The Burning Crusade
Some leaked eye candy. (Yum!)
Additional eye candy, spanning all sorts of topics.
Sure, you can pre-order the expansion from a variety of places -- but if you do, you may be missing out on a sweet collector's edition.
Could you download the expansion? As long as it takes to get patches, I'm not sure I'd want to.
What are our chances of getting a Burning Crusade beta invite if we don't have one already? Apparently, slim.

Breakfast Topics & discussion
Do you have any opinions on the game's most annoying quest?
Should current end-game content scale in the Burning Crusade?
Any idea what your account may be worth? Ever thought about selling it?
Hate being run through instances? This polemic against powerleveling may have been written just for you.
If you think money can't buy you uberness, maybe you just aren't thinking about enough money!
Oh, sweet revenge.
To play, or not to play, healers.
David asks -- mouse or keyboard?
Is this a social game -- or do you just play solo?
Are you planning on starting over with the Burning Crusade?
When you're stuck on a quest -- how do you cheat?
So is there a perfect snack to munch during your WoW sessions?
On healers and their extra heals -- lifetapping warlocks, hunter pets?
When playing an alt, what are the skills you miss?
So what are your weekend plans?

Machinima
A DPS-adin rocks Naxxramas.

Tips & tricks
Mike discusses how to find your way into a good guild.
WoW Rookie advises you to roll those dice with caution.
WoW Rookie tells us all how to speak like a human.
Come on -- everyone who's anyone knows there are a lot of good reasons for fishing.
And one great reason for fishing -- Winter Squid!
Oh, those wacky RP servers...

TCG
A preview of the druid's Starfire ability.
A preview of the shaman's Chain Lightning ability.
A preview of the druid's Bear Form ability.
A preview of the rogue's Stealth ability.

Around Azeroth
An overhead shot of a gryphon ride.
Take a peak inside the Caverns of Time.
Approaching the gates of Orgrimmar.
Wandering around Raven Hill.
The Barrens -- so peaceful! -- by moonlight.
Favorite Horde vacation spot? Stormwind City, of course!
Divine Intervention on... oh, come on, anything but a rogue.

Contests
Another round of comic contest honorable mentions.

Bugs & maintenance
A new Oceanic realm opened on Thursday, with free transfers from other Oceanic realms to hopefully alleviate population issues.

Guilds & raiding
This week's GuildWatch fills you in on another week's worth of exciting guild drama (oh, sure -- there's new bosses down and guild recruitment going on as well, but doesn't everyone tune in for the drama?).
Does tonight's prime time lineup impact your guild's raiding schedule?
The life and death of your guild.

Blizzard news
The official forums are offline.... again.
Official forums -- still offline.
A good piece on the origins of Blizzard Entertainment.
The official forums -- back online.

Odds & ends
More WoW funnies!
These are some angry paladins...
With the official forums offline, you have to wonder what all those level one alts are up to.
This week's Phat Loot Phriday presents the (immensely annoying) Piccolo of the Flaming Fire.
Tobold brings us an amusing glance at the future of World of Warcraft.
Some light weekend Warcraft reading.
What's a Warcraft player to do in Second Life?
Our favorite game gets a mention in Stargate: Atlantis.

Last week's Last Week in Warcraft.

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