MetaFilter posts tagged with warcraft

At Gamestop at Midnight? You might be a Lich King

thanotopsis — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:02:23 -0800

Gee, boss, I'm feeling a cold coming on. I definitely won't be in to work tomorrow. What's that? You saw me at Gamestop and/or Best Buy at midnight? I, er, well, I was dealing with a nasty bug. No, not that one, the other one (no worries, I'll be compensated!). I'm quite talented, you see. If I was in Europe, they'd already be showing me the way to Northrend. Alas, I'm not, and I have to wait until 9pm PST. In the meantime, there are those who've been where I'm going, and have nicely posted a review already.

Worlds within worlds

Miles Long — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:11:04 -0800

The record has finally been set for an Onion article (video, actually) to turn into real life. It's now a real game. You can download it. It's free. time: about 1 day. The subject is MMORPGS (pronounced 'more pigs') and how popular they are. (more inside for descriptions) Essentially the joke of the Onion piece (but see it anyway, it's funny) is that the next World of Warcraft will let you play someone playing WoW. The story the very next day is about an entry in a game design contest that is a builder-manager type game about managing a virtual world. Yes. You watch forum posts to see the popularity of changes you made. Fake forum posts.

Wrath of the Lich King

thanotopsis — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 09:48:54 -0800

Well, it's official. After numerous rumors, leaks, and even someone with a sharp eye for trademark searches, it was revealed this morning with the first entrants to BlizzCon in Anaheim, California that the next World of Warcraft expansion will be called Wrath of the Lich King, complete with new areas to explore, new hairstyles and character customizations, level 80, and the first new class to be introduced to the game since it opened.

Showin' the Young Uns the Classics

misha — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 11:05:53 -0800

I would walk 500 miles to get my kids to listen to the classics, but all they want to do is play games. The best (classic) music videos out there (for gamers).

I'm holding out for the Tauren

thanotopsis — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:31:31 -0800

Kotaku interviews Dez , the producer of Whores of Warcraft (NSFW)(previously), as well as Mia Rose and Hannah Harper, 2 porn stars recently added to the rolls of addicted World of Warcraft players. Apparently, Dez has at least 2 level 70 characters, and plays in a guild with Hannah's husband, where she's taken her Blood Elf Priest to level 26 already. Talking about Phat Lewt not getting you hot? How about some Bare Maidens? (gee, NSFW, you think?). Dez also has a fascinating MySpace page, mostly for his ...interesting mix of friends.

World of Warcraft Diet

talldean — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 08:54:37 -0800

41 lbs in 90 days
Man discovers that World of Warcraft makes him oblivious to everything in the outside world.
Man puts keyboard stand over his exercise bike.
Man loses forty pounds in three months.
Whether or not that's a healthy rate to lose weight, we'll find out later.

WoW + MJ + machinima = YouTube City!

cgc373 — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:23:32 -0800

We live in a weird time. via plasticbag.org

Does your guild know?

klangklangston — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 12:51:58 -0800

Whores of Warcraft (NSFW). Tired of having to leave the insulated online fantasy universe to experience pornography?

Hello, Nerds!

grabbingsand — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 04:50:06 -0800

World of ColbertCraft. No, it's not a real game. Yes, it's just a bit of ~~clever~~ believable marketing. But you get to hear Stephen say "Wiiiiiiiii," and that's a keeper.

"It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock"

mattbucher — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 11:17:21 -0800

Othello - shot entirely in World of Warcraft.

Hey! You Got Blood on my Elf!

thanotopsis — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 12:58:15 -0800

WoWFilter: It's official. The Burning Crusade debuts today in Los Angeles at BlizzCon, a company-sponsored event that is also showing off Starcraft: Ghost. The convention has been sold out for nearly 3 months now. Surprisingly, even after selling out all the tickets, Blizzard went on to announce that The Offspring will perform (with an opener from Christian Finnegan), there will be a fully equipped exhibit hall, and the event will take place right next to Disney Land. The convention opened its doors this morning, and Blizzard promptly put up the official site for the expansion. The only question that remains is: What is the new mystery playable race for the Alliance? My vote is for drunk Panda Ninjas.

Send More Paladins.

thanotopsis — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 21:24:16 -0800

A Picture is Worth 1000 Brains. Tonight, an event took place on one of the new Role Playing Player Versus Player servers for World Of Warcraft. One of the more eccentric guilds on the server decided to hold an event in honor of the game's official seasonal holiday "Hallow's Eve." Trading in their regular characters for level 1 zombies, they named themselves unpronounceable names (seeing as zombies lack proper tongue and jaw), gathered by the hundreds, and descended on the human fortress of Stormwind. More pics can be found in the official WoW forums. Happy Hallow's Eve, everyone! Brains!

Infectious Behavior

dersins — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 18:29:36 -0800

"Virtual Virus Sheds Light on Real-Life Behavior." A researcher at Tufts University's Center for the Modelling of Infectious Diseases, Dr. Nina Fefferman, is studying the behavior of World Of Warcraft players during the recent plague that broke out in Ironforge (discussed on Metafilter here.) But Dr. Fefferman is not the first academic to study MMORPGs seriously. Edward Castronova, an economist, arguably pioneered the field with his 2001 paper Virtual Worlds, in which he argues that the economy in Everquest produced a GNP per capita somewhere between that of Russia and Bulgaria. (He has followed up that paper with many more on similar subjects.)