The topic came up in the Politics Thread in the Benefactors Bar but I thought I'd expand on my feelings about local TV news and why it's dumb (or stupid, pick your word). I'm not a regular consumer of local TV news, but I do manage to catch bits of it from time to time while moving through the cable channels. Nonetheless, I think I've been exposed to enough local TV news over the years in order to make an informed and enlightened opinion. In one word local TV news is dumb. Just flat out dumb. It...

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UPDATE (6/30/2011): Also visit my follow up article on the state of Warcraft.

This is a question that gets batted around now and again and the answer usually ends up being “no”; though it might be time to change that to “Maybe” if not “Yes”. Why is this? I’m not sure of the answer, though here are some possibilities that in sum might be the cause.

Competition, Population & Fatigue
There have been several purported “WoW killers” that have come out the past...

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A particularly clever set of comments from The Queue: The Continuum...

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My Warcraft "career" (if you want to call it that) has been a slow and meandering trek from complete ignorance of the intracacies of Warcraft to an awakening on the mechanics of the game to a useful and experienced player. I have never been in a major guild and haven't ever had the opportunity for organized raiding. I'm certain opinions will vary but I imagine that raiding with an organized and well structured guild is generally more productive and perhaps more enjoyable than what I do. What I do...

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I saw this blog post on WoW.com today and feel a bit of a need to respond regarding the purpose and eventual impact once WoW requires all players to bind their accounts with Battle.net.

Overall the author is concerned that Battle.net integration is essentially foisting features that are unwanted and will impair or otherwise diminish their gaming experience. Personally, I am a fan of Battle.net integration for no other reason than the fact that when I was setting up my account I was...

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