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Second Life is Nutty

November 16th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Yesterday’s copy of The Age turned up this particular gem of sordid nerddom. Hidden under the relatively innocuous title ‘Web of deceit leads to divorce’ there lies a charming tale of double crosses, illicit romance and private investigators. All of which just happened to occur in Second Life. I’ve said it before and I’ll say [...]

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Tags: Gaming · Internet

Zombie crisis over! Go back to your hot wives!

October 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Yes, the zombie threat is over. Blizzard have announced that a cure has been found. More likely, however, enough people bitched about not being able to do quests and whatnot, and they caved, which is a shame because… well, because there was something so satisfying about being hunkered down on the top floor of an [...]

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Tags: Gaming

Four wheels of fury

October 12th, 2008 · No Comments

I don’t usually endorse machinima, because they’re usually beset by Linkin Park or Evanescence. But this one is, frankly, fucking funny.
/Paul

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Tags: Gaming

Patch 3.0.2 is coming

October 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments

In a quick piece of World of Warcraft news, the juicy new content patch which will precede the new expansion, 3.0.2 (the patch that contains all the new spells, talents, graphic upgrades, Stormwind Harbor, etc) will now be rolled out on October the 14th. That’s… uh… twelve days, people.
And tomorrow… the Palin massacre. Make sure [...]

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Tags: Gaming · Politics

Scratching!

September 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Ever wanted to rip up the decks, but not sure you have the skills? Do you get stage fright? Does the phrase “rip up the decks” both baffle and arouse you? Well, you’re in luck. Activision have announced DJ Hero, and if this doesn’t sound like fun, remember how blatantly stupid Guitar Hero sounded at [...]

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Test realm is live, and ain’t half bad.

September 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments

The live public test realm for WOW just went up, and here some admittedly lo-res screencaps of the harbor, the new calendar screen, and that’s about it. For some reason my main wouldn’t port across, but good LORD, the barber shop is fun. More to follow tonight.
/Paul

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Feral Druids get some love?

September 12th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Yes, it’s true. Apparently feral druids are going to get some love in the upcoming content patch (Luke plays a feral, so maybe he’ll quit bitching about all and sundry. Also, he’s jealous of my blazingly hot and Rubenesque Boomkin). Inscription will mean (potentially) Polar Bear form, dire cat form, and all sorts of other [...]

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World of Warcraft patch super funtimes!

September 11th, 2008 · 3 Comments

If you’re like me, you’ve been jonesing for the next WOW content patch like Alan Quartermain craves opium. Turns out Blizzard have alluded to the patch coming out within the next week, by way of a background downloader, on account of how freaking huge it will be. Some of the new content will include:
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Terrorists: a tad prickly.

August 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

I was recently perusing the Wowwiki article on Quilboar, a hostile race which populates a pocket of Kalimdor in World of Warcraft. let it never be said the developers don’t let real-world parallels creep in…
“The quilboar are a scattered people. After centuries of aggression against the tauren, the centaur, and any other species that stood [...]

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Tags: Gaming · Random Idiocy

Taste the wrath! Taste it…

August 22nd, 2008 · 3 Comments

THE WRATH OF THE LICH KING TRAILER IS OUT.
I won’t sully this moment with needless banter, just head to this link and watch it. Jonny, of Archaeus, recommended watching the trailer without pants. And I wholeheartedly concur.*
/Paul
*Concur comes from the latin Concurus, which literally translates as “to watch with no pants”.

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