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A Chinese browser-based MMO named Aurora Blade has been accused of lifting art and design work from a few other MMOs, including Ragnarok Online, Maple Story, and yes, even World of Warcraft. You can judge for yourself in the comparison above (the little [...]

Ah, just the thing we needed in the middle of winter in Northrend! A drink to cool us down! Wait, what? Crap, that’s not we need at all! Oh well, I guess we’re out of luck. This month’s brew from the Brew of the Month club is actually a drink we’ve seen before. It’s the [...]

Here’s a question for you all from Percinho about my absolute favorite thing to do in game: five man instances. He and his guildies are about to run their very first instance (or they were when he sent this to us at ask@wowinsider.com), and he wants to know your very best tips for instance running:
For [...]

One of the weirdest changes in Northrend so far is the way First Aid training works, strangely enough. Used to be that once you hit a certain level, you could just go run to the trainer to train up the next wave of bandages (or you could buy a manual from a trainer somewhere), but [...]

The daily tedium of the quest to 80 is getting monotonus and my subjective capacity is wearing thin.  I cannot facilitate the satisfaction and fulfillment from acheiving a level 80 without completion on december 14th.  Daily chores of questing mock my integrity and stress my energy.  Slowly by surely, lethargy is settling in, ultimately giving [...]