BlizzCon barcodes being sent out

Those lucky enough to score tickets to BlizzCon this year should start to see their BlizzCon barcodes arrive in their email boxes today.
The barcode system is a new one for Blizzard. You will need to print out the email you receive and bring the barcode with you when you pick up your badge at the [...]

Dwarf levels solely by exploring, gains World Explorer at level 17

Here’s a cute story to brighten up your Sunday. Tenen, a Dwarf Warrior in Modan Co on Moon Guard, decided that he would start at level one and only explore. No quests, no killing mobs, no PvP. Just exploration.
Seventeen levels later, he’s explored every single outdoor zone in the game, and completed the World Explorer [...]

Login issues reported this evening

WoW.com has been getting a massive number of tips in regarding problems people are experiencing when trying to log into the game. There is no official Blizzard word yet, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see one soon.
The problems seem to be originating from people who have not yet merged their World of Warcraft accounts [...]

World of WarCrafts: Nominate your favorite WoWCraft for upcoming book

World of WarCrafts spotlights art and creativity by WoW players, including fan art, cooking, comics, cosplay, music and fan fiction. Show us how you express yourself by contacting our tips line (attention: World of WarCrafts) — not-for-profit work only, please.
It’s chic to be geek — and World of WarCrafts has some of the coolest geek [...]

BlizzCon creative contests open for entries

Attention aspiring artist, songwriters, and machinimators: want to win an awesome Alienware laptop? Sure you do. Well, here’s your chance. Blizzard is holding three creative contests at BlizzCon this summer: best fan art, best original song, and best movie using WoW footage (i.e. machinima).
Entrants in each category have until July 31 to submit their best [...]

Real-life WoW-style name tags

Now this is the sort of thing YouTube was made for. Aram Bartholl, a German artist “famous for his exploration of the relationship between the digital and physical world,” did a WoW-inspired project at the Laguna Art Museum in Laguna Beach, CA yesterday afternoon. It looks like it was a repetition of the project in [...]

Tips on using Recount for tanks and others

Just in case you missed this excellent post about how to use Recount to its full potential (we also snuck it in our Daily Quest column a little while back), it’s definitely worth a look. Most players just use Recount to check their own damage numbers, but as 4 Haelz points out, there’s definitely a [...]

The OverAchiever: Attack of the Glory of the Hero

Mr. Daniels: This is punishment, gentlemen, not party time.
Logan: Well, that would explain the absence of balloon animals.
– Veronica Mars, “The Girl Next Door.”

Heresy! A Veronica Mars quote rather than Firefly. Eh, who cares, it’s a holiday weekend, so we’re wild and crazy. We’re continuing our march through Glory of the Hero, and today we’re [...]

Around Azeroth: Nightfall

Matt took this screenshot while leveling a tauren alt through Mulgore. I’m not sure if this is a bug or just a good angle, but it looks completely natural, as if the shadows themselves were encroaching on Thunder Bluff, feeding off the essence of all that is good and pure until the residents are nothing [...]