is it a natural consequence of the story being told?

Class Distribution Data for Patch 5.3, Cynwise, Cynwise’s Warcraft Manual, 6/1/13.

No big change with priests. Who cares about other classes? Okay, lots of people.

Darkspear Rebellion, and making events more accessible, Jods, Jods’ Blog, 6/3/13.

Jod wants to make these types of events more accessible by scaling everyone’s level.

Rumour – Final stage Legendary, might not be a weapon…, TyphoonAndrew, TyphoonAndrew’s – Eye of the Storm, 6/5/13.

TyphoonAndrew gives some ideas for a final legendary that isn’t a weapon.

#228 A Change in the Warcraft’s Log-in Screen, Spencer Nozell, Be MOP, 6/3/13.

Spencer thinks that despite normally receiving one log-in screen per expansion, it’s time for a change.

Know Your Lore: The Alliance and Horde, Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 6/2/13.

This is a nice consideration of the relationship between the Horde and the Alliance over their history.

Stormwind Keep valued at $10,293,472, Sarah Pine, WoW Insider, 6/5/13.

That’s pretty cheap actually.

Worlds Yet to Conquer: Ideas for new content in old places, Matthew Rossi, WoW Insider, 6/3/13.

There are plenty of places to still explore.

Vanessa VanCleef should come back from the dead, Michael Gray, WoW Insider, 6/1/13.

No, Michael isn’t suggesting that she become Forsaken. But that’s not an interesting idea!

Diminishing returns on valor instead of a cap?, Adam Holisky, WoW Insider, 5/30/13.

Great idea.

WoW Moviewatch: Lore According to Ragnaros, Dawn Moore, WoW Insider, 5/7/13.

There are two sides to every story. This is Ragnaros’ side.

Know Your Lore: Karazhan and why we went there, Matthew Rossi, WoW Insider, 5/8/13.

I didn’t know much about Karazhan, so this was fairly interesting to me. The comments are good too.

New York Times crossword references World of Warcraft, Robin Torres, WoW Insider, 5/2/13.

“World of Warcraft event.” Four letter word. Ah, come on, it starts with ‘R’!

Inside the fabulous world of blood elf roleplaying, Lisa Poisso, WoW Insider, 5/2/13.

Selama Ashalanore is an exciting blood elf roleplaying guilds. Themed RP guilds always sound so fun to me!

Know Your Lore: Anveena Teague and the Sunwell, Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 5/5/13.

Who is the girl floating about the Sunwell?

The top 10 most beautiful spots in WoW, Sarah Pine, WoW Insider, 5/8/13.

This wouldn’t be identical to my list, but it still shows some nice locations.

F2P and Crafting, Rohan, Blessing of Kings, 3/21/13.

Rohan explains why crafting conflicts with monetization in F2P games.

Hearthstone Gameplay, Rohan, Blessing of Kings, 3/24/13.

Another look at Hearthstone.

The beauty of classic WoW’s Molten Core, Sarah Pine, WoW Insider, 3/19/13.

If you joined late and have ever wondered what the big deal with Molten Core was, Sarah will tell you.

Oondasta in China is full of… tombstones, Adam Holisky, WoW Insider, 3/20/13.

This is my wallpaper at work now.

The quest of a lifetime, Olivia Grace, WoW Insider, 3/21/13.

A very cute marriage proposal.

Star Wars: The Old Republic’s first expansion is BioWare’s hope to win back lapsed players, Griffin McElroy, Polygon, 3/25/13.

I’d give it a look, but we have too much content in WoW now!

Know Your Lore, Tinfoil Hat Edition: Azeroth, Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 3/24/13.

What’s so special about Azeroth?

The OverAchiever: The game’s 13 vanished titles, Allison Robert, WoW Insider, 3/21/13.

Scarab Lord, Champiuon of the Naaru, Hand of A’dal, Argent Defender, Celestial Defender, Champion of Ulduar, Conqueror of Ulduar, Conqueror of Naxxramas, Death’s Demise, Grand Crusader, The Immortal, The Undying, The Magic Seeker, and Obsidian Slayer. And none of me.

Mantid Archaeology, Cymre, Bubbles of Mischief, 3/22/13.

Check out the sweet gun!

World of Warcraft Patch 5.3 PTR Patch Notes, Adam Holisky, WoW Insider, 3/22/13.

Heroic scenarios, loot specialization, bonus rolls with progressively better bonuses, removal of most resilience, gear scaling in PVP, and new BGs and scenarios.

Why head to the Isle of Giants?, Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 3/8/13.

This is a great overview of what’s offered on the Isle of Giants.

Blind player Ben Shaw on raiding and WoW for the sightless, Lisa Poisso, WoW Insider, 3/7/13.

If you’ve wondered what Ben Shaw, blind raider, has been doing, read this! (And if you’ve never heard of him, you really need to read it.)

Reconciling PvP and PvE, Rohan, Blessing of Kings, 3/11/13.

Rohan if it would have been possible to keep PVP and PVE on the same path, using the same gear. It’d be interesting!

Analysis of the Post-Hotfix 5.2 Battleground Scaling Changes, Cynwise, Cynwise’s Warcraft Manual, 3/13/13.

More information on the funky new battleground level scaling.

Ra’sha <Tender of Sacrifices>, Cymre, Bubbles of Mischief, 3/12/13.

Did you know you can obtain a dagger that allows you to kill yourself? It’s called Ra’sha’s Sacrificial Dagger, and Cymre can tell you more about it.

Oondasta, Cymre, Bubbles of Mischief, 3/11/13.

If you haven’t had the chance to fight Oondasta, reading about it might be good!

#194 First impressions of Stage One and Two of the Isle of Thunder, Spencer Nozell, Be MOP, 3/13/13.

Another look at the Isle of Thunder.

Know Your Lore: Vereesa Windrunner, Matthew Rossi, WoW Insider, 3/13/13.

Why’s that Vereesa Windrunner girl so mad, anyways?

Track your Isle of Thunder to-do list with this handy addon, Sarah Pine, WoW Insider, 3/13/13.

I just installed this, so I can’t yet say how useful it is. Apparently it tracks weekly things on the Isle of Thunder per character so you can know on what to focus.

PvP in Patch 5.2: Gear changes, resilience changes, class changes, Olivia Grace, WoW Insider, 3/11/13.

Lots of PVP changes.

Around Azeroth: Thunder was his engine and white lightning was his load, Elizabeth Wachowski, WoW Insider, 3/9/13.

I don’t usually share Around Azeroths, but this screenshot was pretty cool.

Spiritual Guidance: Priest gear in patch 5.2 and Throne of Thunder, Dawn Moore, WoW Insider, 3/7/13.

A list of all the gear you’ll be considering if you’re a priest.

Only one week left to get your Winter Squid, Sarah Pine, WoW Insider, 3/13/13.

If you need it, go get it.

The Queue: Hump day, Alex Ziebart, WoW Insider, 3/13/13.

@Dobablo asked, “If white smoke =pope and black smoke = no pope. Then green fire = what?” Ziebart answered, “Felpope.”

Five reasons patch 5.2 will pull you back into WoW, Elizabeth Harper, WoW Insider, 3/6/13.

Harper provides a nice summary of 5.2 content.

Patch 5.2 official patch notes, Adam Holisky, WoW Insider, 3/5/13.

If Harper’s article isn’t enough information for you, this might be for you.

On the Broken Battleground Scaling of 5.2, Cynwise, Cynwise’s Warcraft Manual, 3/7/13.

Cynwise looks at how battleground scaling has only made balance worse in the lower-level brackets.

Diablo 3, the Auction House, and Efficiency, Rohan, Blessing of Kings, 3/2/13.

Rohan discusses the dangers of increasing efficiency too much. He also claims that there shouldn’t be shortcuts a game’s “central fun.” It’s a great idea. It also reminds me of some tweets I saw by Bennett (@bfod) who said “well, until they charged me money to skip over it, I wasn’t thinking of playing the game as being ‘grind’” and “since they’re charging money to skip it, I know it is grind. Even the developers think of it as grind. Playing it is a penalty.” He goes on to say “here’s how it works-if you pay to play more, you’re seeing play as being valuable. If you pay to play less, you’re thinking of it as a grind” (2/27/13).

Know Your Lore: Jaina Proudmoore and the Kirin Tor, Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 3/3/13.

Wondering what’s up with Jaina lately? Then pay attention to the game you pay to play! Or read this.

Know Your Lore: Aethas Sunreaver and the founding of the Sunreaver Onslaught, Matthew Rossi, WoW Insider, 3/6/13.

This guy got totally sweet this expansion. Yup.

The Decline of Rogues, Rohan, Blessing of Kings, 3/3/13.

Rohan has some ideas on why rogues are on the decline.

Secret Areas of Warcraft: Where developers go to play, Sarah Pine, WoW Insider, 2/28/13.

Secrets always fascinate me.

What does legendary really mean?, Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 2/28/13.

What legendary means has been changing.

Eberron and beyond: Seven years of Dungeon and Dragons Online, Justin Olivetti, Massively, 2/28/13.

Olivetti looks back at DDO.

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