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The Weekly Marmot - WoW as an E-Sport
The Weekly Marmot goes HD! New camera, new microphone, and 150% more awesome.
For the inaugural episode in the new and updated studio, I depart from the standard Weekly Marmot fare just a little bit and spend some time talking about PVP. Specifically, I talk about WoW's future as an E-Sport. What have other games done that makes them successful? What's missing from WoW arenas? And what can we expect in the future?
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PST - A New Q&A Series
If you've been watching the Weekly Marmot, you'll remember that I mentioned an upcoming Q&A-style show where I try to plow through as many of the questions you guys send in as possible. The time is finally here to unveil the first of the series. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: PST!
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The Weekly Marmot - Blizzcon 2010 Wrap-up
This week I go over some of my thoughts about Blizzcon. What was cool? What wasn't so cool? What can they do to make it even better in the future?
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The Weekly Marmot - Blizzcon 2010
This week is Blizzcon, so this week I talk about Blizzcon. Included is some speculation about what the BIG ANNOUNCEMENT could be, as well as a quick overview of some of the most exciting things going on both inside and outside of Blizzcon this year. With a special guest mummy!
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This Week In Warcraft: Episode 11!
Welcome back to Aliena's This Week in Warcraft! This week she talks about the Cataclysm Intro Cinematic, new pet and mount info, and more!
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Cataclysm Raid Videos!
Our buddies at
TankSpot
have posted a series of videos from the Cataclysm Raid tests over the weekend!
More videos after the break!
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The Weekly Marmot - Patch 4.0 Survival
In this special edition of the Weekly Marmot, I go over all the major changes happening in Patch 4.0.1, and what you'll need to do to make the transition as smooth as possible. What's changing with talents and glyphs? What's this fancy new guild interface? And what the heck is reforging anyway? Guess you'll just have to click and find out!
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This Week In Warcraft: Episode 10!
Welcome back to Aliena's
This Week in Warcraft!
This week, Aliena covers tomorrow's 4.0.1 patch, Cataclysm contests, and more!
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Lore from TankSpot on the Puggernaut Podcast!
I did an interview for the guys over at
Puggernaut
a while back, as we noted in
this post
. Well the guys are back, and this time they're running an interview with our friend
Lore
from
TankSpot
!
If you're interested, hop on over and take a listen. Here's the link:
http://podcast.puggernaut.com/2010/10/onward-the-puggernaut-weekly-podcast-014
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The Yearly Marmot
It's the one year anniversary of the Weekly Marmot (well, almost)! In an extra-long extended episode, I go over my history of gaming: how I got into gaming, what games I used to play, how I got into MMOs, and how I got involved with the World of Warcraft community. It's not exactly light viewing, so fix yourself some popcorn and settle in for the
nerdiest story ever told.
And don't worry -- we'll be right back to the regular old information-filled Weekly Marmot next week, for the Patch 4.0 Survival Guide!
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The Weekly Marmot - Guild Restructuring in Cataclysm
This week I answer a handful of great questions from a guy named Helbereth (aka Hellbreath) about a few of the challenges facing guilds -- both new and old -- in the transition period into 4.0 and Cataclysm. Is forming a new guild for Cataclysm a good idea? What kind of challenges will the "hardcore 10-man guild" face? How does this affect loot rules?
Also, don't forget to tune in for Episode 50 next week!
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This Week In Warcraft: Episode 8!
Aliena returns for another episode of
This Week In Warcraft
! This week we touch on the Tier 11 previews, New Tinkertown, the Account Recovery form on the Blizzard site, and some of Ghostcrawler's thoughts on talent trees.
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The Weekly Marmot - Thinking Like a Designer
This week, I step back a little and examine game balance from a designer's perspective. What kind of thought process do they go through when they decide to make balance changes? What
don't
they think about? And how does that differ from the ways in which players usually consider the game? How many times can my dog wander into the reflection on my poster in one episode? How ridiculously awful can a preview frame get?
Let's find out.
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This Week In Warcraft: Episode 7!
Aliena is back with another episode of This Week In Warcraft!
This week we cover the removal of PowerPC Mac support, the Battle for Gilneas, Brewfest, and more!
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The Weekly Marmot - Patch 4.0 Speculation
So this week, thanks to Blizzard's timely release of the Patch 4.0 PTR, I get to talk a bunch about how this whole process is going to work based on our experiences from previous expansions. What's the difference between Patch 4.0 and Cataclysm? What kind of release timeframes can we expect? And what's the deal with "Patch 4.0.3"? These exciting questions and more will be answered (or at least have decent guesses aimed towards them) in this week's Weekly Marmot.
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This Week In Warcraft: Episode 6!
Aliena returns with another episode of
This Week In Warcraft!
This episode covers the release of the 4.0 PTR, an Archaeology preview, the pre-Cataclysm launch events, and more!
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The Weekly Marmot - End of Expansion Raiding Options
This week, I answer a question from
Damingo, the Prairie Dog Lord
(yeaaahhhhh...) and talk a bunch about end of expansion raiding from a raider's perspective. When you really want to raid but guilds keep falling apart around you, what options do you have? Do you just give up, or is there another way?
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TankSpot Cataclysm Preview: Halls of Origination
TankSpot
is back once again, this time with a preview of a new Cataclysm Dungeon -
Halls of Origination
. Located in
Uldum
players will fight their way through an instance full of Ancient Egyptian-themed encounters and mobs, where they will finally encounter the final boss:
Rajh
!
You can watch the entire TankSpot guide to Halls of Origination below!
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This Week in Warcraft: Episode 5!
Once again
Aliena
is back with another episode of
This Week In Warcraft
! In this episode Aliena covers topics such as the new beta patch that was released last week, and the fact that
Zul'Gurub
is being
removed
as a raid instance!
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This Week in Warcraft: Episode 4!
Sorry about the late post!
Here is
Aliena
from
TankSpot
covering the news that happened around the Warcraft universe last week - including coverage of Blizzard's preview of Azshara,
being
removed
, and many more topics!
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