One of my favorite things about
World of Warcraft is how much culture seeps into the game. I don't mean the influences of Asian architecture in
Moonglade, or the Native American aesthetic of the
Tauren race. I mean the references to
internet memes,
pop culture, and
literature. These little things always make me smile, and they're one of the many things I missed during the 17 days I played
Aion last year. Eastern games might have been where I found my
first love, but it's Blizzard's flair and style that turned me on to American game development. In fact, those little jokes are a lot like a warm blanket that keeps me toasty warm on those chilly nights...
But do you know what's better than an ordinary blanket?
Friends at Blizzard, please hear me out. Do you see the image above? I want one. I want one like I want a
Slap Chop or a
Bedazzler. I want to
get on my Snuggie in the
World of Warcraft. I want one for the whole guild. It would be perfect for those
drafty raid instances! My ordinary tabard just doesn't keep me warm from head to toe... Okay, my absurdity level is getting out of hand.
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Filed under: Breakfast Topics, Humor
Jan 12th 2010 at 8:00AM 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Sylvarus Jan 12th 2010 8:03AM
I went to High School with a Dawn Moore. She was a lovely girl.
TitusCrow Jan 12th 2010 1:19PM
indeed!
Tridus Jan 12th 2010 8:04AM
Seriously. Blizzard's constant refusal to do player housing is getting annoying. They know people want it.
jealouspirate Jan 12th 2010 8:10AM
Player housing holds zero appeal for me.
Besides my own personal tastes, I think player houses would do nothing but further separate and isolate players from each other by placing us in these (likely) instanced boxes.
Blizzard should be thinking of ways to bring more of us all together, including people of all levels, not more ways to separate us.
Aggrajag Jan 12th 2010 8:13AM
I don't want player housing; I saw it introduced into Dark Age of Camelot and it just made everyone withdraw into their own holes and emptied all the cities.
Raze Jan 12th 2010 8:18AM
If Blizzard's city design will continue to be as compact and poorly thought out as Dalaran, those of us with slow computers might need most of you to be away in instanced boxes so that we can actually move through the capital cities again.
Tridus Jan 12th 2010 8:22AM
It doesn't seem like player appeal has much to do with what they do. Arena has zero appeal for a majority of the playerbase, and that doesn't stop them from doing it and totally screwing up PvE balance for it.
Though they're backing away from that mess in Cataclysm.
Squirr3llywrath9 Jan 12th 2010 10:39AM
I have said this before, if you want to play house, the sims is the game for you. Same thing with these dance studios I keep reading about. You people seriously prefer a new dance over new raid content and class balance?
shaybryder Jan 12th 2010 12:17PM
I actually kind of enjoy player housing, but again, I come from FFXI.
For the unfamiliar, not only could you decorate your own house with mundane, festive, or rare/unusual furniture, garden to create items (you could grow platinum: I kid you not) but use your house to store a multitude of items. You can even buy mannequins that you can dress up in your extra awesome equipment, and invite your friends inside to show it off. The coolest feature though was through an admittedly arbitrary elemental system, you could decorate your room in such a way as to create an ongoing effect on your character: such as raise a tradeskill slightly, or reduce the experience lost upon death (which is something that WoW doesn't do, thankfully.)
Personally, if WoW would copy that, players wouldn't have to resort to making guild-bank characters just to store their extra items (better than buying tons of frostweave bags) and it would be another way players could receive a new kind of boon, much in the same way a glyph might work. I see player housing not as a way for players to hide,but as an opportunity for Blizzard to improve upon what I believe to be a somewhat lack of inventory space, as well as perhaps some interesting mechanic that revolves around it.
I don't think (or at least hope) that people who want player housing just want a strictly personal instance of their own to simply decorate for no reason: that would just be another frivolous gold-sink. Like me, I think a lot of players are also imagining what Blizzard could do to make having a personal space both interesting and mechanically beneficial.
Also, if you're listening blizzard, you could extort more money from your player-base via micro-transactions to buy "special" furniture and items for the house. I think plenty of players would pay a couple bucks to put a replica Frostmourne in their house. Not saying I support the idea, but if it gets Blizzard on the player housing bandwagon, I'll accept it. After all, like vanity pets, nobody HAS to. Just enthusiasts/suckers.
zappit Jan 12th 2010 8:05AM
It will be one grim day when Snuggie meets WoW. My wife can't get enough of hers.
Ullaana Jan 12th 2010 8:07AM
I just wear my robe backwards, instant snuggie.
Res Jan 12th 2010 9:43AM
not the same, trust me.
(cutaia) Jan 12th 2010 1:26PM
Res is right. You're obviously one of those poor souls who hasn't yet had the pleasure of wearing an actual Snuggie. A backwards robe? That's like strapping half a coconut to your johnson and calling it a cup. Sure, it may get the job done, but you're missing out on that form-fitting comfort.
d1ckjustice Jan 12th 2010 8:08AM
The Slap Chop should be an offhand for Mutilate Rogues.
Or, I suppose, anyone who likes slapping then chopping. Let's just call it a one-hander for everyone to play with and have it drop off a holiday boss.
Martha Stewart boss anyone?
d1ckjustice Jan 12th 2010 8:10AM
And, no, I have no idea what holiday she would appear to drop the mighty Slap Chop. Heck, she could drop all the items mentioned.
Rapskallion Jan 12th 2010 11:25AM
If there was a slapchop weapon my rogue could use, it's farm for it like nothing else. Mostly due to the inside family joke of my four year old son doing this crazy dance to that remix. It's made slapchop an every day item in our house since he just loves using it (with supervision, of course).
Rapskallion Jan 12th 2010 11:26AM
That should be, "I'd farm for it like nothing else." WTB better commenting system. PST to AOL.
Toxpin Jan 12th 2010 11:31AM
Next year's Pilgrim's Bounty event boss?
Royberto Jan 12th 2010 2:49PM
Martha Stewart? I think not. Even after her time in prison, I can't see her lowering herself to the infomercial set. I see it more like this...
[Slappable Handle] is a %.00001 drop from 25 man Hogger (hard mode)
You must seek out the spirit of Bil Leemayze who will guide you in scouring all of Azeroth and Outland for the compenents...
Once ready for assembly you must don a [Skanky Blood Elf Callgirl] disguise made from 1000 bolts of silk cloth and a rotten fish. You summon Vince Shlomi in the heart of Gnomeregan. He naturally can't resist your disguise, so when goes in for the forbidden kiss you must be ready to channel your Clamping Bite ability. He will repeatedly strike you in the face, but if you can hang on for 5 minutes he will submit and grudgingly craft the Slap Chop for you, moments before Stormwind Police haul you both off to the Stockades.
EPICKEST QUEST CHAIN EVAR....
jealouspirate Jan 12th 2010 8:12AM
Am I going crazy or something?
The Snuggie is just a bathrobe, people! Come on! We've had those forever! It baffling to me that these are so popular.