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The Hobbit: Out on iTunes and A Quick Review
As usual, I’m skipping the hype at movie theaters and went straight to my iTunes player for the movies I want to see. In this case, it’s the long anticipated Peter Jackson prequel of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Currently planned as a triology, Peter Jackson is attempting to drag out more content from a…
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World of Warcraft: No New 5 Mans Heroics for Mist of Pandaria Announced
Dave Kosak announced on Twitter that there are no new planned Heroic 5 man instances currently planned for Mist of Pandaria. I discovered this after seeing a Mike Preach video where he discusses the issue and shares his views on the subject. From my point of view, this is going to end up being a…
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World of Warcraft: Why I Do Not Care for (Progression) Raiding
I had joined a 25 man ICC Heroic this past weekend and was on my friend’s Mumble server. One guy in the group deplored the whole LFR mechanism, calling it for “noobs” and “scrubs.” That guy rubbed me the wrong way (outside of having a terrible hick accent) in possessing this oversized ego but it…
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World of Warcraft: Managing and Leveling Multiple Alts in Mist of Pandaria
Quite often when you read the forums you’ll hear how many people have felt that Mist of Pandaria has not been alt friendly. The grind in this expansion at the start has been quite harsh with the reputation, low valor points and ungenerous loot system in place. Not to mention the extremely tedious questing required…
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Lego 4429 Helicopter Rescue Review
Lego 4429 Helicopter Rescue is a good upgrade from the last hospital set, which was oddly built on a raised plate. At 425 pieces, this system feels like a mid sized hospital with a fair sized helicopter as one of the main components. It includes 4 figures, including one victim, a female paramedic, helicopter pilot…
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World of Warcraft: Getting More Frustrated with Saurfang Oceanic Server
When I originally started on Saurfang Oceanic, my intent was to play with a former colleague. I never saw him once on the server and he ended up quitting once his job situation was settled. So I ended up getting stuck more or less on the server. However, it was a PVE server and something…
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The Truman Show: A Conversation with A Higher Being
I didn’t know about The Truman Show for years but discovered it this past year after watching a few conspiracy videos on the Illuminati (yes, I find the subject matter fascinating but I don’t take everything at face value thankfully). What drew me to The Truman Show though was the idea of questioning our own…
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World of Warcraft: Mist of Pandaria’s Philosophy, Reflections on Postmodern Society and My Own Life
“Slow down” and “enjoy life” is the constant message you’ll hear from the Pandaren folk in World of Warcraft. The oddball conspiracy theorists (including that personality quirk inside of my head) might be quick to point out that this is some Illuminati/government/elistists tactic to pacify the gaming masses. Or is it a reflection upon how…
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World of Warcraft: My Current Progress and Experiences in Patch 5.2
We’re now about to get into the 4th day of Patch 5.2 for Mist of Pandaria. Much of what I’ve been doing (outside of helping a friend level up a bit) is focusing on gearing my guys up further and doing dailies on my newer 90 level toons. I’m attempting to avoid Heroics and seeing…