Mashable (blog) ARG Designer Believes Online Gaming Can Save the World Escapist Magazine Think about how you feel when playing an online game like Halo 3 or World of Warcraft . Against all odds, it’s still easy to be optimistic, and cooperation … Video Games Can Save The Planet, But Only If We Play More Kotaku Australia Jane McGonigal at TED: Can Gaming Save the World

I’ve nothing terribly exciting to report, but I figured I’d better post something since it’s been kinda quiet around here.

If you play on EU servers, not only are you probably far more handsome and personable than I am (to be fair, so is just about every other human being in existence) but you now have more options as to what servers you can play on. Wryxian posted a list of realms and free character moves available. There will be Alliance and Horde only transfers off of various realms not only to these realms, but to others as well

Filed under: World of Warcraft , Culture , Academic , Education Jane McGonigal (a 10-year game designer of projects such as the I Love Bees ARG for Halo 2 ) has a self-professed “crazy idea” — that gamers have the potential to change the world for the better by doing what they’re already doing. At her speech, people chuckle when she first says this, but twenty minutes later they’re giving her a standing ovation. She begins by stating the obvious: we are a gaming culture that flees the “broken” world to a virtual one that offers a better and more rewarding collaborative environment

New around here? WoW Rookie points WoW’s newest players to the basics of a good start in the World of Warcraft . F or links to all our tips, tricks and how-to’s, visit WoW.com’s WoW Rookie Guide .

If you’ve been following WoW.com for a while, you might have noticed some more directed community content — things like The Daily Quest , the Weekly Podcast Roundup , and our Twitter account are helping spotlight some excellent content the greater WoW community has to offer. There’s been a little less posting about other people’s specific topics, but we’re also going out of our way to make sure we spotlight the community via other methods. One of these new methods, which we’re pleased to bring you today, is WoW.com’s Guide to WoW Resources .

Plenty, Jake Neri gave an interview to MMORPG in it he began talking about the development process and how they know there are a lot of expectations for the release of SWTOR.

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

AddOn Spotlight focuses on the backbone of the WoW gameplay experience — the user interface. Everything from bags to bars, buttons to DPS meters and beyond — your AddOns folder will never be the same! This week, we get real sexy.

Today we feature the last of the European winners for Alienware’s Rise to Power contest. A Dead Bug’s Life is the creation of Erunno and Frozen DeathKnight , two of the luminaries who regularly post over on the Myndflame site. You should remember Erunno from his outstanding work with The White Drake , a movie that helped redefine visual storytelling in Wrath of the Lich King machinima

Of all the Terran units I find that the Hellion needs the most work.

The forums, my email, hell even my voice-mail is full of QQ . “This is too hard! This is bullshit!This is imbalanced!” Now to a certain degree I can understand balancing issues and the fact that Blizzard’s matchmaking system needs a few tweaks and a much bigger player base to pull opponents from because as it stands now you have about as much a chance to face an equal enemy player as you do somebody ranked infinitely higher than yourself. But the game is far from broken and with a few minor tweaks, you can find yourself on the delivering end of the ass beating.

Welcome back to The Queue , WoW.com’s daily Q&A column where the WoW.com team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft.

Welcome to Scattered Shots , written by Frostheim of Warcraft Hunters Union and the Hunting Party Podcast . Each week Frostheim uses logic and science mixed with a few mugs of Dwarven Stout to look deep into the Hunter class

I whined about it a little yesterday. I’m going to try to be less whiny about it today.? The question I have in mind today follows directly from my whining.??Still, I want to ask it on a larger level, and not just pertaining to Warlocks.? Fundamentally, the QotD is this: Is Burst DPS More Fun

Poppasmurph – World of Warcrafts Best Self Proclaimed Rogue Returns Article Ant (press release) Beverly Hills, CA – Poppasmurph, the self-proclaimed World of Warcrafts best rogue, has returned. He is infamous for his World of Warcraft Rogue Strategy ..

I rarely notice buffs when I’m running heroic dungeons. Granted, every buff helps in maximizing DPS or survivability, but I personally don’t find it really necessary . Do you absolutely have to have Blessings of Kings or a Prayer of Fortitude

No matter what group you are a part of, how many friends you have, how established you are in the group, and how much everyone loves your character, you will get left out of RP . Other people will write stories in which you will not participate, and they will be awesome and amazing, and you will want to play too, but you won’t be invited, even if you ask. People will leave RP gatherings to do things “in private” and you will get left behind at the bar with nothing to do.

US First Lich King (10) Heroic Kill + Video On March 15, Adept (US – Dreadmaul) claimed the US first kill of the Lich King in 10-man heroic mode.

Nils suggested in the open Sunday thread that I talk about the advantages and disadvantages of consoles vs.