It’s the holidays so it means we are gonna have a lot of free time and probably would need something to occupy us away from all the holiday and family chaos, and what better way to that than jump back in World of Warcraft’s newest expansion Cataclysm. You know what the worst part is? It’s when [...]
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Virtual Worlds
21
Dec
The accessibility of WOW in comparison to other online games
Posted by David Published in Participant-ObservationThe world of warcraft has accumulated a ridiculous player population exceeding that of a number of small countries. This is a result of the general accessibility offered both by the mechanics of the game as well as the player community. Due to this, a large number of people who would not normally play mmorpgs have [...]
Tags: MMOs, nerds, play, Stereotypes, World of Warcraft, WoW
21
Dec
When I first told my friends that I was taking a class about online worlds, and playing in these online worlds, one of the first things that came up was, “Don’t get addicted, I know lots of people who play those games all day long and do nothing else.” Other comments were, “All I have [...]
Tags: addiction, Stereotypes, stigmatization, WoW
8
Dec
How Would You Change Your MMO?
Posted by MachoMAN Published in A Day in the Life, Archaeology, UncategorizedHey guys, as we are almost done with our virtual worlds class and I assume you guys have been playing your particular MMO for a couple of months now and have been very thorough and familiar with it by now. I was just wondering what the single thing you guys most enjoyed and disliked from [...]
Tags: change, dislike, icons, like, mmo, quest, Warcraft, world, WoW
7
Dec
I used this in WotlK for speed leveling and now since the World has entirely changed the Leveling Guides aren’t up to date. The guides i have been using are for free and everyone can download them. Just follow the steps shown on the link below. WoWPro – Leveling Guide and Add-On for In-game LvLn [...]
Tags: add on, game play, guide, how to, leveling, World of Warcraft, WoW
22
Nov
thought this was very interesting after reading this weeks’ readings on classes in WoW
Tags: Avatars, classes, Identity, World of Warcraft, WoW
12
Nov
Really interesting video, please watch and comment with thoughts/opinion because I definitely think that this is discussion worthy! ^_^
9
Nov
I couldn’t figure out how to save the chats on WoW so I Googled it. I thought it might be useful for people who are playing WoW for their research. http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/chatlog/
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