After World of StarCraft Youtube videos the world over went dark a couple days ago, fans immediately began to bury the ambitious mod under proclamations of “six feet under.” Turns out, however, that Blizzard’s rooting for this little MMO that cou…
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World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Review
January 19, 2011
Blizzard puts the ‘war’ back in Warcraft
Six years of hard work. Hundreds of thousands of man hours. Twelve million subscribers who have spent billions of hours hacking, slashing, grinding, looting, and every other vaguely dirty term you can think …
World of StarCraft Announced… But Not by Blizzard
January 18, 2011
A long, long time ago in a galaxy far away… wait, wrong “Star” series. Still though, it’s a pretty fitting descriptor of the amount of time Blizzard fans have spent clamoring for a StarCraft MMO, but so far, no good. That, however, is where an…
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Shatters Record for Fastest-Selling PC Game Ever
December 13, 2010
Azeroth may be in shambles, but we’re happy to report that the real-world natural order has been preserved. Which is to say that a new World of Warcraft expansion came out, and people bought it. How many people? All the people.
Within its first 24…
Skynet Watch: Programmer Uses Genetic Algorithims to Find Perfect StarCraft II Build Orders
November 3, 2010
Well folks, looks it’s “GG” for humanity, as a StarCraft II player by the name of “Lomilar” has crafted a program called Evolution Chamber, which takes genetic algorithims and translates them into StarCraft II build orders. So basically, it t…
Lore Geek Outsmarts WoW Creators, Gets Rewarded with His Own In-Game Character
November 2, 2010
There are fans, and then there are frothy mouthed disciples. And then, about 100 links above them on the devotion food chain, there’s this kid – or, as the Internet has dubbed him, “Red Shirt Guy.” If you’re not a fan of watching videos – be…
Why Diablo III’s Arena PVP Is and Isn’t Quite What You Were Expecting
October 29, 2010
If you’ve ever played a Diablo game before, you pretty much know what to expect from Diablo III. There will be hacking. There will be slashing. Enemies will drop piles of gold upon death because apparently hell doesn’t have a bank. Been there, don…
The Five Things We Couldn’t Stop Thinking While Playing Diablo III’s Demon Hunter
October 28, 2010
Have you ever listened to yourself talk and/or think while you’re playing videogames? We like to think it’s akin to hearing William Shatner read a comment on any given Internet message board: it comes at a breakneck pace and doesn’t make a lick of…