Author Archives: Donny Rokk
TGIF – Skinning in Black Morass
Remember awhile back when I said that it was tough to make gold at the end of an expansion? Well, about that…
Selling gear and items can be tough. The only folks buying that are usually people who are gearing alts. However, those alts are going to have professions to level up. At this point, players have two options – pay $60 for a boost to Level 90 (which will max out the two primary professions and First Aid) (As long as the character is at least level 60 before the boost — Editor), or save sixty bones and hit the AH to buy mats for leveling it up the old fashioned way.
If you look on the AH, chances are you’ll see that the raw mats sell for more than the processed mats do. Ore is more valuable than bars, for example. Well Knothide Leather can be tough to come by, and people will need it. So if you want to make bank, and you have a sharp knife, and hate Gators, Black Morass in the Caverns of Time might be the place for you.
The New Weight Loss MMO
I remember when I first read this article back in May. I was on standby for work, which kept me away from home for two weeks. I stayed with my father out in the country, which kept me close to work, but with barely enough internet juice to get a signal for my iPhone. This article popped up on Klout, and since I couldn’t do much of anything else I read it.
It really motivated me. I mean really motivated me.
One of the apps mentioned in the article (the Zombie, Run app) was too big to stream on my phone. I had to either plug my phone into a computer or download it via wifi. Well there was no computer to be had at my Dad’s place (my father is not what you’d call computer savvy). Option B consisted of me driving one town over and hanging out in their mall (a building with three stores in it counts as a mall, right?) for 45 minutes, just to leach their wifi to download the app.
I’ve always tried to watch what I put in my body, and made it to the gym on a fairly regular basis. But I started following most of the steps of this “MMO” and I’ve lost twenty pounds in about a month and a half, without going to the gym. More importantly, I’ve had fun doing it. It’s Min/Maxing in real life!
The article was originally posted over on Polygon in April 2014. The author, Frank Caron (@FrankyCaron), is clearly one smart and nerdy dude. Check out the link for the actual article (with pictures and data and such), or peep out the straight-up text version below. Hell, do both. Get crazy!
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