Social Activism

Blizzcon: This is about homophobia not Horde v Alliance

October 27, 2011
bombs

Since posting the below, Mike Morhaime has released this apology. I has a happy and am closing the comments on this post. If you would like to add to this discussion, please comment to the new apology post.   I had a fantastic time at Blizzcon. I love the company and the games it puts out. I will likely be playing the new expansion and Diablo III. I made lots of new friends this weekend, and strengthened ties with old ones. This is why it makes me incredibly sad that I feel the need to post about the behaviour...

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World of Warcraft Fanart Profiles: Troll women

November 15, 2010
Ushtarak Berserker – Rob Ten Pas 08/31/06

This is part of an ongoing series that reviews and attempts to deconstruct common tropes in the Blizzard Fanart Gallery. This is not a critique of the choices of individual artists, but a look at the choices Blizzard and those artists have made. For reasons of time/expendiency I am limiting this series to what is currently in the Blizzard Fan Art Gallery, but please feel free to share your favourites from the fan community in the comments. Just please try to make sure they are credited properly and on the theme of the post. I was browsing the official galleries...

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I’m all lost in the supermarket

November 3, 2010

This is a personal post, and somewhat rambly. This blog will return to elemental shaman stuff shortly. If you’re wondering where I’ve been, I’ve been co-hosting the Obscurecast along with Gazimoff of Mana Obscura and I left my authenticator at his house after the great Blizzcon weekend podcast-a-thon. I’ve also been extremely busy with my day job, and with raiding now finished in my guild, an old problem of mine has re-emerged. The kids in the halls and the pipes in the walls Make me noises for company Long distance callers make long distance calls And the silence makes...

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Real ID Redux

September 30, 2010
Communication Preferences - Battle.net

So I was a bit upset about Real ID on the forums, back in July. I’m still not particularly pleased with the in-game functions either, although I do carefully make use of them. Today I’ve noticed a change. Pointed out on twitter by @NDMiko, the change enables users to hide themselves from friends of friends. As you can see from the image above, under ‘Settings’ in your battle.net account there is now a simple toggle for enabling Real ID. Like facebook are wont to do with their privacy settings, the Real ID system is toggled on by default. Not so...

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