#blizzard

I have a lot of love for World of Warcraft in each of its iterations. When I wrote 5 reasons you should love Mists of Pandaria, it really made me start to look back at the history of the game -- not necessarily the lore and story that I usually write about, but the various expansions from classic all the way to the upcoming Mists. Though the expansions themselves were vastly different in terms of story and progression, there are still things to love about every single one -- yes, including Cataclysm.

"We've received a handful of reports from users with the newest (2-26-08) revision of the MacBook Pros and an inability to start up Diablo 2 and StarCraft. ... The StarCraft Startup Options and the Diablo 2 Options screens will appear, but after pressing Ok, the games close and do not load." Apparently, this is because a recent Leopard update removed 256 color display support from graphics drivers. Later in the thread, it seems that a patch is in the works by the heroic Mac team. Alternatives are Boot Camp or a dicey selective downgrade in graphics drivers from an earlier update.

"Yes. More Starcraft 2 media. You can fit it in. Open up. Go on. Here comes the Terran Battlecwuiser! Open wide and say "aaaahhhhhhh"...."

"The companies behind Call of Duty and World of Warcraft are merging in a deal which could shake up the global video games industry."

"Last night and this morning my husband I discovered that Blizzard charged our debit card over 66 times totaling roughly $1,043."

"“To be honest, we just get a kick out of watching players spend countless hours of their lives trying to obtain something that amounts to about twenty polygons and a low-resolution bitmap texture,” said one Blizzard employee before returning to count

"why would Blizzard make such an elaborate and unique area if the only real way to interact with it was via a few seconds' flyover on certain flight paths?"