Last Week on Massively: WoW-related stories
by Michael Zenke 
Nov 4th 2008 at 11:00AM
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Anti-Aliased: Killing the auctioneers is a perfect reason to go to Northrend "What could Arthas possibly do to make everyone simultaneously angry and want to journey to Northrend?" |
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Since the WoW movie probably won't happen anyway, here's why it shouldn't It's true that the movie couldn't make it on WoW players alone; it'd have to be appealing to people unfamiliar with the franchise, too. But we really doubt that's going to happen, and it doesn't matter anyway because, as we said, it probably will never get made! |
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Blizzard VP discusses mistakes made and player expectations Blizzard may be reigning supreme in the MMO world, but that doesn't mean they haven't made some mistakes along the way. Indeed, it's actually refreshing when a company is willing to come out and admit to those mistakes. |
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The Best of Massively: Our five all-time greatest hits We're wrapping up our 'best of' series by presenting what are arguably your favorites -- our five most viewed featured articles ever! Make sure to check out our great piece on Five MMOs better than World of Warcraft! |
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The Daily Grind: Will The Old Republic beat World of Warcraft? since Knights of the Old Republic and Mass Effect sold substantially fewer copies than WoW, does the BioWare / KotOR pedigree really matter for this question? Star Wars is neither a star nor a war -- discuss! |
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A story of in-game animosity crossing from World of Warcraft to real life A new feature over at The Escapist takes a look at the phenomenon of World of Warcraft faction hostilities crossing over from the game into real life. We're just wondering how long it takes MTV to catch on and make a reality show where five Horde players have to share one house with five other Alliance players. What happens when people stop being nice and start being nerdy? |
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Blizzard sees the MMO industry as taken for granted As part of a lengthier interview touching on everything from the art style of Diablo 3 to their relationship with Activision, Pearce reflects on the challenges facing companies looking to bring what he describes as "huge, difficult undertakings" to fruition. |
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Massively's guide to Halloween 2008 in MMOs Join us for a whirlwind tour of just some of the juicy Halloween season events going on at your favorite games and hangouts. |
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MMOGology: The price to play October 20th marked the 30th anniversary of the very first Multi-User Dungeon (MUD). For those that don't remember MUDs, these text based multiplayer computer games were the precursors of modern MMOGs. I think it's safe to say that multiplayer computer gaming was the exclusive domain of hardcore gamers and geeks back then. |
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Switch Nov 4th 2008 11:06AM
Is there any Achivement Called "Town Crier"?
Zuldim Nov 4th 2008 11:12AM
I'm looking for this one too... How do you get it?
Matchu Nov 4th 2008 11:14AM
I don't think there is, I think they're trying to make a pun based on the content.
Doffencrag Nov 4th 2008 11:46AM
It's what the old name for what you get when you earn exalted reputation with the five home cities. Now it's called "Ambassador of the Horde/Alliance."
Doffencrag Nov 4th 2008 11:47AM
WTB edit feature. I should re-read what I type before I post. /sigh.
Arras Nov 4th 2008 11:21AM
WoWhead doesn't have one listed...I guess we all have the achievement fever :P
Johnzim Nov 4th 2008 11:36AM
Yep. We have a problem.
Cyanea Nov 4th 2008 12:05PM
The Aggro Management article is amusing.
I have a low level Undead Mage, but all of my other characters are Alliance. I've started a character of every race and usually leveled to about ten or so...but I think the thing that keeps pulling me back to the Alliance is...I like their areas much better. Teldrassil is still my favorite starting area in the game.
Andostre Nov 4th 2008 12:43PM
The thing about WI that I like better than Massively is that when WI makes a post that's really just a glorified link to the article they're talking about, they also sum up the article or at least go over the main points, and they'll often offer a sentence or two of analysis. Massively, on the other hand, just throws the link up, says "here's what this article is about," and that's it.
Granted, my exposure to WI is greater than that of Massively, and of course there's exceptions to this on both blogs, but WI tends to do a better job at... well, not making me have to visit the link to find out why it's newsworthy.