World of Warcraft 3.3.5a Released
| Erik Johnson |
Blizzard has rolled out a new update for its popular MMORPG World of Warcraft, now available for download.
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Why Video Games Based On Movies Usually Suck
| Meredith Sweet |
I was reading through a lecture for an online class of mine when I read a very interesting line: “the track record for video games derived from movie franchises typically don’t fare very well, and that’s because movies are a linear experience, whereas video games are an interactive experience.” My professor’s got a point. Movies have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Video games can be from different characters’ viewpoints, and you can often skip sections or miss scenes. Most games also have multiple endings, with two or three being a common number and 104 being the highest number of endings for a single game that I know of.
Blizzard Opens WoW Pet Store
| Adam Bruno |
Think you’ve spent all you’re going to on World of Warcraft? Think again! Even the pay-to-plays are getting in on the microtransaction market, although admittedly, it isn’t as bad as some. But Blizzard has opened their very own in-game pet store! Read more »
Blizzard Goes All Out For April Fools
| Christian Martin |
Blizzard definitely knows how to prank. They pulled off a whopping five April Fools jokes, including a new fake Diablo III class, the Archiver.
Sixteen Million WoW Quests Completed Each Day
| Adam Bruno |
That’s right. You read it correctly. Tens of thousands of Americans are unemploy– wait, you don’t really care about that. Okay, so how about this one? According to Jeffrey Kaplan, WoW’s lead designer, players complete on average more than 16 million total quests per day. Kotaku goes so far as to list some other numbers cited during GDC, such as a combined total of 8,570,222,426 quests between July 2007 and March 2009. Let me spell that out for you.
