Author Archives: Donny Rokk
Deathloc Cometh
I knew it was coming, and Blizzard finally revealed the Blizzcon Pet for this year –
“Death will rise from the tide!” Level 80 Elite Tauren Chieftain once warned — and at BlizzCon 2010, the band’s dire musical prophecy will finally come to pass. Everyone who attends this year’s BlizzCon or purchases the BlizzCon Virtual Ticket will receive an exclusive set of murlocalyptic in-game items for World of Warcraft and StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. World of Warcraft players will be joined by Deathy, a murloc companion decked out as Deathwing and doing his best to strike fear into the hearts of Azeroth’s crustacean population. You’ll also be able to display your tidal pride in StarCraft II with a Murloc Marine character portrait and a pair of deep-sea decals to emblazon on your units, each with a different terran, protoss, and zerg design.
It’ll be a nice giveaway. I don’t do “vanity pets”.
Cataclysm Beta – Welcome To The Machine
Disappointed with my lack of blog fodder, I scoured the internet for something of interest to post about. China playing WoW again? Sure, that’s great if you happen to be Bobby Kotick. But if you’re not, that little chunk of data won’t exactly blow your skirt up. What about Blizzard’s win in court that netted them a cool 88 Million Dollars? Unless I’m going to see some of that money in one form or another, it’s hard for me to give a damn.
I considered rehashing some Cataclysm Beta news, but after listening to a few podcasts covering the same material, I decided I’d rather stab myself with a fork than go over things that might change overnight (or things I hope will change overnight).
However, all was not lost. Once again, MMO Champion came through in a big way when they showed me TotalBiscuit‘s Video of the Greatest Quest In Beta. After watching the video, I kinda agree with the Cynical Brit. After you watch it, you’ll think so too.
