Apparently there is a “hot topic” in the blogosphere relating to gender issues, specifically in World of Warcraft. While I have not seen the articles specifically (what can I say, I’ve been busy enough I haven’t even looked at my feed reader in a couple of weeks), I’ve noticed a few comments that prompted the [...]

Ever get the feeling that you’re completely overwhelmed, really should get some posts written, and lack any inspiration for writing? Yeah… multiply that by ten and you’d get how I currently feel. I’m sure this doesn’t surprise most of you, since there really hasn’t been much in the way of WoW-related posts here in a [...]

As is often the case, many have made comments regarding the “overreaction of the community” to a highly controversial planned change. While I’ll get to why that is a bit of a folly in logic in a moment, I want to also emphasize that the change was, in fact, rescinded. In a post on the [...]

RealID has been talked about a lot over the past couple of days (I have even talked a little about it once already), but some things have been bugging me about the entire concept that I feel like I need to mention. If you’re tired of hearing about it already feel free to ignore this [...]

For quite a long time I have been a supporter of Blizzard Entertainment, both from the perspective of thoroughly enjoying the games that were developed in and of themselves and due to their support of Mac gaming before the platform gained any other major supporters. I’ve logged more hours in Blizzard games than most other [...]

I recently asked for input on what being a part of a community means to you, and I promised I would provide my answer when I posted the results of the survey. So pull up a chair, prop up your feet, grab a cup of coffee, and settle in for a candid chat wherein I’ll [...]

This is meant as thought experiment (I’ll publish generalized results in a later post as long as enough people participate to have a large enough data pool to generate results from). Feel free to respond in the comments, privately via email (emails will remain private), on your own blog (just place a link in the [...]

Note, this post was originally designed to go on my personal weblog, but after thinking through many of the concepts I realized it could provide some interesting discussion as the topics relate to MMOs also, not to mention allowing me to start bringing in some other concepts here (as the rebranding/move intended). The original post [...]

Over the past month or so I have seen more and more keyword searches land here (specifically this post), and it astounds me that people actually seem to believe that gear score indicates a level of proficiency, or that there is even a number to aim for to partake in specific avenues of content. Since [...]

Say hello. Allow all party members a moment for preparation. Wait for the tank to pull each group of enemies. Ensure the healer has enough mana for each pull. Stay out of the “fire.” Monitor your threat. Be patient. Stay until the end if you start the instance. Be courteous to the other party members. [...]