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by Michael Gray 
Oct 26th 2012 at 5:00PM
So let's see what the intrepidly ghoulish WoW Insider staff is doing this weekend...
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Posts with tag halloween
So let's see what the intrepidly ghoulish WoW Insider staff is doing this weekend...
Breakfast Topic: What's your favorite in-game holiday?
by Olivia Grace Oct 24th 2012 at 8:00AM
I love Halloween. I am a big fan of the spooky, the creepy, the gloomy, dark and dank. It enthralls me, it's mysterious, it's fun! I'm talking real life here, now, not candy buckets in cities. I'm not a huge fan of the in-game Halloween, it seems too jokey, too trick-or treat and candy-focused, missing the scary side. But, having said that, I do like the Headless Horseman. He, well, his head is very entertaining, with its constant issues with his disappearing body and horse.
I also like Love is in the Air and Noblegarden, they're wonderfully corny and cute, with the bunny ears and the lovebirds. Winter Veil isn't bad either, but perhaps that's because I have a child-like love for Christmas.
But my favorite in-game holiday by a long shot is Brewfest. I really like the music, for a while at least. With my habit of alt-tabbing to work while leaving the game running, leaving a character standing in a Brewfest zone for long periods of time is annoying at best! The games are really fun, and the in-game drunkenness does bring a smile. If Coren Direbrew was as entertaining as the Horseman, and the rewards were as fun as the Lovebird or the Picnic Basket, this could be a perfect holiday!
What about you? Which in-game holiday tickles your fancy, and are there any that you despise?
I also like Love is in the Air and Noblegarden, they're wonderfully corny and cute, with the bunny ears and the lovebirds. Winter Veil isn't bad either, but perhaps that's because I have a child-like love for Christmas.
But my favorite in-game holiday by a long shot is Brewfest. I really like the music, for a while at least. With my habit of alt-tabbing to work while leaving the game running, leaving a character standing in a Brewfest zone for long periods of time is annoying at best! The games are really fun, and the in-game drunkenness does bring a smile. If Coren Direbrew was as entertaining as the Horseman, and the rewards were as fun as the Lovebird or the Picnic Basket, this could be a perfect holiday!
What about you? Which in-game holiday tickles your fancy, and are there any that you despise?
Filed under: Breakfast Topics
Patch 4.2 PTR: New Hallow's End and Brewfest loot
by Kelly Aarons May 19th 2011 at 1:30AM
Hallow's End Loot:
Filed under: Events, News items, Cataclysm
Patch 4.1 PTR: Hints of a new Hallow's End
by Alex Ziebart Feb 26th 2011 at 3:00PM
The Forsaken have already carpet bombed Southshore with plague, so their annual ritual of tossing innocuous stinkbombs into town probably isn't going to have much of an impact anymore. We aren't sure how Blizzard is planning to update Hallow's End for Cataclysm yet, but the patch 4.1 data has some hints as to what we can expect this year -- at least the fun and games portion, if not the lore.
Mixed in with the latest additions to Wowhead's database are new versions of the Hallow's End masks. Rather than replacing your helm slot, it appears that the masks now go over your helm slot -- meaning your human female can wear her tauren male mask while raiding Blackwing Descent without losing the stats on her epic helm. As an added bonus, it appears the masks that aren't player races also supply a stat buff of their own. The Naga Masks, for example, are consumed on use and provide an intellect buff.
Breakfast Topic: Happy hallowed holiday
by Robin Torres Oct 31st 2010 at 8:00AM
While most U.S. children will be trick-or-treating this evening, the bulk of the Halloween parties have already happened. In game, most of the dailies and achievement attempts have already occurred as well, but you still have time to try for your goals until tonight.
Do you participate in Halloween? If so, what did you and/or your child go as this year? Do you participate in Hallow's End? How close are you to finishing your goals?
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Events, Breakfast Topics
WoW Moviewatch: Ox Chop
by Michael Gray Oct 29th 2010 at 12:00PM
Second, if you enjoyed this video, Oxhorn has even released a ringtone that goes with the video. It's a pretty nice little side-thing to go with the video, especially given that some of the best parts of Oxhorn videos are his music.
If you enjoy Oxhorn's video, drop by his live show some time. I've attended a few and they are pretty entertaining. Enjoy the video and have a great Halloween!
Interested in the wide world of machinima? We have new movies every weekday here on WoW Moviewatch! Have suggestions for machinima we ought to feature? Toss us an email at machinima@wow.com.Filed under: WoW Moviewatch
World of WarCrafts: The littlest Murloc
by Lisa Poisso Nov 23rd 2009 at 6:00PM
And you thought we were done with Halloween references! We simply couldn't resist wrapping up the season with this latecomer: a young Murloc from the family of Tyrialfrozen of US Ursin. The little gurgler's mother adapted the costume from a Wal-Mart baby tiger costume pattern. Her instructions, as channeled through Tyrialfrozen:
"Follow the pattern for the body. There wasn't anything special, just good old sewing machine and scissors. The same was done to make the main part of the head. Next was the blue and white stripes, which were sewed directly on the head. For the red hair/spikes, she cut out long strips and soaked them in half-and-half water/glue and then cut up the bottom. They were then sewn into the head through small cuts.
"The eyes were ping-pong balls that got cut in half and painted. In order to get them on the head, she had to hot glue them to some string, which then was sewn on. Next, she added some white fleece teeth, and to cover everything up, she put in a red fleece layer in the head. In order to close the front, she added some Velcro. Last was some red trim and 'feet' and a zipper."
We've got a full gallery showing the construction process as well as the finished product (and something extra), after the break.
Filed under: Fan stuff, Features, Fan art, World of WarCrafts
Happy Halloween from WoW.com and Massively
by Alex Ziebart Oct 31st 2009 at 1:00PM
Halloween is being celebrated in worlds beyond Azeroth and our own, too. All month long, our sister site Massively has been covering the numerous celebrations going on in the various ongoing MMOs, from Free Realms' Spooky Spectacular to Aion's Harvest Revel. If you're interested in any of those, head on over to Massively's Halloween roundup to check out their coverage, as well as a screenshot gallery of some holiday eye candy from those many games. Some of the events were quite cool, so I highly recommend taking a look. Guild Wars still has some pretty fantastic aesthetics.
As long as you're all here, I'm curious: Are you dressing up today? If so, what's your costume? If it's something WoW-related, we would love pictures! And are you taking anybody Trick or Treating, or will you be giving out candy? Personally, I'm dressing up as a chubby computer nerd (it's a classic) and handing out Dum Dums by the handful.
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Events, Fan stuff
The Guild Halloween special
by Mike Schramm Oct 28th 2009 at 4:00PM
And while we're on the subject of The Guild, our good friends at Massively got a chance to speak with a few of the cast members at GameX earlier this week -- Jeff Lewis, Robin Thorsen, and Sandeep Parikh got cornered by Massively's cameras, and talked with them about Wil Wheaton, MMOs, and Sandeep's famous backflip. Have a happy Halloween, Guild fans, and we'll be back next week with the third-to-last episode of season 3.
Like The Guild? We do, too! We chatted with all of the folks at BlizzCon, including Felicia Day, Sandeep Parikh, and Jeff Lewis and Michele Boyd. We also saw their panel, and the guys were nice enough to stop by our meetup as well. Stay tuned here every Tuesday for a brand new episode of season 3!Filed under: Fan stuff, Virtual selves, Guilds, Humor
Replica tabards and banners from Windlass Studios
by Mike Schramm Oct 28th 2009 at 3:00PM
The company has also released a latex rubber version of Frostmourne -- it's not quite as nice as the Epic Weapons metal version, but then again, it's $149, and the metal version is over $400. I still wouldn't spend over $100 on a rubber sword, but hey, if that's your thing, there you go. And speaking of spending money on rubber costumes, the Blizzard store is also chock full of Halloween costumes this year, and there are a few other masks, including Illidan and a new Draenei mask, floating around the Internet for purchase as well.
WoW Insider Show Episode 113: LFG with a vengeance
by Mike Schramm Oct 26th 2009 at 7:00PM
And of course we answered your emails, and actually went longer than I think we ever have before. Not three hours long -- we're only doing that if we can get 25,000 followers on Twitter (and hey, though we're not there yet, we're actually moving pretty steadily towards that). But it was a nice long show this past week, full of the usual information and fun. Hit it up to listen on any of the links below, and enjoy -- we'll be back next Saturday afternoon as usual.
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Filed under: Patches, How-tos, Podcasts, Podcasting, Fan stuff, Humor, WoW Insider Show
Reminder: ICftB Trick or Treat event today
by Robin Torres Oct 24th 2009 at 12:00PM
- When: 4:30pm EDT (2:30pm Server Time, 1:30pm PDT) Today
- Where: Meet at Falconwing Square on Zangarmarsh (U.S.)
- Who: Any Horde character, any level. There will also be a second part of the event for epic mounted, flightpathed characters.
- What: Various Hallow's End activities in the Eastern Kingdoms.
- How: Ask Robinella or any It came from the Blog Lurker for an invite to the guild.
Have any questions that are not answered here? Please see our FAQ.
We hope you'll join us!
Filed under: Events, Fan stuff, WoW Insider Business, It Came from the Blog
It came from the Blog: Let's go Trick or Treating!
by Robin Torres Oct 19th 2009 at 8:00PM
- When: 4:30pm EDT (2:30pm Server Time, 1:30pm PDT) Saturday, October 24th
- Where: Meet at Falconwing Square on Zangarmarsh (U.S.)
- Who: Any Horde character, any level. There will also be a second part of the event for epic mounted, flightpathed characters.
- What: Various Hallow's End activities in the Eastern Kingdoms.
- How: Ask Robinella or any It came from the Blog Lurker for an invite to the guild.
All are invited (and encouraged) to attend. If you have any questions like "Why are you Horde biased?" and "When are you coming to my server?", the short answer to both is "We aren't" and the long answers can be found in our FAQ.
We hope you'll join us!
Filed under: Events, Fan stuff, WoW Insider Business, It Came from the Blog
The Hallow's End Horseman will be ready for you
by Mike Schramm Oct 15th 2009 at 5:00PM
We've been getting a few queries from you readers lately about the upcoming Hallow's End holiday (it starts this Sunday) and what's new, but honestly, we haven't heard anything solid yet. You can assume that the usual festivities will be happening, so you can definitely plan to run the Horseman and go around getting your candy, but if anything else is new, we haven't heard it for sure yet. There is one tidbit -- Bornakk has confirmed that, like Coren Direbrew, the Horseman will be set for level 80s. And we can assume that means that there will be some new loot to obtain as well. But other than that, anything else that goes down for Hallow's End this year will be a surprise.
Not that we won't tell you about it -- of course we'll have coverage up as soon as we see anything new, and if you need help getting any of the achievements or quests done, we'll have help for you there, too. Just a few days left until our favorite holiday in the game -- can't wait!
Blizzard announces 5th annual pumpkin carving contest
by Mike Schramm Oct 14th 2009 at 7:00PM
And some nice prizes this year: the top five submissions will all pick up a nice 32gb iPod touch, apparently supplied by none other than Apple (and of course you'll be able to run those Blizzard mobile apps if you win). Good luck to everyone who enters -- go grab your knife and the biggest "gourd-like squash" you can find and get to carving!
Filed under: Cooking, Fan stuff, Odds and ends, Blizzard, Contests, Galleries, Fan art
