World of Warcraft

Thursday, December 17th, 2009 | Nick, PC, RPG, books, games, geekdom | No Comments

Sorry for last week’s lack of links and apologies in advance for the lack of links next week!

Thursday, November 26th, 2009 | Console, Nick, PC, RPG, TV, Video, books, games, geekdom | No Comments

I personally don’t especially care about covers – I choose books based on reviews and previous work and I think most SFF covers are rubbish. But some people care a great deal. Here’s a post at A Dribble of Ink about the changes between editions of Mark Charan Newton’s Nights of Villjamur. The comments are pretty interesting if you like that sort of thing, with all sorts weighing in, including Newton’s editor.
Filming of the Games of Thrones pilot has wrapped. Now we wait to see what the chances of a actual series are.
Sex advice from D&D players. Actually serious advice, not a parody.
The AV club’s best 15 video games of the noughties.
Next time you’re at a loss for PC or NPC, try looking up this print of Characters for an Epic Tale. (via Boing Boing)
The BBC discusses committing war crimes in video games. (via Rock, Paper, Shotgun)
The Times covers ‘adult gamers’. Shock, horror!
And, finally, Kotaku celebrates World of Warcraft’s 5th birthday by finding out from people why they’ve never played it. The intro where the writer discusses how it just doesn’t live up to tabletop gaming experiences is the most interesting one to me.

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