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mendax.wow discontinued.

mendax.wow discontinued.

Sorry for those who’ve been hanging on, but it should have been clear by now: we stopped playing World of Warcraft (WoW) some time ago, and with that, mendax.wow was effectively killed. Should someone wish to resurrect this WoW add-on compilation, we’d be happy to continue hosting it, but unless that happens, expect mendax.wow v2.41 [...]

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Why we won't be playing Warhammer: Age of Reckoning.

Why we won’t be playing Warhammer: Age of Reckoning.

Despite our enthusiasm for the upcoming Warhammer: Age of Reckoning (WAR) MMO, we decided weeks ago that we wouldn’t be participating in the game. This fact has nothing to do with previews of the game, which actually entice us to give it a go rather than succumb to the comparably poor World of Warcraft (WoW) [...]

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The Gamerscore is dumb.

The Gamerscore is dumb.

Apparently, the XBox 360 Achievement system is loved by console gamers, which has always confused us. In short, the Achievement system is a way to get recognition for accomplishing a particular task in a game. The recognition comes from Achievements being viewable to anyone able to see the respective XBox Live! gamer profile. Furthermore, these [...]

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Warhammer’s system requirements dwarf those of Warcraft.

We just caught the minimum system specifications (MSS) for Mythic’s upcoming Warhammer: Age of Reckoning (WAR) title over at The Greenskin, and were a bit dismayed at the differences between WAR’s MSS and those suggested for World of Warcraft (WoW). While The Greenskin’s Snafzg claims that WAR’s requirements “don’t appear to be much higher” than [...]

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This amusing Bartle controversy.

We’re not sure Richard Bartle deserves two posts dedicated to him in a row, but let’s be fair this time around: the man isn’t without good ideas, even if our last post was all about how ridiculous he can sound. After all, even shooting from the hip during an interview, he ought to at least [...]

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