Steelseries and J!NX have teamed up to give away some loot over the next three weeks — hardware from Steelseries and some outer wear from J!NX, as well as other pretty cool stuff. The contest is open to Facebookusers, who will be eligible to win one of six loot [...]]]> J!NX and Steelseries giving away loot on Facebook

Steelseries and J!NX have teamed up to give away some loot over the next three weeks — hardware from Steelseries and some outer wear from J!NX, as well as other pretty cool stuff. The contest is open to Facebookusers, who will be eligible to win one of six loot packs to be given away. Two loot packs will be given away each week, and each pack consists of the following:

• 1 SteelSeries World of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse
• 1 SteelSeries March of the Scourge QcK Mouse Pad
• 1 SteelSeries Zboard Wrath of the Lich King Gaming Keyboard

US Supreme Court will decide if it’s legal to ban violent game sales to minors

Recently you might have heard that the US Supreme Court will decide if it’s legal to ban violent game sales to minors by hearing Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association.

In case you don’t know what that is, it’s about the California Law  that prohibits vendors selling Violent games (I don’t mean cartoon violence, I mean the gross ultra-real, super cruel violence) to minors. (Under the age of 18 in the US.)

All things celestial

All right all right I am sure you can judge by the title that I permitted myself the luxury of a celestial steed or ‘sparkles’ as I like to refer to it. I did a lot of research beforehand on wether or not I was going to buy one in the first place.
After all, spending money is one thing. Spending it on crap is a completely different (and substantially more annoying) thing.

General: Why Not: New Cap City?

MMORPG.com Managing Editor Jon Wood returns this week with a column taking an idea for an MMO directly from a popular Sci-Fi television program, Caprica, in which people visit a virtual game world with no point and no direction called New Cap City.

4 Druids and none of them needed it

…so I went for it. At only 25 DKP, I considered it a steal.

This is of course, Distant Land – one of thee best weapons available for feral druids, and actually not too shabby for hunters either. It drops off of Festergut in 25 man ICC.

10s versus 25s

Big Bear Butt asks, “Can 25 man raids really be as fun as 10’s to play in, if most people have to be bribed to take part in them?”

I don’t know, BBB. But one could ask, “If 10s are really that much more fun, why do they need higher quality rewards? Surely the extra fun is more important than the lower level loot.”

Creating Benchmarks for Raid Performance

How can you assess a raid’s performance if you haven’t identified and agreed upon the criteria for success? You can’t, beyond “Did we kill the bosses?” And that’s simply not enough when dealing with progression content you’re learning.

Activision lures Halo creators Bungie with multi-platform promise

PLAYSTATION fans could soon get their hands on new games from the creators of one of the most successful Xbox exclusives of all time.

Gaming giant Activision Blizzard overnight announced a partnership with Bungie, the studio behind the blockbuster Halo series.

World Of Warcraft Mage Leveling Guide – Mage Speed Leveling Guide

Got a mage that needs some power leveling, but you donâ??t know how? Why donâ??t you use a World of Warcraft mage levelling guide? This guide will help you to get your mage from level 1 to 80 in 7 days of playing timeâ?¦Do you want this for your mageâ?¦?

World Of Warcraft Mage Levelling Guide, How Does It Work?

QUIZ: Whose bra is this? (World of Warcraft)

GamesRadar – All Platforms Latest Stories

We know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking that you know a lot about MMO underwear. Everyone does. You’re probably thinking “Man, if there was a quiz about MMO underwear, I would totally ace it.” Well, you may think you’ve got a well-rounded education when it comes to the curve-age on a Blood Elf’s bosom, but that doesn’t mean anything unless you take our test. So explore these most uncanny valleys (if you dare)

Just recently we noted that Blizzard is already preparing for the day when World of Warcraft will be declared obsolete, and while many readers felt that, like Everquest, WoW will never be considered “obsolete” (only unprofitable), there is one aspect of World of Warcraft that has remained untouched in its [...]]]>

Changing Combat Systems: Moving on from WoW/EQ?

Just recently we noted that Blizzard is already preparing for the day when World of Warcraft will be declared obsolete, and while many readers felt that, like Everquest, WoW will never be considered “obsolete” (only unprofitable), there is one aspect of World of Warcraft that has remained untouched in its six years of development: WoW’s classic hotkey based combat, otherwise affectionately known as “1-2-1-2-1-2″ combat.

Muscle March introduction for first-timers

Note From The Muscle March Insider Editors: We are going to pump you up with the biggest, gnarliest, most extremest video game news blog ever to parade about the internet in a too-small thong! Muscle March Insider is here, and no amount of self tanner can hide our awesomeness!

Wicked Pug Diaries

I have hated pugging quite a bit during my WoW life. I think I have even done quite a bit before the new pub system to remind our guild that pugging is bad for your sanity. Then blizzard throws a curve ball and makes the game yet again funner to play by making the idea of pugging cool again.

Two things used to make pugging painful beyond belief. Getting people to the dungeon. Someone would tell you, I am on my way to the stone… only to find out later that they either did not know where the stone was or had not paid for a fast mount yet. That would set the tone for the run and a pug would take hours on top of some more hours. Now the new system lets you to deal only with issues during the run and those can be a lot easier to deal with and you are only subjected to them for 15 mins. So why not talk about some of them here, specially the ones that amuse me.

Well then… on with the show

After posting my last entry I attempted to log into wow… only to find that the servers still aren’t up from maintenance. So… guess I have time to blog then don’t I?

During BC I really only had one main character that I played. Artorin was my first toon and I loved everything about playing a druid. I explored every facet from tanking to healing, from pvp to raiding. I never had more then 9 bag slots at any given time with the many different gear sets taking up the rest of my bag slots. Sure I could of put them in my bag… but seeing the gear kept me inspired to constantly explore the different aspects of playing my druid.

Hall of Fame: Kyrin of Stormscale-EU

The Warcraft Econ Hall of Fame is a column featuring the few elite players that have hit the World of Warcraft gold cap of 214,748 gold 36 silver 46 copper. We have with us, Kumiko of Kyrin of Stormscale-EU, who will be sharing their stories with us today.

Please tell us a little about yourself and your gaming experience.

Hi, my name is Kyrin, I play a Blood Elf mage on the Stormscale EU realm. I started playing WoW in late 2008 and got hooked pretty fast. I started on the Blade’s Edge realm and later switched to Stormscale because my friend was playing there. In general I’ve been playing games as long as I remember; my first console was a hardware clone of the Nintendo Entertainment System.

WarCraft 3 Lyn vs Remind on ANcient Isle 2 Part 1

Changes we will see in Cataclysm

Today Blizzard gave us the news on how they intend to change gear (and by extension, some talents) for the various classes in Azeroth. Most of these were already known of course, but it never hurts to get a good overview of what we can expect to gain (and lose) once we put that shiny [...]