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Corpsegrinder and Metzen’s worlds
There was an interesting interview titled “The Hero Factory” on Eurogamer last week with Chris Metzen, otherwise known as the voice of countless Blizzard characters and the grand Loremaster of Blizzard’s fantasy worlds. It was illuminating stuff. Chief among its observations is that Metzen’s heroes are unambiguous, uncomplicated, chiselled ‘ideals’ embodied in the form of … Continue reading
Blizzard and the changing of plans
Is that even an appropriate title? “Plans” sounds awfully specific and organised. Maybe it’s not fair to call what Blizzard puts out through their casual PR engine “plans”. I’m talking about the stuff disseminated through “blue posts”, panels at BlizzCon, interviews with the sorts of people who do interviews, that sort of thing. I’m increasingly … Continue reading
Tier 11: An Introspective Retrospective
I’ve wanted to do a retrospective on tier 11 before Firelands comes out, but the more I’ve thought about it the more I’ve realised that actually, for me, tier 11 hasn’t been defined so much by Blizzard as by the folks I’ve raided with, and by how we’ve chosen to conduct ourselves through the content. … Continue reading
4.1 Elemental AoE: Complicated and ineffective
It seems a pity to break my blog-fast by gorging on a large lump of sugary complaining, but – well, there is no but; it’s a pity, to be sure. Especially as patch 4.1 has continued the trend of making important, timely and welcome quality of life changes to a game which otherwise should really … Continue reading
The Very Trying Trial of the Crusader
The other day my esteemed co-tenant Razzmatazz posted about how he dislikes raid trash, generating a variety of comments both here and elsewhere in defense of the humble trash mob and its ilk. Amongst the many excellent counter-arguments was my own pathetic “me too”, because by and large I’m actually very fond of trash, at … Continue reading
In faint praise of Archaeology
In the post-launch rush a lot of folks I knew were putting in serious grind time on Cataclym’s new Archaeology profession, some excited about the oooh new shiny! and others just aiming for the phat lewtz. In such a context I found nothing to excite me about the whole affair: I was busy enough levelling … Continue reading
Binding Raid Marks and World Markers
Raid markers are great. I’ve been a total mark junkie ever since they were first added to the game. Patch 4.0 took markers a step further, allowing raid leaders to place persistent, bobbing colourful misty marker things on the environment itself, which is all sorts of awesome. This post deals with key binding both the … Continue reading
From Magmaw to Tol Barad
Hello, and welcome to another exciting episode of Planet of the Hats! We’ve been on involuntary hiatus for a wee while, but we now return to our regularly scheduled broadcasts. Which aren’t regular, or scheduled, or actually broadcasts. A solid foundation from which to move forward, or indeed go nowhere at all. On the programme … Continue reading
Fantastic and terrible
Lately I’ve been thrashing out posts with my brain distinctly in the back seat, hoping that what results will at least be a little entertaining, but mostly benefiting from some much-needed mindlessness after a busy end to this calendar year. Cataclysm’s release has afforded a new opportunity for some low brainpower enjoyment, but now that’s … Continue reading
Cataclysm, eh
Today I got into the Christmas spirit by hunting down a slippery zero-deaths frost mage in Battle for Gilneas, finally putting them to a gasping end in the back corner of the Waterworks while snugly encased in their own spellstolen Ice Barrier. And a happy new year to you too. Cataclysm! Great, isn’t it? I … Continue reading
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