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Krystalle holds a black belt in goth-fu and has been known to play a fierce game of Chez Geek. When not catching up on sleep or term papers, she can be found in Outland as either a Rogue, a Druid, a Mage, or a Warlock. Or, if you'd prefer a bit on real life, she can be found hanging out with friends and family, or hunting for new music or comics.
Krystalle Voecks
Tampa, Florida - http://www.krystallevoecks.com
Krystalle holds a black belt in goth-fu and has been known to play a fierce game of Chez Geek. When not catching up on sleep or term papers, she can be found in Outland as either a Rogue, a Druid, a Mage, or a Warlock. Or, if you'd prefer a bit on real life, she can be found hanging out with friends and family, or hunting for new music or comics.
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A World of Warcraft player's guide to Warhammer Online Whether or not you see many similarities between Blizzard's epically popular title and Mythic's Warhammer Online, the reality is that World of Warcraft players are going to feel very comfortable in the brand-new game. |
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Is WoW hitting a plateau? Seems like a silly question with the imminent release of their second expansion just within our grasp, but over at Dailygame.net, they've speculated a bit on when that plateau might finally hit World of Warcraft. |
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Burning Crusade's quality delayed WAR, says Jacobs While Warhammer Online is decidedly not trying to be World of Warcraft, a recent interview with EA Mythic's Mark Jacobs shows that they were at least influenced by the quality of WoW's The Burning Crusade. |
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Braid creator rips on WoW, talks artificial rewards and social gaming In an interview with Gamasutra, game designer Jon Blow (who created the critically acclaimed Xbox Live Arcade game Braid) had a few things to say about World of Warcraft. His criticisms could be just as easily leveled against any Diku-based, WoW-like MMO. |
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World of Warcraft's success is 'exhausting' for Blizzard Frank Pearce, co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment, sat down with GamesIndustry.biz for an interview during Games Convention a few weeks ago. He had a number of interesting things to say, with the piece's discussion ranging from StarCraft II's progress to the challenges of ... |
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LotRO could be the next 'World of Warcraft' says Turbine's Steefel The MMO industry is a battle with many weapons, and words are as powerful as code or quests in this field. Turbine's Jeffrey Steefel fired another salvo in a recent interview with Eurogamer, saying that he sees ... |
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WoW to store UI settings server-side post-Lich King Recent discussions in the official World of Warcraft UI forums might be of interest to folks that like to tweak their user interface. Which, we think, is pretty well everyone. |
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WoW's invincibility 'nonsense', claims WAR lead designer We're not going to get into those arguments again. You know, the ones that focus on whether any given game is a (cough)-killer or not. All the same, the thrust and riposte between corporate figures ... |
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Blizzard interview focuses on Wrath and the changing player experience As the Wrath of the Lich King expansion gets closer to release, World of Warcraft players have a number of questions about how the game experience is going to change for them as the title moves forward. |
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World in a World of Warcraft With Wrath of the Lich King coming out very soon, and four years of the game's history behind us, it's nice to just sit back and read something about the basic fundamentals of World of Warcraft. |
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Urban exploration in MMOs Urban exploration and free running are activities normally associated with the real world. In recent years, however, MMOs such as Everquest 2, Age of Conan and World of Warcraft have become a digital stage for the arts. |
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Player Consequences: Why We Subscribe There are many different choices when it comes to picking out a MMO nowadays. The genre is no longer limited to only a handful of games based on old Dungeons and Dragons manuals. |
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Rob Pardo's insight on WoW's development and why PC gaming isn't dead What's one of the most powerful game design positions in the games industry today? Executive Vice President of Game Design at Blizzard Entertainment, and the monumental role is filled by Rob Pardo. |
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PC Gamer Top 100 list: vote for your favorite MMO Last week, PC Gamer launched their Top 100 website where readers can vote on their favorite PC games of all time. The PC Gamer staff already chose their own top picks, but ... |
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WAR Creative Director on avoiding the 'corrupting' influence of WoW 'You can't be the Beatles. If you try and be the Beatles, you'll end up as the Monkees.' Eurogamer.net has provided details of Warhammer Online creative director Paul Barnett's words at the Develop Online conference, which took place recently in Brighton, England. |
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A World of Warcraft player's guide to Guild Wars Guild Wars and World of Warcraft have been peacefully co-existing for several years now. Considering the fact that the Guild Wars development team over at ArenaNet is made up of ex-Blizzard folk ... |
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Blizzard: Yes, some players left for AoC Say whatever you will about Age of Conan, but it's been one of the only games to actually put a tangible dent in Blizzard's ten million ton monster truck of an MMO, World of Warcraft. The news came from Blizzard president Mike Morhaime who recently said on an Activision Blizzard earnings call ... |
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Anti-Aliased: Keep crying, sportsmanship is dead One harsh world PvP battle later, your corpse lies on the ground as your opponent stands triumphant over you. Both of you put up one good battle, as even your opponent is down to barely any hit points -- the kind of battle where ... |
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World of Warcraft originally planned as free-to-play Blizzard's own Rob Pardo recently dropped something of a bombshell about World of Warcraft at the Paris GDC event when he revealed in a keynote that the game was originally planned as a free-to-play experience. He also adds that, "We didn't want to charge a subscription, but as we researched market conditions ... |
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When Western MMOs go East Gamasutra is featuring an insightful piece on the challenges and pitfalls of Western game developers looking to move their games to the extremely productive Eastern gaming markets. China, Japan, and especially Korea are world-renowned for their appreciation of video games ... |
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Behind the Curtain: Hacked account, opportunity or deathknell? Well, it seems I may have been too hasty in jumping on the 'omgblizzardgmsaretehsuckzorz" bandwagon last week. Merely a handful of hours after logging back on to my World of Warcraft account and submitting a GM ticket after reformatting my PC, not only had my deleted characters been restored, but ... |
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Ask Massively: Massively's Guide to MMO Etiquette Here at Ask Massively, we've sought to inform and educate the masses on the esoterica of MMORPGs, but today we are going to go back to basics. We're going to give you some advice, or, if you consider yourself a Veteran ... |
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Player vs. Everything: The MMO clone wars You can say a lot of things about a game you don't like. You can say that it sucks or that it's poorly balanced. You can say that the art direction is all wrong, or you can say that it's lacking in any number of features a good game should have. |
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EA's CEO says Warhammer won't rival World of Warcraft John Riccitiello has garnered a relatively positive reputation among gamers since ascending to the post of Electronic Arts CEO for his 'hands-off' policy when it comes to newly acquired studios. His new appreciation for individual studio culture endeared him to fearful fans after the BioWare purchase, and keeps Warhammer Online hopefuls in a positive frame of mind. |
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MMO MMOnkey: The greed game Greed. Countries go to war so that the powerful can take land, gold, oil from the weak, can kill them and take their stuff. Greed. The richest 1% of the population of the United States control over 30% of the country's wealth as they clamor for and are given massive tax cuts ... |
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Richard Bartle expands on earlier remarks stated in Massively interview In this interview conducted by Michael Zenke, Richard Bartle discussed how to improve World of Warcraft and about MMOGs in general. One comment in particular overshadowed the whole interview: "I've already played Warhammer. It was called World of Warcraft." The comment thread on both Massively and WoW Insider was ... |
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WoW: About that pineapple wallpaper in Gadgetzan You really have to love your favorite MMOG to do something this kooky! In our oddball post of the day, PallyDog wants to decorate a room when she moves into her new home with some wallpaper she saw in the goblin huts that populate Gadgetzan. |
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| Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza | SUN 2p - 4p |
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