Now, I know that the holidays are rapidly coming to a close here, but I did find some holiday-related machinima this week that I thought truly worthy of sharing with everyone, so here goes!
- First we have one from NinthBatter, which is part of his ever popular “Nobody Like You” series. This one is all about Hanukkah…and I have to say, I had NO idea Arthas was Jewish!!
- Next up is a pretty cool one from Oxhorn that is part of his Christmas for Geeks album that we featured here last week. It’s called It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like This Raid Isn’t Going to Happen (longest title ever) and I had to include it this week as I know it’s one we can all relate to on some level!
- Lastly we have one for you from Firebolt Productions called Northrend Wonderland. This one is hilarious as it shows a loyal servant of the Lich King trying to cheer him up…the way he does it is pretty great! And anytime I get to hear the Lich King sing is WIN! in my book!
Ok, well that’s what we have for you this week in our belated holiday version of Movie of the Week. See you next year!
This week’s Comic Corner contains some newcomers and a few funnies from our favorite WoW-related web comics. You can check out this week’s picks below!
- First we have one from Dungeons and Draenei that shows just how little respect Resto Druids get around here! Too funny…I love the look they’re giving in the second to last frame!!
- Next I found another one from Slash AFK, this is a fairly new one to us since we have only featured it one other time, but I have to admit I really like the “Emo” feel of this comic strip…it makes it stand out from the rest!
- Next up is a total newcomer to our Comic Corner from ITG and it shows the De-Evolution of the Quest. This one really had me laughing thinking about how we all used to spend hours running around looking for quest objectives and now…we wiki or heck it’s even built into the game for us these days!
- Now we have one from one of my personal favorites, NPC called Of Avatar and Avatars. Now this one really made me laugh because a guy friend of mine had stated after seeing Avatar that he was now only interested in 10 ft. tall blue chicks with tails…lol…yes I am talking about YOU Billy!! Anyhow I thought this was pretty hilarious!
- Ok, lastly we have one from NoObz! which is a continuation of their Commandments Series. This one had me laughing petty hard too…points out a nice play on words!
So, that wraps up the Comic Corner for this week! Happy New Year everyone and we will see you back here next year!
Ok, so this week it was hard to choose from all the great movies out there, but I did and I have chosen a couple of them that will help get everyone in the holiday spirit if you’re not there already.
- The first movie this week is a very cheerful holiday music video written and produced by one of my favorite Machinima Artists, Cranius. It’s called Greatfather Winter and if this one doesn’t get you excited for the upcoming holidays you must have ice running through your veins! Nice job, Cranius!
- The next one I wanted to share with you this week is from Oxhorn, and although it’s more of an advertisement, I still liked it and I have to admit…I bought the album and I LOVE it! Check out Oxhorn’s Christmas for Geeks.
So that’s it for this week’s movies…enjoy them and have a great holiday!
This week I was able to find a ton of comics, but I will refrain from showering you with all of them at once! I will save a few for those weeks when I am not so fortunate. So here are this week’s selections:
- The first is from NPC Comics and it shows what a major difference one letter can make! Here’s Perky.
- Next we have a newcomer to the Comic Corner from Da!ly Quests. In this one, called Grab The Light By The Horns, one of the characters has a vision of the upcoming race/class combo of a Tauren Paladin. This is priceless!
- This next one is from NoObz! and it is yet another one in their Commandments series. I really do like this one!
- Ok, now this one could be considered a little “risque” but I think it’s hilarious so I HAD to include it! It come to us from Tim Buckley at Ctrl+Alt+Del and it had me rolling!
- Lastly we have an appearance from Vincent of Experience Points in a couple of holiday related comic entries. I tried to choose just one and couldn’t. So first there is the one where Vincent can’t resist dropping a hint to Santa. And the next one here is the best…but I had to hide it from my son as I didn’t want to give him any ideas!
So, there you have it! This week’s funny bone ticklers! Have a great week and a Happy Holiday!
This week’s movie is one from Silverlined Productions and I think it’s quite suiting considering the proximity to the release of 3.3. Revenge Act 2 is another teaser vidoe for the Revenge movie which will hopefully be coming soon! In this video, our hero is finally getting the chance at a show down with the Lich King, which is truly appropriate since patch 3.3 is releasing to day to live realms. This is an excellent video just like the first one and I love the way our main character, Nixxiom, is idealized into the perfect hero! I cannot wait to see the final film once it is all done…but isn’t that the point of the trailer? To keep us wanting more? Well it has worked!
This week’s comics are some pretty good ones, so if you’re in the mood for a good laugh…check ‘em out below:
- The first one this week is from NPC and it’s called Sensibilities and it touches on real life vs. game world…cute!
- The second one is also from NPC and I LOVE this one! It kind of pokes fun at the recent news of WoW’s ultimate Overachiever!
- Next we have one from NoObz! which is a continuation of their commandments series and it should serve as a warning to all of us!
- Now we have one from Experience Points where Vince decides to stop complaining and work! Or maybe not…
- Lastly we have one for you from Fail Druid…I wish I would have found this one sooner since it has a Thanksgiving theme, but that’s ok it’s still cute!
Well that’s it for the Comic Corner this week, we’ll catch you right here next week!
3.3 is releasing today to live servers! Below are the latest patch notes available at the time of this post! Enjoy!
General
- Icecrown Citadel
- All three wings of the 5-player dungeon are currently available for testing.
- Select encounters in the 10- and 25-player raid dungeon are available for limited testing.
- Additional Icecrown Citadel raid content will be made available in future test builds. For more information and testing schedules please visit our Test Realm forum: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/board.html?forumId=11572&sid=1
- Quel’Delar Quest Chain: The Battered Hilt, the item needed to start this quest line, can now be purchased from all glyph vendors on the public test realms.
- Character Creation: The descriptions for races, classes, and race/class combinations have been improved to provide new players with a better idea of the roles and advantages of each class and race.
- Dazed: Creatures attacking a player from behind can no longer cause players level 1-5 to be dazed, and have a reduced chance to cause players level 6-10 to be dazed.
- Knockbacks no longer dismount players. If on a flying mount, you will be knocked back a short distance before being able to resume flying.
- The existing /welcome emote now greets/welcomes targets (character says “hello”), while the new /yw is for saying “you’re welcome.”
- Many of the tail sweeps with knockback effects will no longer hit players’ pets.
- Level 1 characters no longer start with food or water in their inventory.
- Attack is now called Auto Attack. The tooltip has been changed to reflect that the player will continue automatically attacking a target.
- Meeting Stones: To use any Meeting Stone, it is only required that the character’s minimum level be 15. There is no maximum character level requirement for any Meeting Stone.
- Copied Test Realm characters will no longer be copied with their achievement history in order to better facilitate the character copy process.
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This week’s WoW-themed movie comes to us from GiGi and Nation (formerly known as Abandonation) and it is all about achievements! I like this one because, well it describes…me! I am definitely the one in my little social group of players that is always after that next achievement to get the latest title, item or whatever Blizzard decides to throw at me as a reward for all of my endless hours of grinding!
So, this one hit close to home…oh and I like the creative title too! Watch Achievement WhOre now I’m sure it will remind you of someone…maybe even yourself!
This week we have some pretty funny WoW-themed comics for you to brighten your day!
First is one from Dark Legacy Comics that reminds us all that if you’re really hungry, perhaps Gnome brains aren’t the way to go!
Next we have one from NPC where the kitties get themselves in some trouble for “appreciating” the couch…too funny! Man, I need some cats like that…all mine does is lay around and sleep all day!
For my third one, I pulled one from the gallery at By Way of Booty Bay and this one points out that everuone is a freak in their own sort of way! I love the Draenei!
Lastly, I found kind of a newcomer on the scene of WoW comics. This one from Slash AFK has a kind of emo kids flair to it. Funny…but kind of not at the same time…lol.
Well, that’s my round-up of picks for this week, so until next time…
In a recent interview J. Allen Brack touched on the subject of character model changes and when/if we might be seeing them. Now we all know that many players have been expressing their discontent with the pre-BC character models since they aren’t as “pretty” as the Blood Elves and Draenei. Others like the old school models and claim that they are part of the character of the game. And now with the impending arrival of the Goblin and Worgen race (who will certainly be quite impressive) players of the earlier persuasion are getting even more antsy! See what J. Allen had to say about it…
“Even though things would be better with new (character) models, we’d probably spark a lot of player outrage. So we’ve talked about giving players a choice between the classic models or the new ones, but it might not be something we want to take on at the same time as we remake Azeroth.”
So, it sounds to me like he’s saying that yes, they are considering it, but it will likely not arrive with Cataclysm. Well…hopefully shortly after…after all much of Azeroth is getting a makeover, so why not my Orc?
