It’s time to face the facts. The vampires are out there. They lurk in the shadows of Silvermoon with their bare, glittering chests entrancing casual bystanders

Why Everything is Becoming a Game GigaOm (blog) But the rise of online games such as World of Warcraft and the social and “casual” games popularized by Zynga and other companies on Facebook, such as Mafia …

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Robin Torres writes WoW, Casually for the player with limited playtime.

In the open Sunday thread Void expressed his opinion that most MMORPGs either cost $15 a month, or are Free2Play, and wondered why there was no middle ground. That seems to be a common enough thought, Syp from Bio Break just posted about Cryptic games not being worth $15 per month and suggested they go Free2Play instead

Following a recommendation from Cuppycake , I reactivated my dormant Facebook account and started playing My Tribe . As I said in my previous discussion of Facebook games , I recognize the power of the social engineering tools used for games like Farmville, but didn’t like that these games were so lacking in actual gameplay. There isn’t really much gameplay involved in apps like Farmville or Mafia Wars, it is just clicking to get rewards, plus incentives to give money to the game company and to invite your friends into the game.

There’s a lot of turnover in the blogging world. This crazy hobby (sometimes profession) is one that’s hard to keep up with

S o what do you do when you hit a raid wall? Make an MS paint of the strat, of course! Who doesn’t love terribad MS paints?? Plus, firming up the strat with a cooky visual may be just what the doctor ordered.? At the very least, you hope looking at things from a different angle may help promote new ideas or understanding

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The Warcraft Econ Hall of Fame is a column featuring the few elite players that have hit the World of Warcraft gold cap of 214,748 gold 36 silver 46 copper. We have with us, Seata of Hulan of Moonglade-EU, who will be sharing their stories with us today

Gamasutra Brits spend £200m on MMOs Absolute Gadget Gamers in Britain spend nearly £200m on MMOs such as World of Warcraft according to new research. The study carried out by TNS and Gamesindustry.com found …

GamersDailyNews Brits pay 10.50£ on Average for MMOs GamersDailyNews Looking at number of players, World of Warcraft and Runescape clearly lead the pack with approximately 750000 Brits admitting to have played. ..

The Problem Last week Big Bear Butt issued a call for Blizzard to end Prohibition and start selling gold to players . The theory is that by offering players a safe and legal method of purchasing gold, Blizzard will greatly damage the economic incentive of hackers and goldsellers, reducing the damage that hacked accounts are doing to the game.

Without going all Bridget Jonesy This post has been sitting in my drafts for a while. Might even be considered a TMI post, and possibly some of you who read me might read too much into this. But Meh. I wanted a Humdinger for my 500th, and this well – this I thought was appropriate

I’m pretty new to Role Playing in Wow, but having rolled an alt on Argent Dawn to be with Single Abstract Noun – I was open to the idea of dabbling in it a little. Installing an RP mod was a big step, and its been funny reading peoples descriptions as you go around.

I sensed a disturbance in the force. As if millions of unsatisfied WoW bloggers cried out in terror before being silenced. Okay, so maybe it wasn’t as dramatic but I wanted to offer up some advice to both bloggers and guildmasters about guild stuff that gets blogged.

Game developers, as well as the armchair developers on blogs and forums, tend to design games around what *they* would like to play. So if I’d ask you for what features your dream MMORPG would have, I’m sure you could provide me a list.

The Warcraft Econ Hall of Fame is a column featuring the few elite players that have hit the World of Warcraft gold cap of 214,748 gold 36 silver 46 copper.

S ince BBB was so kind as to re-post the blue post yesterday, I’m going to link to him as the source of my contemplation.? Having browsed the announcement casually, let’s look at what this means for Warlocks (today), Protection Paladins (tomorrow via Fuu), and Death Knights (Thursday).? Before we do that, though, I’d like to make sure to note that like everything else Blizzard does, this is subject to change.? With that being said, I think you can take a lot of this information to the bank since it is very non-specific and more about the general directions they want to go.? Thus, I’m going to try to keep my musings general as well.? I’m sure Fuu will do her own thing. For Warlocks Here is the simple summary from the post: If you are a DPS caster, expect to see: * A lot more Stamina. * All of your Spell Power converted to Intellect and Stamina.

Dear Sick guild of Kel’thuzad, is a post from: Aurdon’s Mage Blog I’m out. I thought about not doing a post on this but I want you (and others seeking acceptance within your guild) to know what causes players to quit your guild