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World of Warcraft and Philosophy got released a little while back — it’s a book by Luke Cuddy and John Nordlinger that examines WoW-related topics like roleplaying and the Corrupted Blood plague , and ties them into philsophical ideas and thinking. TechFlash has now posted an interview with Nordlinger , and it’s a good read as well. Nordlinger says that one reason they chose to talk about World of Warcraft in this way is that it’s so incredibly big — when you have 12 million (give or take a few at this point) people playing a game with a GDP larger than some smaller nations, you’re going to touch on all sorts of interesting ethical, moral, and other philosophical ideas. He says the book has been pretty popular, and a few universities are currently considering teaching courses based on the material, not only because it’s interesting, but thinking about the game in this way helps improve abstract thinking in general. And perhaps most interesting, he says that reading the book could help players better make ethical and moral decisions in the game. Just ninja-ing the mount from an Onyxia raid might not mean much to you, but when you look at the bigger picture, and what those actions mean for ethics in general, Nordlinger says the book might help players “make more aware decisions, if not different decisions.” Of course, in practice, trying to explain higher philosophy to ninjas might not have the desired effect, but it does seem true that exploring the higher meanings of this game and the intents of the people playing it might put a little more meaning into the pixels as well. Filed under: Analysis / Opinion , Fan stuff , Virtual selves , Odds and ends Author of World of Warcraft and Philosophy interviewed originally appeared on WoW.com on Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read  |  Permalink  |  Email this  |  Comments

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The Care and Feeding of Warriors is about tree sloths. Why do you do this to me? We all know it’s about warriors as written by an extremely hairy man who crouches in a dark corner of his apartment muttering about block value vs block rating until his wife hits him with the hose. Matthew Rossi fears the hose. Completely unrelated to anything even tangentially warrior in WoW: Dragon Skin Armor . We’re one step closer to gigantic magical battle axes being viable in modern warfare. Since it’s a holiday in the States (which I’m from, although not currently residing in) and because I’ll take any excuse to gorge myself on turkey flesh and loll around in a swollen food coma (like, say, last week, when I used the fact that I’d washed red clothing with white clothing and now have a lovely pair of bright pink underwear and I don’t care if you know ) I thought this week we could compile a list of things we, as warriors, can be grateful for. If it’s really an issue for you, assume it’s Pilgrim’s Bounty of something. Anyway, let’s you and I get our best grateful faces on (that’s me being grateful up there, in case you couldn’t tell) and discuss things we as warriors can appreciate. Charge / Intercept / Intervene – I’m not sure what people in Azeroth actually pray to when they pray to the Light… it seems like an abstract benevolence slightly akin to the Force from the Star Wars series…but whatever it is, thanks for Charge and its iterations, boy howdy. No other ability can be seen to be as iconic and representative of a class (only Death Grip and Totems come close) as the warrior ability to get from point A to point B in order to put point C into something, or prevent point D from going into that helpful person in a leather miniskirt or what have you. Continue reading The Care and Feeding of Warriors: A Warrior’s Bounty Filed under: Warrior , Analysis / Opinion , The Burning Crusade , (Warrior) The Care and Feeding of Warriors , Wrath of the Lich King , Cataclysm The Care and Feeding of Warriors: A Warrior’s Bounty originally appeared on WoW.com on Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink  |  Email this  |  Comments

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Check out this really cool article all about Pilgrim’s Bounty ends today

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Pilgrim’s Bounty ends tonight at 1 minute before midnight, server time. That means today is the last day to do the following: Get really frustrated fighting people for wild turkeys . Hit people in the head with cranberries. Crash the opposing faction’s dinner parties. Coerce a druid for a chance at the Raven Lord while wearing Puritan attire . Go from 0 to 350+ in Cooking quickly, easily, cheaply . Even if you aren’t interested in chasing turkeys and looking like a Mayflower reject, I highly recommend taking advantage of leveling Cooking. To get the Winter Veil Gourmet during the Feast of Winter Veil , you’ll need 325 cooking. And of course there are all of those yummy food buffs. For a complete list of Pilgrim’s Bounty achievements, please see our OverAchiever Guide . Have fun with your last minute, food-related fun! Filed under: Cooking , Events , Achievements Pilgrim’s Bounty ends today originally appeared on WoW.com on Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink  |  Email this  |  Comments

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Every week, Raid Rx will help you quarterback your healers to victory! Your host is Matt Low , the grand poobah of World of Matticus and a founder of No Stock UI , a WoW blog for all things UI, macro, and addon related. A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned the idea of using spells based around procs or on-use trinkets. Now I don’t know about you, but I sometimes tend to forget that I have these on-use abilities. Other times I never notice procs going off. But first, what is a proc anyway? A proc is short for procedure. They are events that happen when conditions are triggered. For example, Val’anyr will trigger a buff for the user when they heal players. This buff then grants the player to place shields on anyone they heal. Continue reading Raid Rx: Maximizing the proc Filed under: Items , (Raid Healing) Raid Rx Raid Rx: Maximizing the proc originally appeared on WoW.com on Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink  |  Email this  |  Comments

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Check out this really cool article all about TurpsterVision: Hands on with Chen Stormstout

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We can’t believe it either – Turpster has been let loose on WoW.com to bring you videos from in and around the World of Warcraft! You’ve heard him on the WoW Insider Show , and now see him on TurpsterVision right here on WoW.com. So it’s Black Friday for a lot of you guys out there — Happy Thanksgiving for yesterday and yes, my Turkey was awesome thanks for asking! A day for picking up electrical bargains and stopping The Intersect falling into Fulcrum’s hands — I’ll be honest, my knowledge of Black Friday stems pretty much directly from episodes of Chuck . I was lucky enough to have my latest purchase come through today and I am super stoked to be able to show you guys, Chen Stormstout ! This guys is many kinds of huge — some say he looks like a fat Gene Simmons , I don’t see that being a bad thing since The Demon is also pretty awesome (though he’s no Starchild ). Standing over 8″ tall and weighing in at 4.5 lbs, this guy is built to impress. The detailing is beyond anything I’ve seen on my previous DC Unlimited figures . Enjoy the video and pick one up if you haven’t already — I wonder how much mine is worth now that it’s out of the box… Check out more of Turpster’s work, recent work like sites made for a Bristol Garden Landscaper or classic stuff from his WoW parody songs to TV previously on Massively.com , not forgetting everyone’s favorite podcast ‘ The WoW Insider Show’ and of course, TurpsterVision right here on WoW.com ! Filed under: Blizzard , Features , Hardware , TurpsterVision TurpsterVision: Hands on with Chen Stormstout originally appeared on WoW.com on Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink  |  Email this  |  Comments

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