WoW Insiderhttp://wow.joystiq.comWoW Insiderhttp://wow.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gifWoW Insiderhttp://wow.joystiq.comen-usCopyright 2015 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only.Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/WoW Insider ShowEvery week, the WoW Insider Show brings you news and views from the World of Warcraft and the site that covers it all, WoW Insider. We introduce a panel of rotating guests, including bloggers from WoW Insider and other WoW blogs, and many popular personalities from around the WoW community. From the live listener chat and polls during the show, to the emails direct from listeners (reach us at theshow@wow.com), right on to the "meat" of the show -- in-depth discussion of the most popular news and posts on WoW Insider -- the WoW Insider Show is a terrific source of news and entertainment about what's going on with Blizzard and their World of Warcraft. Listen live every Saturday at 3:30 pm Eastern on our Ustream page (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wow-insider-show) or subscribe to the feed and let us know what you think by reviewing the show right here in iTunes.Breakfast Topic: How to make WoW work on the silver screenhttp://wow.joystiq.com/2008/05/07/breakfast-topic-wow-on-the-silver-screen/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/05/07/breakfast-topic-wow-on-the-silver-screen/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/05/07/breakfast-topic-wow-on-the-silver-screen/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

I'm really enjoying the Heroes coming in this summer's movie lineup. I absolutely loved Iron Man, I'm stoked about Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and I can't wait Christian Bale's encore Batman performance in The Dark Knight. There's been noise since Blizzcon 2007 that there will be a World of Warcraft movie. The synopsis on IMDB reads:

Thrall will be in the movie. It will be told primarily from the Alliance point of view The time of the movie is set about 1 year before World of Warcraft begins. The film is mainly about cultures in conflict. It won't be an adventure movie like LoTR, more of a war film.

But it has little other information about what may be included. One thing we know for sure is that Uwe Boll (of BloodRayne infamy) will not be receiving the movie rights. I expect any WoW movie to be as abhorrently bad as the as the campy but quaint Dungeons and Dragons film of 2000. To be successful, a Hollywood movie would need to appeal to a larger audience than WoW fans.

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]]>filmmoviesamuel-l-jacksonsumme-moviesthralltweet-thiswarcraft-moveworld-of-warcraft-moviewow-movieAmanda DeanWed, 07 May 2008 08:00:00 ESTBack in the Day: A week of EBay, Karazhan and class QQhttp://wow.joystiq.com/2008/02/01/back-in-the-day-a-week-of-ebay-karazhan-and-class-qq/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/02/01/back-in-the-day-a-week-of-ebay-karazhan-and-class-qq/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/02/01/back-in-the-day-a-week-of-ebay-karazhan-and-class-qq/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , , , , ,


What was going on in World of Warcraft this time last year? Back in the Day looks into the past of WoW Insider and brings back posts notable, controversial and sometimes humorous reflecting the state of the game one year ago this week.

For the week of January 27 - February 2, 2007:

The big news in the third week of TBC was E-bay's announcement: they de-listed all the gold sellers. Not that that stopped the black market for in-game gold sold for real life cash, but just today Blizzard struck another blow in the unending battle: they used the U.S. courts to shut out a major player in the gold selling industry from doing business on the Blizzard servers. The dance continues.

On the official forums, there was a mixture of apprehension about how classes were falling into their new roles and speculation about the nature of the post-60 raid game. One article addressed both these issues when it brought together the concerns of the community about Karazhan. Complaints included trash mobs in the zone being too difficult, bosses being too tough on melee classes, Nightbane's fear unfair to Horde and itemization out of line with the difficulty of the encounter.

Nowadays, the trash has been nerfed repeatedly, some bosses are still tough on melee classes, all Priests have Fear Ward, but a nerfed version making the Nightbane encounter difficult for both factions and the debate rages on whether itemization is good or not, but really, it depends on your class (hint: don't get a Priest started on the subject.)

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]]>cycricleddruid-flight-forme-bayfear-warditem-rackitemrackkarazhanmedivhmetahudnagrandnightbaneratings-busterring-of-bloodtotemusDan O'HalloranFri, 01 Feb 2008 21:30:00 ESTBack in the Day: The week after the TBC launchhttp://wow.joystiq.com/2008/01/25/back-in-the-day-the-week-after-the-tbc-launch/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/01/25/back-in-the-day-the-week-after-the-tbc-launch/http://wow.joystiq.com/2008/01/25/back-in-the-day-the-week-after-the-tbc-launch/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , , , ,


What was going on in World of Warcraft this time last year? Back in the Day looks into the past of WoW Insider and brings back posts notable, controversial and sometimes humorous reflecting the state of the game one year ago this week.

For the week of January 20 - 26, 2007:

The Burning Crusade had gone live just the week before and the race to have the first level 60 Draenei and Blood Elf was on. In less than four days posts were flying across message boards to claim the title of being the first. This feat is either impressive or pathetic depending on your point of view. Either way, the thrill is gone since the pre-60 increased leveling rate introduced in Patch 2.3 made it easier than ever to level up a new toon in no time at all.

Debates raged over two new issues brought on by the expansion: should the Draenei heal-over-time racial ability be usable by Draenei Priests in Shadowform and should Blizzard increase the spawn rate of quest mobs in Hellfire Peninsula to deal with the influx of half the player base after the same target?

For the first, Draenei Priests felt it was unfair to be cut off from Gift of the Naaru due to their spec choice while priests of other races didn't think it was right for blueberries to get a heal in Shadowform when no one else did. Blizzard didn't back down on this and kept the ability disabled for Draenei Priests shifting into the dark side.

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]]>arc-hudarchudcounterspellgift-of-the-naaruhellfire-peninsulamana-shieldnorthrendpatch-2.0.6racialsraid-tier-setsshadowpriestzangarmarshDan O'HalloranFri, 25 Jan 2008 17:00:00 EST