Subscribe to the BlogWith quite a few World of Warcraft addicts here at GameSpy HQ, we’ve been having some fun since the Burning Crusade beta test kicked off last week. After taking my mage out and clearing most of the initial zone, Hellfire Peninsula (read our report here), it was time to get serious and venture into the [...]
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TIME Bids Fond Farewells to Gary Gygax, Randy Pausch
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TIME is currently running a 2008 retrospective, including a section on notable passings which pays homage to a pair of influential gaming figures.Everyone who follows gaming knows Gary Gygax, of course. Of the D&D creator, TIME writes:A college dropout from Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, Gygax was one of the creators of a game that transformed popular culture… Dungeons [...]
Better Citizenship Through WoW?
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Can playing World of Warcraft make you a better citizen of the real world?Perhaps.A study by University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Constance Steinkuehler found that WoW players were more likely to listen to and reason things out with their fellow Azeroth residents.Steinkuehler spoke on the benefits of digital worlds at a museum in Madison last night. As [...]