Category Archives: World of Warcraft
My 6 Favorite Video Game Characters
In honor of Wreck-It Ralph, this week’s blog list is all about my favorite video game characters! Though sadly, none of them appeared in the movie. Still, being the huge fan I am of fiction and storytelling, I actually pay a lot of attention to the stories and characters in video games. It’s not just all about mashing buttons for me. These are characters for whom I’ll go out of my way to play, or I’ll pick them all the time when it comes to gaming. Sometimes with annoying frequency.
None of these dinguses made the list
A lot of video games have a surprisingly deep mythology around them. Heck, even Angry Birds has the backstory of the pigs stealing the birds’ eggs – or something. And I often like to immerse myself in these stories. One of the biggest reasons I love World of Warcraft so much is because of the story and the lore. It helps that some of these games get cartoon shows, novels, comics or movies to help expand the story. Not that any of those things has particularly explained why King Koopa will kidnap Princess Peach in one game, and then race go-karts or play soccer with her in the next.
Mario even invites both of them to his frequent parties, as if that won’t make for an awkward evening. But questionable decisions by plumbers aside, here are my six favorite video game characters!
Warcraft Mega Bloks Get Their Own Commercial!
World of Warcraft Mega Bloks (LEGO knock-offs) are out and on the stands, and if I were a rich man, I’d own as many as I could. Even though Mega Bloks are far inferior to LEGOs. We all know it, I’m just saying it. Still, I rather like the mix’n’match armor.
I did buy one of the WoW Mega Bloks sets, the single orc warrior figurine. I’m a sucker for orcs, especially Warcraft orcs, so I definitely wanted to get that one. The little figurines are neat, and even come with weapons. Though personally, I kind of want to buy one of the other figurines to give my new orc armor, that way he’d better match my Orc Shaman Tannenbaum, who finally, at long last, leveled up high enough for Northrend the other day. Just sayin’…
6 Future Expansions for World of Warcraft
World of Wacraft is pretty much as popular today as it’s ever been, and shows no signs of slowing down. With the help of their latest expansion – Mists of Pandaria – subscriptions jumped back over 10 million gamers living, fighting and generally raising a ruckus in the virtual world of Azeroth. And let me tell you guys, I do not regret at all getting back into the game this past month after a more than two year break. There are so many new things to do and see that I’ve been playing nearly non-stop since late August and have barely even scratched the surface of the fun to be had.
And being a Pandaren Brewmaster is definitely as awesome as I had hoped!
Shonson the Level 38 Monk on Thorium Brotherhood
Mists of Pandaria will be the focus for the next few years, but somebody somewhere at Blizzard is already plotting out what their next expansion will include. Usually, the main point of the expansion is to increase the level cap and introduce new continents and dungeons to explore, because the majority of WoW players have already maxed out their characters and are looking for more end-game content. But that’s not all you get in new expansions. Usually you also get a new playable race (pandaren, goblins, blood elves, etc.), a new class (death knight, monk) or just general new features like the new Pet Battles, which basically bring a rudimentary form of Pokemon into Warcarft just for kicks and giggles. The people are Blizzard are geniuses when it comes to new content to expand their ever-growing world.
And seeing what a huge World of Warcraft fan I am, I thought I’d give them a hand with 6 suggestions for new expansion content.
6 Fan-Made Characters That Were Embraced by the Real Creators
Do you remember Gary the Gray Power Ranger, the one who drove Titanus? Or what about Dustin the Animorph-Controller, who was both one of the good guys and one of the bad guys? Or Jedi Padawan Tasher Jaken? No? You don’t? Well don’t worry, you shouldn’t remember them. They never existed, not in the real shows, books or movies anyway. They are all my own fan fiction creations. All 100% my own ideas.
Creating my own original characters to fit into existing franchises has always been one of my favorite writing hobbies. I was even naive enough once upon a time to think I had a chance of making them a reality, if only I could speak with the writers or creators.
Now I know better. I was fooling myself.
But seriously, who’s driving this thing?
Yet even though it never worked out for me, the dream isn’t so far-fetched. Sometimes the creators and professionals really do listen to their fans. Sometimes that silly bit of fan fiction can take on a life of its own. Or maybe the fans will embrace a seemingly unimportant background character and adopt him or her like a mascot. It can happen. It has happened. I found six characters from TV, video games and movies that were – for the most part – created and embellished by the fans, only for the real creators to take notice and embrace these fan creations, bringing them into the real canon.
Sespi and the Argent Crusade: A Story of What I Love Most About World of Warcraft
Say hello to Sespi Fizzlepop, goblin rogue.
Hi there
He’s the World of Warcraft character I’ve been playing for the past month in my latest excursion to the land of Azeroth. I’ve played WoW off and on since it first came out, sticking around for a couple months before getting bored and taking a break for a few years. In preparation for the new Panda expansion pack tomorrow, I decided to dive back into the game to see what’s changed since the last time I played – and the answer is: a lot. New races, new armies, new worlds, new zones; it’s been a blast to explore and see the new sights.
Well the other day I stumbled upon something that defines why I love World of Warcraft so much.
I found it in the small castle town of Hearthglen.
Join me after the jump for the full story!
Henchman-4-Hire 