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Essential Reading:
Miscellany:
-From someone who has been there...
-A photo-tribute to Tree of Life
-For the Alliance! or: Why I'm proud to play the pretty faction
-100th Post!
-A reflection on moral choices within video games
-WoW Philosophized loves the Discovery Channel
-My review of World of Warcraft and Philosophy
Advice:
-How to gear up a druid at level 85 without entering an instance
-Advice on blogging (part II)
-How to level fishing without being bored
-How to get started playing WoW
Philosophy:
-The "gaping chasm" between blog readers and bad players
-To what does Blizzard owe their loyalty: the player-base, or the lore?
-Is WoW "just a game"?
-My musings on Cataclysm from a story perspective
-Why the leveling process doesn't help a player learn their class
-On the homogenization of Wrath of the Lich King solo content
Questions? Comments? Requests? Contact me at:
Be sure to include the words "blog" or "WoW Philosophized" in the subject heading of the e-mail, or it might go in the spam folder.
Miscellany:
-From someone who has been there...
-A photo-tribute to Tree of Life
-For the Alliance! or: Why I'm proud to play the pretty faction
-100th Post!
-A reflection on moral choices within video games
-WoW Philosophized loves the Discovery Channel
-My review of World of Warcraft and Philosophy
Advice:
-How to gear up a druid at level 85 without entering an instance
-Advice on blogging (part II)
-How to level fishing without being bored
-How to get started playing WoW
Philosophy:
-The "gaping chasm" between blog readers and bad players
-To what does Blizzard owe their loyalty: the player-base, or the lore?
-Is WoW "just a game"?
-My musings on Cataclysm from a story perspective
-Why the leveling process doesn't help a player learn their class
-On the homogenization of Wrath of the Lich King solo content
Questions? Comments? Requests? Contact me at:
Be sure to include the words "blog" or "WoW Philosophized" in the subject heading of the e-mail, or it might go in the spam folder.
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When I realized just how soon patch 4.0.1 was coming, I was hit by this ambiguous sense of panic I had never felt before about the onset of...
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Heroics haven't been a completely pleasant experience as of late, since not all players have been willing to adjust to the demands of th...
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Well, it looks like patch 4.0.1 will be playable some time around today, give or take a day for unforeseen additional maintenance. As you a...
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Larisa has a post over on her blog in which she remarks on how linear Cataclysm's quest design is. Rather than allowing movement betwe...
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As I said in my post on the Celestial Steed , aesthetics can be serious business in WoW. It's for this reason that something as simple...
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I wasn't against the idea of guild perks when they were first announced. Back then, I was under the impression that they would only imp...
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About five days ago, I earned Loremaster of Cataclysm , thus, for all intents and purposes, beating Cataclysm's solo content. I have do...
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I'm going to write this post at the risk of putting my foot in my mouth due to lack of information, but I will give my reasons for belie...
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This post contains minor spoilers for the quests in Deepholm and Vashj'ir. They're nothing major, but if you wish to avoid them, he...
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I have resigned myself to doing heroics so I can get a cloak for when I level from 80 to 85, and in order to save my sanity, I have decided ...
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