Eine Kleine Background Text or Those Who Fail to Learn from History are Doomed to Repeat it Next Semester.

It was in the late 1960s BIE (Before the Interstellar Era) that Mankind first hurled himself at the stars with any measure of success.  For years, decades even, science fiction authors and leading scientists dreamed of a time when Man would soar through the stars, claiming all he could survey (and occasionally fighting off remarkably unified and monothematic alien races in the process.)  Those first pioneers, Gagarin and Glenn, now the patron saints of explorers and other daft fools too ...

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Patch 4.3 PTR patch notes updated for Oct. 18


The patch notes for the patch 4.3 PTR have gone through a slight overhaul today. While the changes are not many, they're pretty significant. Some of these changes have already been noted by players, like Hurricane's new visual. Others are ...

Extrinsic Rewards

I was thinking about the mechanics and systems that I do not enjoy or approve of in WoW, and it struck me that a large percentage of them share the same characteristic of being extrinsic rewards.
These include mechanics like crafting profession ...

Minecraft needs a badge system

I've been digging and digging, hoping to find some redstone. I'd like to make gates for my town and pistons are the key. Also I want a compass so I don't get quite as lost when I am searching for the redstone that I need for my compass. ... Damn. ...

LF Inscriptionist on Bronzebeard/Gold Exchange

I decided to see WoW from the "other" side.  I've always played Horde toons, and have never gotten an Alliance toon past level 7 LOL.  I rolled on Bronzebeard - US, and I have to admit, I'm having a great time.  I went over there with no heirlooms, ...

What would get me to resub to WoW: Part 2

Before I say "I'll start off with", I want to start off by apologizing for the links. Blogger and Firefox are having some sort of problem together, so when I use the tool to add links it ends up deleting text and in the wrong spot. So I'm sorry about ...