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American League’s Best Pitcher Is A Warcraft Player

2:00PM Owen Good | Kansas City’s Zack Greinke locked up Cy Young Award as the American League’s top pitcher, but he never gave much thought to his shot at the hardware. “I’ve been playing this World of Warcraft game,” he told the hometown paper. More »
Culture

Help Wanted: Arena Healer/Death Knight, 20 Hrs/wk, Apply Within

8:30AM Owen Good | Someone on San Francisco Craigslist is seeking to employ a Warcraft player 20 hours per week to help him get his sorry arse to a supermacho arena rating of 2000 or greater. More »
News

Level 80 Dwarven Priest Running For Lt. Gov. Of Guam

11:00AM Owen Good | That headline’s like Beck lyrics. They’re actual words, forming a complete and grammatically correct sentence, but they just make no sense. Until you remember it regards Ray Tenorio, serious Warcraft gamer, and member of the Guam Senate. More »
Regulars

This Week In Video Game Comics

11:20AM Stephen Totilo | Here’s a rundown of the new video game-based comics going on sale in comics shops in the U.S. this week, including Warcraft, Chun-Li and Sonic (always!). More »
Culture

Guess BlizzCon Tourney Winners, Win A Gaming Laptop

3:00AM Owen Good | All you Warcraft tournament handicappers, take note – Blizzard’s running a contest to guess the winner of three of its tournaments at the upcoming BlizzCon, and laying two Asus G50vt laptops as grand prizes. More »
Culture

Therapist Wants Free WoW, Says He’s Providing Addiction Counseling

12:00PM Owen Good | Dr. Richard Graham, a London-based psychiatrist, is so concerned about MMO addiction that he plans to provide “in-game therapy” for those hopelessly lost in the virtual world. Oh, and, he’d like Blizzard to give up some free logins. More »
Culture

London, Mapped In Warcraft Style

2:00AM Owen Good | A programmer showcasing the capabilities of an open-source, dynamic mapping framework has rendered the entire world – in a Warcraft II motif. More »
News

What’s The Most Important Warcraft Movie Casting Decision?

5:40AM Michael McWhertor | Blizzard is making a movie based on its rather popular Warcraft property. Sam Raimi is directing it, meaning one actor’s involvement is almost assured. So which actor and which role? More »
Culture

Mario Teaches Typing Warcraft

10:30AM Owen Good | Since I just got promoted, I can finally reveal that I lack any experience with one rather common game. I haven’t played a minute of Warcraft – except for the original RTS. On a Mac. More »
News

At Long Last, An In-Game Twitter Client For Warcraft

4:00AM Owen Good | Do you spend six hours a day playing Warcraft and another three hours Twittering pointlessly? Well now you can spend nine hours doing both! More »