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May
15
World of Warcraft Exposed: The Lore of the Horde
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[’World of Warcraft Exposed’ is a weekly column by Michael Zenke about the culture and experience of the globe’s biggest online game phenomenon, the ten million subscriber-strong World of Warcraft. This week’s final column (more about this in the outro!) looks at the stories behind five of the game’s character races.]
World of Warcraft’s lore is […]
May
4
World of Warcraft Exposed: Making the Grind Work For You
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[’World of Warcraft Exposed’ is a weekly column by Michael Zenke about the culture and experience of the globe’s biggest online game phenomenon, the ten million subscriber-strong World of Warcraft. This week’s column is a straight-up how-to on getting to higher levels as fast as possible.]
World of Warcraft’s success stems from a number of different […]
Apr
24
World of Warcraft Exposed: ‘The Players Behind the Scenes’
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Day after day, hundreds of thousands of people across the globe play Blizzard’s ridiculously popular game. It’s kind of awe-inspiring to think about, the sheer number of humans all inhabiting the same virtual space.
Most are content to enjoy the experience of leveling up a character, raiding with their friends, or engaging in Player vs. Player […]
Apr
16
World of Warcraft Exposed: The Lore of the Alliance
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[’World of Warcraft Exposed’ is a weekly column by Michael Zenke about the culture and experience of the globe’s biggest online game phenomenon, the ten million subscriber-strong World of Warcraft. This week’s column looks at the stories behind five of the game’s character races.]
Fantasy settings are darned intimidating, aren’t they? As much as I love […]
Apr
9
World of Warcraft Exposed: A Moviemaking Culture
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[’World of Warcraft Exposed’ is a weekly column by Michael Zenke about the culture and experience of the globe’s biggest online game phenomenon, the ten million subscriber-strong World of Warcraft. This week’s column looks at the artform of machinima as it relates to the game and player culture.]
The stereotype of the online gamer is one […]
Apr
2
Column: ‘World of Warcraft Exposed’: Before You Make Your First Character…
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[’World of Warcraft Exposed’ is a weekly column by Michael Zenke about the culture and experience of the globe’s biggest online game phenomenon, the ten million subscriber-strong World of Warcraft. This second column looks at how character classes are actually differentiated in the game.]
There are so many people playing World of Warcraft today, it’s […]
Mar
26
World of Warcraft Exposed: Why WoW Made It BIg
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[’World of Warcraft Exposed’ is a brand new weekly column by Michael Zenke about the culture and experience of the globe’s biggest online game phenomen, the ten million subscriber-strong World of Warcraft. This first column explores how WoW became so popular in the first place.]
Massively Multiplayer Online Games are officially mainstream. A title from the […]