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Counterfeit World of Warcraft Theme Park!?

2013/01/13 Written by World of Warcraft

Wait, wut? A counterfeit WoW theme park opened in China 18 months ago?! How am I only hearing about this now!? OMG! Here’s a blurb from The Consumerist: The Chinese may have been the first to invent gunpowder and delicious pork-filled fried dumplings, but they have not caught up to the rest of the world [...]

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Politician gone rogue?

2012/10/13 Written by World of Warcraft

Reblog from I Have Touched the Sky: Not the Girl the ESRB Warned You About:   Last week’s gaming news was all about Democrat Colleen Lachowicz, candidate for her state’s senate, who happens to play World of Warcraft in her spare time. Rowan from I Have Touched the Sky describes how Republicans built a whole [...]

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World Today: This Looks Safe

2012/09/03 Written by World of Warcraft

Location: Stormwind Characters: Myself (the tree) and a friend. World of Warcraft just received a very fun patch, particularly for Druids. In the game druids are able to transform themselves into cats, bears, lions, cheetahs, stags and even trees. Becoming a tree used to be temporary, but this patch introduced a glyph for perma-tree. My friends and [...]

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Hello, my name is….

2012/08/20 Written by Biography , World of Warcraft

….Krista, and I’m an installation artist/gamer from the midwest.  Many a snowy night has been spent in what I (affectionately) call “the land of corn,” questing and raiding in World of Warcraft.  Only recently has my gaming life intersected with my art life, due largely in part to the inspiring work by everyone here at [...]

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VR Pets: Singing Sunflower

2012/08/15 Written by VR Pets , World of Warcraft

Pet: Singing Sunflower Within World of Warcraft there is a minigame – Lawn of the Dead. This is rather clearly based off of Plants VS Zombies, a wildly popular tower defence style game. After playing LotD through a few levels of difficulty you are awarded with Brazie’s Sunflower Seeds, which teach the Singing Sunflower. This is one [...]

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“Gimme Six!” – A Tourist Guide to WoW pt. 4 – Horror and Mystery

2012/08/10 Written by Gimme Six , World of Warcraft

Vaneeesa has asked the iRez authors to “share 6 of their favorite, must see, places in virtual space.” This is the World of Warcraft version. People travel for different reasons, so here are six locations that might appeal to a broad range of virtual tourists. Spectacular Nature – Howling fjord City Break – Dalaran Leisure and [...]

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ScreenShot from World of Warcraft, Avatar Viya, lies unconscious next to a giant, angry Naga.

August 7 – Day 1

2012/08/07 Written by VR Pets , World of Warcraft

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Wherein there are Details

2012/07/26 Written by World of Warcraft

Guest Post by Eva Marie An avid reader of fiction since the age of six, I have always sought out virtual worlds to immerse myself in in and explore. Whether Narnia, Azeroth, Hogwarts or Tortall I breathe the environments and the moods of these worlds. These places that are so unlike my own world. I [...]

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“Gimme Six!” – A Tourist Guide to WoW pt. 3 – Leisure and Spa

2012/07/12 Written by Gimme Six , World of Warcraft

Vaneeesa has asked the iRez authors to “share 6 of their favorite, must see, places in virtual space.” This is the World of Warcraft version. People travel for different reasons, so here are six locations that might appeal to a broad range of virtual tourists. Spectacular Nature – Howling fjord City Break – Dalaran Leisure and [...]

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“Gimme Six!” – A Tourist Guide to WoW pt. 2 – City Break

2012/07/06 Written by Gimme Six , World of Warcraft

Vaneeesa has asked the iRez authors to “share 6 of their favorite, must see, places in virtual space.” This is the World of Warcraft version. People travel for different reasons, so here are six locations that might appeal to a broad range of virtual tourists. Spectacular Nature – Howling fjord City Break – Dalaran Leisure and [...]

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“Gimme Six!” – A Tourist Guide to WoW pt. 1 – Spectacular Nature

2012/06/29 Written by Gimme Six , World of Warcraft

Vaneeesa has asked the iRez authors to “share 6 of their favorite, must see, places in virtual space.” This is the World of Warcraft version. One of the biggest differences between WoW and non-gamified environments, is that the world of Azeroth is largely a hostile place based on conflict, you can die in WoW and [...]

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Proudmoore (LGBTQ) Pride Event this Saturday!

2012/06/14 Written by World of Warcraft

Virtual World News: This Saturday one of the biggest and most well known in-game World of Warcraft events is taking place. It’s been running for 8 years in a row and celebrates LGBTQ pride – Everyone’s invited!

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The WoW Factor LIVE!

2012/04/21 Written by World of Warcraft

STORMWIND CATHEDRAL, 21 April – Multiverse traveler Ironyca is working the ether again, this time appearing as a judge on the live streaming webcast The WoW Factor, imparting fashion wisdom and passing out gold! With tonight’s 1000, 5000, 10,000 & 20,000 gold prizes, the WoW Factor’s total prize awards crossed the 2 million gold mark. [...]

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A Transmog-Party where Everyone’s Well-dressed – Except Us!

2012/03/09 Written by World of Warcraft

WORLD OF WARCRAFT, 9 March — Great multiverse traveler Ironyca Lee has jumped across, this time not worlds but continents, to be a judge at a transmogrification competition at a WoW/USA server. Given the vagaries of customs & immigration she was forced to attend this haute couture event (OMG how embarrassing) in Level 1 attire! [...]

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Are we “Alone Together” in WoW? – Solo Play pt. 10

2012/02/16 Written by World of Warcraft

Part Ten! In Ironyca’s epic consideration of “solo play” in a massively multiplayer world. Lots of insights on identity, relationships, projection, instantiation. Awesome!

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Secret Alts, RealID and Obligations – Solo Play pt. 9

2012/01/24 Written by World of Warcraft

Aww, lookie! WordPress has a new, or returned, “Reblog” feature. So I thought I’d reblog this fabulous post from the awesome Ironyca! Yay! 2012!

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VB Previz #39 – The Guild

2010/12/26 Written by Previz , World of Warcraft

VB25 – The Guild Saturday, 12 March 2011, 8-10pm GMT a performance on the World of Warcraft / Argent Dawn server I don’t know what this performance is yet. And the truth is, I don’t know much about WoW. I’ve spent one long day wandering around there on a field trip that Ironyca led Monerda, [...]

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WoW RL Videos

2010/09/02 Written by Mixed Reality , World of Warcraft

WoW Workshop with artist Aram Bartholl from LagunaArtMuseum And… from the comments below… Ironyca turned me on to another amazing WoW RL Video!

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Field Trip Report: WoW!

2010/08/19 Written by Field Trips , World of Warcraft

Every time someone new came over from SL, or every time VeeBee got lost, you don’t just “TP me over”… the group has to chill out while somebody runs off to fetch the lost soul. While a bit of a nuisance, this made land and space much more real, much more tangible. You really were in a place, and other places and distances had real meaning.

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Field Trip to WoW

2010/08/08 Written by Field Trips , World of Warcraft

The poll results are in, and you’ve overwhelmingly chosen Alliance: Night Elves as our “race” for our Field Trip to WoW!

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