Wired.com posted this article by Clive Thompson. It's about why MMO players, specifically World of Warcraft players, grind levels. It mentions experience in specific, but I think it could be extended to Honor, Arena Points, Reputation, BG Marks, etc.

Thompson's main point is that grinding is a direct time-to-reward relationship: The more time you put in, the more reward you will receive. Fact. He further points out that nothing (or at least, very few things) in real life work(s) that...

Thireas

A while back I ordered a new computer from Ibuypower.

My old computer needed to be replaced, it was upgraded to 1GB RAM and a 256MB video card just to handle WoW in the first place. It's processor was before dual core was even out . I got about 15fps, and couldn't handle multi-tasking very well. I was forced to keep wow on the very lowest video options to avoid lag.

My new computer is great. Here are it's specs for anyone who's interested:

Case ( Nzxt...

Bloodwraith

So I've been on this search for a game that I used to play at a buddy's computer and today I finally found it.

We used to play it quite a lot and his mom used to kick our ass at it. I guess it's because shes a woman, multitasking and shit but maybe I'm just trying to justify my loosing over a woman here.

It's called Jezzball and your objective is to cover 75% of the screen by drawing walls. The kicker is that there are balls flying around that will interrupt your building...

Edge

Well, as promised, my second blog entry will be all about my current gear. As I stated in my first post, I have spent most of my time since getting to 70, collecting some tanking gear. I've no idea whether the gear I have is good enough to be tanking the low level 60 5-mans on normal, or the heroic 5-mans ? We have already established that, as a inexperienced tank, I should place myself at the Ramparts or Blood Furnace, or at a push the Underbog, but where does my gear place me ?

So,...

Lomu

A fair number of you readers are Comcast customers I'm sure. I've heard alot about them in vent during raids like "bleeping Comcast!" and the like. Here's what they've been doing instead of fixing your intrawebz!
So tonight, I am running...

Horacio