Archive

Since my posts can get quite long, and the blogger archive tool is pretty limited, here is an easy way for you to browse my posts and find what you are looking for.

Miscellany 
Hyjal won't appall 1/26/11
Oh dear, Vashj'ir 1/24/11
Zone replay in WoW? 1/19/10
Reader census, redux 1/16/11
Speak up, Ramkahen! 1/10/11
To the dungeons with you! 1/3/11
The sad state of illustrious grand master enchanting 12/27/10
Food for thought on remake and genre designation 12/22/10
Potential improvements to archeology 12/20/10
The roots of my soloist tendencies 12/13/10
Why I'll be taking the expansion slowly 12/10/10
Identity, privacy, and secrecy in WoW and life 12/7/10
Scattered thoughts on Cataclysm's coming 12/6/10
What I am thankful for 11/29/10
The things we carry with us 11/25/10
Some miscellaneous advice for Pilgrim's Bounty 11/23/10
The consequences of axioms 11/15/10
Writing as if we are being read 11/8/10
From someone who has been there... 11/1/10
My top 15 favorite video games of all time. Part 2: 5-1 11/3/10
My top 15 favorite video games of all time. Part 1: 15-6 10/27/10
A photo-tribute to Tree of Life 10/13/10
The obligations we create for ourselves 10/11/10
Playing without blogging? 10/4/10
Putting a sense mystery back in the game? 9/27/10
The absurdity of feat-of-strength panic 9/20/10
My overall thoughts on Operation: Gnomeregan 9/13/10
On the pre-expansion doldrums 9/6/10
New poll: faction animosity 8/30/10
Proposal: reverse feats of strength (feats of growth) 8/25/10
The sad inevitability of Deathwing's defeat 8/23/10
For the Alliance! or: Why I'm proud to play the pretty faction 8/16/10
Why are "First!" comments so despised? 8/9/10
A screenshot tells a thousand words 8/2/10
When patience pays off 7/26/10
Suggestions for Cataclysm's Druid talents 7/19/10
Lessons to learn from Wrath's heroics, Part 2 7/12/10
Lessons to learn from Wrath's heroics, Part 1 7/5/10
What other games could learn from WoW 6/30/10
What could replace Path of the Titans? 6/23/10
New poll for profit and pleasure 6/21/10
Illogical quest drops and the Ironforge moat need to die in a fire 6/14/10
How am I conquering the pre-expansion slump? 6/7/10
My top 5 favorite movies 5/31/10
Musings on our cultural obsession with apocalypses 5/24/10
Will I really want to be a part of the beta? 5/17/10
Achievements I would like to see added in Cataclysm 5/10/10
Calm down about the changes to raid loot 5/3/10
Introspection: Philosophizing the way I do 4/26/10
A few Cataclysm beta predictions 4/21/10
Why do I blog? 4/19/10
My personal philosophy of the meaning of life 4/12/10
Some miscellaneous news 4/5/10
Planned posts 4/1/10
Would we be better bloggers without comments? 3/22/10
What mastery bonuses I want for Druids 3/15/10
Ardol as a raid boss 3/8/10
100th Post! 3/1/10
I did it. 2/22/10
Reflections on the soon-to-come end of my long, strange trip 2/15/10
An alternative to reforging and the stat losses it would incur 2/8/10
Reflections on leveling a shadow priest 2/1/10
Druids, remember when...? 1/25/10
A reflection on moral choices within video games 1/18/10
WoW Philosophized loves the Discovery Channel 1/11/10
5 things every druid should do at some point 1/4/10
My review of World of Warcraft and Philosophy 11/28/09
My Warcraft Year in Review 11/21/09
Reviewing the new quest tracking feature 11/14/09
The cutest thing you will ever see 11/7/09
Thanksgiving and historical pessimism: Is it worth it? 11/30/09
World of Warcraft and Philosophy so far 11/23/09
A new kind of hard mode? 11/16/09
What I would like to see in Cataclysm. Part 3: Grinding 11/9/09
What I would like to see in Cataclysm. Part 2: Quests 11/2/09
What I would like to see in Cataclysm. Part 1: Professions 10/26/09
What abilities I envy in other classes 10/19/09
About me 10/12/09
Happy Birthday to Me! 10/5/09
My top 25 favorite songs. Part 2: 10-1 9/28/09
My top 25 favorite songs. Part 1: 25-11 9/21/09
What I am doing in-game 9/14/09
New mastery skills I would like to see in Cataclysm 9/7/09
Some changes in real life 8/31/09
How Blizzard could make shifting more attractive for druids 8/24/09
What classes bring what buffes/debuffs to raids, Part II 8/17/09
A philisophical analysis of the Barrel series on XKCD 8/10/09
What classes bring what buffes/debuffs to raids 8/3/09
New abilities and talents I'd like to see in the next expansion 7/27/09
Ideas on how to make the new cat/bear forms scale with gear 7/20/08
The blog itself 7/13/09

Advice
How to gear up a druid at level 85 without entering an instance 1/12/11
How to solo Northrend group quests as an enhancement shaman 8/4/10
Disabling Real ID for great justice 7/14/10
HIgher Learning: Waiting around for fun and profit 7/7/10
Raiding advice for people who raid infrequently 4/14/10
Druid healing in heroics, part II 4/6/10
Druid healing in heroics in flowchart form 3/31/10
Advice on blogging, part II 3/24/10
Advice on blogging 3/17/10
Advice for emblem-gear-fueled dungeon speed runs 3/10/10
Tips on leveling any class 3/3/10
Tips on leveling a priest 2/24/09
Tips on leveling a shaman 2/17/10
Heroic achievements you should go for now that everyone outgears heroics, Part II 2/10/10
Heroic achievements you should go for now that everyone outgears heroics, Part I 2/3/10
Signs you are approaching burnout 1/27/10
What can you do at 80 without a group? Part II: tangible rewards in Azeroth and Outland 1/20/10
What can you do at 80 without a group? 1/13/10
A post-dungoen-finder guide to instance etiquette 1/6/10
Don't be that Druid... 12/30/09
Leveling a druid (what moves to use): Levels 61-80 12/23/09
Leveling a druid (what moves to use): Levels 41-60 12/16/09
Leveling a druid (what moves to use): Levels 21-40 12/9/09
Leveling a druid (what moves to use): Levels 1-20 12/2/09
Some miscellaneous advice for Pilgrim's Bounty 11/25/09
How to tank as a druid (or any class), Part 4 11/18/09
How to gear up for two roles at once 11/11/09
How to make fishing in Wintergrasp waters worthwhile 11/4/09
How to tank as a druid, Part 3 10/28/09
Good World of Warcraft websites 10/21/09
How to tank as a druid, Part 2 10/14/09
How to tank as a druid, Part 1 10/7/09
Best Druid glyphs for your spec/area of play 9/30/09
A guide to basic instance etiquette 9/23/09
How to level Northrend reputations without championing (9/16/09)
How to gear up a druid at level 80 without ever entering an instance (9/9/09)
How to most effectively arange your abilities on your action bars 9/2/09
How to assume a raid mentality 8/26/09
How to most effectively level your crafting professions 8/19/09
How to pick a side hobby 8/12/09
How to avoid those "What do I do now?" moments 8/05/09
How to pick an item to grind for money 7/29/09
How to level fishing without being bored 7/22/09
How to get started playing WoW 7/15/09

Philosophy
Oh dear, Vashj'ir: Redux 1/28/11
Gnomebliteration as a daily? Not so fast. 1/22/11
The lonely journey to the top 1/14/11
The problem of subjectivity in dungeon finder policing 1/7/11
The other faction: my friend or my enemy? 1/5/11
Don't you know there's a Shattering on? Redux 12/29/10
Failure to adjust: whose fault is it? 12/24/10
Guild perks and guilds "for guild's sake" 12/17/10
How linear is Cataclysm, really? 12/15/10
The curse of being genre savvy 12/3/10
Don't you know there's a Shattering on? 12/1/10
Where does our pride come from? 11/19/10
The limitations of our measurement of success 11/17/10
Should we have competition for quest items/kills? 11/12/10
Justifying the limits on player influence 11/10/10
Thoughts on the doomsday cultists 11/5/10
The questionable legitimacy of objective rewards 10/29/10
How did we put up with this for so long? 10/15/10
It's so hard to say goodbye: Tree of Life 10/8/10
Why we'll probably never have neutral playable races in WoW 10/6/10
On the origin of Alliance faction animosity 10/01/10
Some actual numbers on faction animosity 9/29/10
Redemption for the Lich King? 9/24/10
Guild achievements: a further push towards an extrovert-oriented WoW? 9/22/10
Gear demotion and justice points 9/17/10
The druid resto tree: she's not broken, she's just a baby 9/15/10
Event out of nowhere: Why the sudden nature of Operation: Gnomeregan was a mistake 9/10/10
A decline of heroics, or a rise of player creativity? 9/8/10
Talents, prerequisites, and thinking like a player 9/3/10
Why I'm excited for the difficulty spike in Cataclysm 9/1/10
Azerothian politics and the illusion of power 8/27/10
A slump in both worlds 8/20/10
Oh, to be a newbie again 8/18/10
Expand your horrizons to conquer the slump 8/13/10
Is WoW a Caillois-complete game? 8/6/10
Musings on those who will start playing after Cataclysm 7/30/10
Guild perks and the death of the independent player 7/23/10
On the denial that mana will matter 7/21/10
Real ID and the future of WoW 7/16/10
Real ID and the necessity of anonymity 7/7/10
Alts for their own sake? 7/2/10
Comparing the three WoW's, Part 2: Raiding and Leveling 6/25/10
Comparing the three WoW's, Part 1: Raiding and PvP 6/18/10
Anonymity is no excuse for trollish behavior 6/16/10
Where is the line where If you don't like something, WoW is not for you? 6/11/10
Should better gear look more unique? 6/9/10
Overarching motivation, in-universe and out 6/4/10
Kantian ethics and group quests 6/2/10
Why should the final boss of an expansion drop gear? 5/28/10
Why once difficult achievements sometimes need to be demoted 5/26/10
The "gaping chasm" between blog readers and bad players 5/21/10
Damage Meters and compensation 5/19/10
Spontaneous grouping and what it may mean for the real world 5/14/10
Do we deserve extensive previews of upcoming content? 5/12/10
Should game design trump lore? 5/7/10
Por que*, NDA? 5/5/10
Musings on the changes to raids coming in Cataclysm 4/30/10
Should all crafting professions have related gathering professions? 4/28/10
My musings on micro-transactions 4/23/10
My take on the Tree of Life change 4/16/10
What improvements might Blizzard make to the badge/emblem system? 4/9/10
To what does Blizzard owe their loyalty: the player-base, or the lore? 3/29/10
Why have solo content in a Massively Multiplayer Online Game? 3/26/10
Do WoW's addictive elements make it a sub-par or unethical game? 3/19/10
The inherent risk of replenishment 3/12/10
Should the dungeon finder should put people of similar gear levels together? 3/5/10
The wisdom of death knights: "Suffer well." 2/26/10
Does the difficulty of What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been justify the reward? 2/17/10
Shoot raid loot still be based on random drops? 2/12/10
Why I won't run heroics in blues 2/5/10
How the new emblem system ruined heroics (and what can be done to save them) 1/29/10
Where is the line between "playing your way" and being a burden? 1/22/10
Should authenticators be mandatory? 1/15/10
How much WoW is too much? 1/8/10
Should tier 9 gear be the standard in heroics? 1/1/10
My issue with speed runners in random heroics 12/25/09
Which role is most consequential in a party? 12/18/09
Should enchanters be indignant about the new disenchant option in the loot window? 12/11/09
Is WoW "just a game"? 12/4/09
Are our actions in WoW meaningless? 11/20/09
The case for solo raid instances 11/13/09
New professions as the embodiments of each expansion pack 11/6/09
Are group members in an instance group entitled to the disenchanter's services? 10/30/09
My take on "The disappearance of the bear" 10/23/09
Should gear become obsolete after every expansion? 10/16/09
In defense of roleplaying 10/9/09
Why the new 5-man progression is a good idea (Spoilers ahead) 10/2/09
Should Blizzard buff/nerf classes based on popularity? 9/25/09
What I think Wrath of the Lich King did right 9/18/09
What purpose should talents serve? 9/11/09
Should raiders be angry about the Emblem of Conquest change? 9/4/09
My musings on Cataclysm from a story perspective 8/28/09
Why the leveling process doesn't help a player learn their class 8/21/09
Why hard modes are a better option than hard raids 8/14/09
Why I don't enjoy PvP 8/07/09
On the homogenization of Wrath of the Lich King solo content 7/31/09
Why Burning Crusade wasn't that bad for class balance 7/24/09
Why you should not rush to the level cap 7/17/09