I must admit that I always thought that Gevlon, like the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz, had no heart. When last year I pulled the stunt of claiming to be somebody else (to make a point about identity on the internet), I choose Gevlon for the simple reason that he was the least likely to get upset about somebody stealing his identity. I thought Gevlon was intelligent, but was completely lacking what is called “Emotional Intelligence”.

Looks nothing like me but its a morph of an old pic and my Avatar I know this is a topic that has been covered by others, but not by me, and people got mixed responses from the people who commented on their posts as to how much your blogging identity and your real identity should mix with each other in a blog such as this. The popular consensus was – It’s your blog write what you want to. Most don’t make any money from it – and I guess few would make enough to make a living on blogging about Wow so therefore your not obligated financially at least to provide content that people want.

Want to crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their women? Blood Sport investigates the entirety of all-things arena for gladiators and challengers alike. C.

Klepsacovic believes that comment moderation makes blogs worse , because “Supposedly blogs are about conversation.” I’m not even sure whether that starting statement is valid, my first blog entries probably had zero readers at the time, and at that time Blogger didn’t even have a commenting functionality. A blog *can* be about conversation, but it also can be a monologue, a diary, a showcase, or one of many other things.

WoW.com’s prestige in the community has afforded us the opportunity to speak with major Azerothian leadership figures on any subject, and we’re letting you, the reader, Ask a Faction Leader ! We recently spoke to Chromie , ambassador for the Bronze Dragonflight, and he shed light on several key issues, including gender identity, dwarven futures, Mary Sues, and going back to the future.

The #4 video on my countdown is The Craft of War: BLIND , by Percula.

I don’t like bananas. I do like apples, and I eat one every day.

15 Minutes of Fame is WoW.com’s look at World of Warcraft players of all shapes and sizes — from the renowned to the relatively anonymous, from the remarkable to the player next door. Tip us off to players you’d like to hear more about

[Tobold's note: Virtual worlds which aren't exactly roleplaying games are underrepresented on this blog, as I don't play them. Thus when Josue offered to explain what the attraction of them is in a guest post, I agreed to publish it.] This is a guest post by Josue Habana of Second Life blog Pixel Scoop . Logging into Second Life for the first time was a disorientating experience, to say the least.

So you’re sitting behind your keyboard at home typing away thinking the vast wasteland that is the internet will keep your identity a secret, think again.

China jails 11 members of suspected malware gang over online game hacking MX Logic Experts say that online games like World of Warcraft are rich targets for cyber criminals, who can use hijacked user accounts to steal virtual goods and …

They both have millions of users across the world. They both have made and broken friendships and relationships, and they both have raised millions if not billions of dollars for their respective companies

How many of you are going to make a goblin character in World of Warcraft and name him “Gevlon”? I’m pretty sure that if I make an armory search a month after Cataclysm releases, I’ll find dozens of goblins named Gevlon. And that’ll be just one of many forms of virtual identity theft the blogger Gevlon is suffering from.

I just wanted to post a quick update letting you all know what’s been going on, and what’s on the horizon. First off, I’ve been tirelessly working on getting settled within this new theme. As you can see, old habits die hard

Shadow Form in the Victorian times Firstly there will always be something to complain about. Nerf – Buff – Change you will never please everyone all the time. One of the changes to Shadow Priests in 3.3 was making Vampiric Embrace a buff.

I got drafted into a 10-man, so I got a chance to see what all the new bosses are like.

Dodge the drama and become that player everyone wants in their group with the Drama Mamas . Lisa Poisso and Robin Torres are real-life mamas and experienced WoW players — and j ust as we don’t want our precious babies to be the ones kicking and wailing on the floor of checkout lane next to the candy, neither do we want you to become known as That Guy on your server

Greg Street, the mild mannered developer who has a secret identity as The GhostCralwer, recently did an interview with MMOZine . It’s a pretty good read but there was a major clue as to the timing of IceCrown release and bosses. MMOZine: Will all the bosses in Icecrown Citadel be made available immediately or are you going to stagger them, as you did in Sunwell Plateau

Reader comments — ahh, yes, the juicy goodness following a meaty post. [1.Local] ducks past the swinging doors to see what readers have been chatting about in the back room over the past week

Is your raid leader Machiavellian? Is it a categorical imperative to torture that Beryl Sorceror