http://www.dorkclub.com Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:14:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I finally joined the current generation and bought an Xbox 360 this past weekend. Now I can sit at the grownups' table and do stuff like this: Can a sidebar widget be far behind? "Going forward," expect lots of impressions of years old games that are no longer relevant and poorly edited ... http://www.dorkclub.com/jumping-in I think I'm finally over World of Warcraft. As you can see, I scrounged together enough honor to purchase four pieces of the season 2 honor gear. Sure, they're welfare epics, but at least I finally look cool again. I'm just not motived to log on and play any ... http://www.dorkclub.com/obvious-revelation-is-obvious And there's a "zombie wall" skill. There are no more dreams left. Diablo III [Awesome-saturated official site] http://www.dorkclub.com/diablo-3-announced-bill-roper-unavailable-for-comment Me working at an MMO company is like a pedophile getting a job at a preschool. Nevermind the games we publish; not a day goes by without at least one lengthy World of Warcraft discussion. My boss tells me about his pick-up Sunwell Plateau raid and relays last ... http://www.dorkclub.com/back-in-azeroth The DORK Club is now a games developer. If Nibris can get away with being classified as one in the eyes of the gaming "press," than consarn it, so can we. We've got a $100 game engine and everything! We're setting the bar high with our ambitious first project: ... http://www.dorkclub.com/world-of-stephen-king-online An achievement system, items with dynamic stats based on talent spec, and account-bound legacy items specifically designed for twinks! Time to start planning my deathknight's talent spec, I guess. http://www.dorkclub.com/breaking-blizzard-wants-me-to-resubscribe-to-world-of-warcraft Until YouTube educated me properly, I had no idea of the ridiculous number of emote animations in the Age of Conan. Look at this thing: I assume the list covers every conceivable aspect of human expression. On top of that, one can string together dance combos for MMO dance and emoting ... http://www.dorkclub.com/i-used-to-hate-rp I don't really have the time to write this story right now, gaming journalists, so I'll just lay it out for you: Today Warner Bros. announced they're investigating the viability of a Harry Potter MMO and invested $40 million in Turbine. Remember to end your news post by ... http://www.dorkclub.com/turbine-to-develop-harry-potter-mmo Prolific World of Warcraft add-on maker cknight has released the latest version of his Cartographer mod, transforming WoW's static in-game world map into a Google Maps-inspired dynamic map. Even though the add-on is only in beta, it's already an extremely impressive achievement, and I look forward to experimenting with it when ... http://www.dorkclub.com/wow-cartographer-3-add-on-creates-in-game-google-azeroth The long rumored sequel to Michel Ancel's last generation opus Beyond Good & Evil is real, and we've got the uninformative, supposedly real-time trailer to prove it. This announcement from Ubidays 08 is particularly surprising given the poor sales of the original, which was ... http://www.dorkclub.com/its-really-happening-beyond-good-evil-2-announced