TurpsterVision: TCG Loot and Huge Roosters

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.
Here at WoW.com we give away TCG loot all the time and TurpsterVision [...]

Patch 3.2: Enter Trag Highmountain

When I’m not playing WoW, I’m usually found indulging in manga and have been devouring the Warcraft series ever since the Sunwell Trilogy came out. Of all the characters introduced through comics and manga, the most tragic next to Anveena has to be Trag Highmountain. I’ve watched over the last year as more characters from [...]

Fast travel, and why it’s hard to find in MMO games

Rock Paper Shotgun has an interesting piece up looking at travel in massively multiplayer games, and while the analysis is really about travel in all MMOs, of course World of Warcraft gets placed front and center — with the notable exceptions of Mages and Warlock summons, it’s a game that squarely places you in its [...]

WoW Mountain Dew ad was directed by Tarsem Singh

A number of sites have done a post-mortem on the Mountain Dew WoW Game Fuel ad (featuring two ladies battling it out through their WoW characters in a live-action supermarket), and they’ve uncovered a really interesting fact: the ad was actually directed by Indian director Tarsem Singh, one of my favorites — he not only [...]

Headless Horseman mount cast time clarification

I’m sure lots of you guys who trust datamining saw MMO Champion’s list of changes in the latest PTR update for Patch 3.2 and raised an eyebrow at the Headless Horseman’s Mount being instant cast. “And lo, thus did the Horseman’s steed become the de facto PVP mount!”, you exclaimed, prostrate in exultation.
Well, I [...]

Clarification on upcoming Engineering changes in 3.2

Hot on the heels of yesterday’s great news about Engineering in Patch 3.2, Community Manager Zarhym has clarified a number of changes and what they mean for Engineers.
The first clarification was for those concerned about how to acquired the schematic for Jeeves, the new multitalented robot butler. The list of changes indicated that the schematic [...]

The Daily Quest: Making your own items, Killing Spree, and more

We here at WoW.com are on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere.

RP Made Simple takes a deep look at an up and coming RP mod, Gryphonheart Items, which allows you to create custom vanity/flavor items to trade and share with others using the addon.
Alterac Volley [...]

15 Minutes of Fame: The Craft Dinner gang

15 Minutes of Fame is our look at World of Warcraft players of all shapes and sizes - from the renowned to the relatively anonymous, the remarkable to the player next door. Tip us off to players you’d like to hear more about.
I really can’t think of a more enjoyable way to game than in [...]

The Queue: RaF’d dailies are delicious

Welcome back to The Queue, WoW.com’s daily Q&A column where the WoW.com team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Adam Holisky will be your host today.
I have to admit, o’ faithful Queue readers, that I considered pawning off answering questions today to someone else so I could have more time to catch up [...]

European weekly maintenance: 1st July 2009

The heat is on here in the UK and we’ve actually got a summer. Shocking, I know. But, rather than send people outside to soak up the rays the blistering heat and humidity has forced most inside. Suddenly Azeroth is that much more appealing, you can’t get sunstroke in there, oh no. After Alex’s terrible [...]