Posted on December 17th, 2009 by admin
The Ballad of the Green Beret has been one of my favorite songs since childhood. I’ve always been enthralled by song’s epic poetry and steadfast resolve of its descriptions. When I saw ThreePipeProblem’s World of Warcraft video take on the song, I instantly fell in love. While this piece features the same music that we all know, the creator used the backdrop of Azeroth to create a music video for the ballad.
The video actually does a surprisingly good job of translating the themes and emotions of the original song into the Azeroth universe. ThreePipeProblem used a lot of great Wrath of the Lich King imagery that speaks to ideas like dedication and bravery. Even the shots of Shattrath convey a wonderful martial, patriotic feel.
This video is likely to sit in my Favorites folder for a long time.
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Posted on December 14th, 2009 by admin
‘Tis the season to start revelling in the glory of Winter’s Veil. To help create some classic music for us all to enjoy during the holiday, Cranius wrote and produced GreatFather Winter. While this video was originally created a year ago, it remains fresh and vibrant even today. I think that Cranius nailed his goal perfectly.
Cranius has a nice story about the final creation of this film. There were fierce snow storms where Cranius lives. He obviously wanted to get his Winter’s Veil classic complete by Christmas, but was very concerned about losing power due to the snow. He was rightly concerned, as his electricity went out just as he was near finished. But, thankfully, it turned out to be a very short outage — he was without power just long enough to get a few more inspirations for some final tweaks.
Let the holiday season begin!
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Posted on December 10th, 2009 by admin
Neth has posted an announcement for Blizzard’s annual dessert contest, and… wait, dessert contest? I don’t remember them doing that one before, but sure enough, they have. I guess it follows after the pumpkin carving contest. Anyway, yes, your task, should you choose to accept it, is to make a confectionary creation based on one of Blizzard’s big franchises, and submit a picture of it to them over on the site. Each of ten winners will get seven different Warcraft books, including the popular Rise of the Horde and Arthas novels. You have until December 21st at midnight, so get cooking!
And if you do make a nice Warcraft cake, be sure to send us a copy (if the rules allow), so we can add it to our gallery below. Good luck to everyone who enters the contest, we can’t wait to see what kind of sweets you cook up.
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Posted on December 7th, 2009 by admin
Azeroth United, the internet media community for all things World of Warcraft, has been holding a charity drive for Child’s Play since November 1st. Hearts, Hands, and Voices has already surpassed their initial goal of $5000 and is now hoping to reach twice that by their end date of December 13th. Sunday, our very own Mike Schramm played Rock Band for 9 hours — until his fingers hurt — to raise money for the drive. Also, you can blame Syrana for all your troubles on Twitter and help raise money for the charity, just by tweeting.
If you wish to join in on the fun and support this Penny Arcade-run charity, please donate by clicking on the ChipIn link at the main HHV site, or any of the supporting sites. ChipIn was the same service that the WoWathon players used to also raise money for the hospitalized children who are the recipients of Child’s Play’s funds, toys, games, etc. The donations from this service go directly to the charity.
Hearts, Hands and
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Posted on November 30th, 2009 by admin
We sadly missed this movie until today. However, Dakgorim’s fantastic video Born to be Wild Turkeys is a welcome send-off for the Thanksgiving holiday, and the Pilgrim’s Bounty game event. Featuring one of Steppenwolf’s best known songs, and what seems like a half dozen turkeys going completely wild, this video is going to be a fun one to revisit in years to come.
Born to be Wild Turkeys strikes me as a movie that not only should have been made, but it absolutely had to be made the second Pilgrim’s Bounty hit the servers. The combination of motorcycles, turkeys, and roundabout bourbon references is a match made in heaven.
Here’s hoping everyone had a pleasant feasting time, and that we’re all now a few pounds heavier.
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Posted on November 26th, 2009 by admin
New around here? WoW Rookie points WoW’s newest players to the basics of a good start in the World of Warcraft. Visit WoW.com’s WoW Rookie Guide for links to all our tips, tricks and how-to’s.
Your evil plan has come to fruition: your significant other, best buddy, school pal or co-worker has finally confessed an interest in playing World of Warcraft. Send your buddy a Recruit-A-Friend invitation, and let the bodies hit the floor. You’re about to cut a mean swath through Azeroth while enjoying some sweet side benefits:
300% XP bonus for both you and your recruit (when grouped)
10% reputation bonus for you and your recruit
The ability to summon one another to each other’s locations across the world
30 levels of “free” XP from your recruit, granted to any of your lower-level veteran characters
A free month of game time for every recruit who upgrades to a retail account
The ever-so-sweet, exclusive Zhevra mount for one of your characters,
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Posted on November 23rd, 2009 by admin
World of WarCrafts spotlights art and creativity by WoW players, including fan art, cooking, comics, cosplay, music and fan fiction. Show us how you express yourself; contact our tips line (attention: World of WarCrafts) with your not-for-profit, WoW-inspired creations.
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
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Posted on November 19th, 2009 by admin
So we wanted to be sure that you all got to see this before Blizzard has YouTube pull it. You probably have about 30 minutes at best. So go at it! The video below the break shows some introductory worgen moves from the recent Russian IgroMir 2009 demonstrations Blizzard had setup. Video is typically against the rules at these things, but a leak is a leak, and this should give players a good view of it.
Of particular note is the animations at the end of the video. The /welcome animation is a worgen pointing, waving, and then getting down on all fours to sniff the air in-front of him; as if to smell the nether regions of the person being greeted as canines are prone to do. There is some discussion if this it worgen idle animation at the wrong time, or if this is part of the overall /welcome animation sequence.
Unforunately we don’t know, but we’re all having a good laugh over it. And now you can do.
The goods after the break, while it still exists.
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Posted on November 16th, 2009 by admin
Each week Dominic Hobbs brings you Blood Pact. “Oh how I love the feel of it, the way it burns your skin and weaves evil thoughts through the mind…” ~ Impsy
With patch 3.3 looking evermore imminent and the changes to warlock talents and spells seeming to have settled down, it’s a good time to take a look at what we can expect from the next expansion. This isn’t going to be a review of the fights and encounters in Icecrown — though I’m sure we’ll get to that at some point — this is a look at how our various raiding builds have changed.
I’ve already reported on most of them as they hit the PTR in previous articles, so I’m not going to dwell on the changes themselves. You can read up on this detail here, here, here and here. I wouldn’t say that lock talents are broken at the moment but it certainly seems as if we’re left little option when it comes to raiding. You have destruction for damage and a demonology
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Posted on November 12th, 2009 by admin
Welcome back to the Scattered Shots, the weekly World of Warcraft Hunter class column. This week we wrap up our “So you want to be a hunter” leveling series as we look at Levels 71-80 and see what makes up the best class in the game. So join me, Eddie Carrington, Brigwyn from The Hunting Lodge blog and podcast, as we explore what’s in store for us hunters.
Hey gang! Welcome to the last installment of the “So you want to be a hunter” leveling series. It’s been a long and windy path through grassy plains, sweltering tropics, and fractured planets to finally end up in the frozen wastes of Northrend as we prepare to face the Lich King and hope to get a flying horse when PTR Patch 3.3 is dropped.
As we do every week, we’ll review the skills you’ll learn. Suggest talent builds for both you and your pet. And help you with finding some solid gear choices by recommending some of the Northrend 5-man instances to run through. And what trek
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