My only confession this week is that I’m not writing! I’m transmogrifying, void-storaging, “new heroic, woot!”- running, and raiding. Yes, patch 4.3, “Hour of Twilight”, is here, and I’m neck-deep in it. My initial impressions are that void storage is more expensive than I expected, but still freaking awesome. Transmogrification is so exciting –... 

It’s been almost a year since our last attempt at breathing new life into our video game podcast. This time we think we have a combination that works. Join our video game guru Chris Tallant and Rafe as we dive into the world of console and computer games. This week we talk about reactions to some of the “exclusive” content you could pick up with Batman: Arkham City, the ongoing debate... 

I could go on and on about how Zelda changed my life, but I won’t, because it isn’t true.  I hated the Legend of Zelda.  I hear the collective gasp as the air in the world decreases but hear me out: My friend Jason had a Nintendo in 1987.  We were both nine-year old and he lived down the block from me.  We would go to the local video store and rent games to play over the weekend by returning... 

Trying to review Skyrim in 20-30 hours is next to impossible.  With the bevy of other titles sitting next to me as I write this, I also fear I may not be able to finish Skyrim, as much as I want to.  The game is beautiful; what I would expect from a franchise with a storied history as deep and rich as the Elder Scrolls. I’ll get the downfall of Skyrim out of the way first, so the rest of the time... 

Up to this point, our stroll through Heroic Firelands has been fairly smooth, for the most part.  Well, get ready for some surprise speed bumps, as the last three bosses are easily the hardest of the bunch, as we start drifting away from a simple new mechanic or two and begin seeing radical changes to the encounters as a whole.  Large sections of old strategies may very well be invalidated going... 

Ever wonder what life is like for a guild leader? I kept track of it last week. Since I have nothing else particularly motivating or, ahem, motivational (except for Bill Murray’s awesomeness), to write about this week, I thought I’d share. This is more or less an average week for me, barring the SW:TOR test which kept most of the guild occupied elsewhere for all of Friday and Saturday. Monday 5:40am:... 

For anyone who’s been watching the PTR, you know that the next patch (and subsequently, the next tier of raiding) is fast approaching, leaving precious little time to power through the rest of Heroic Firelands before it becomes obsolete in the face of entirely new challenges.  Fortunately, we already have a solid progression foothold on that front.  With two bosses down and only five to go, it’s... 

Christmastime is the time of the year where people you rarely see get to choose what you’ll be doing with your free time for the next week after the break.  In many cases, they’ll know only a few small details about your free time and choose the easiest thing to pick up, usually something at Wal-Mart or the 7-11 down the street, which means the selections will be picked over and limited to strange... 

I read the WoW officer forums frequently, and one issue that comes up periodically is how to deal with someone who isn’t carrying their weight in your raids, particularly when it’s not an enormously glaring problem but instead a bunch of little things that add up to a bigger pain in the rear. If the person is otherwise liked and the issues don’t seem so dramatic taken individually, it can be... 

Xbox has Halo, Wii has Mario, and PlayStation has Uncharted.  There’s a good reason why Sony decided to package a new PS3 system with Uncharted 3: It’s the reason why we buy these consoles.  The “killer apps” are nothing new; I’ve spoke about them in previous articles, however if you haven’t had a chance to play any of the Uncharted series before, Drake’s Deceptiondoes not fault you...