DoTA, or Defense of the Ancients, started out as a custom game mod for Warcraft 3. DoTA is considered the most popular “free, non-supported game mod in the world”, which has led to many big spin-offs such as League of Legends and Heroes of Newerth. More »

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Within the hustle and bustle of a video game publication, we sometimes forget to enjoy what brought us here to begin with: video games. There is so much out there, and so little time, that there is no way everyone can play everything. Therefore, to keep our community more in tune with what we have been spending time on, and to remind ourselves why we are here, each week we will tell a tale of what we all have been playing in the world of video gaming. So bloggers, from November 29th through December 6th, WHATCHA BEEN PLAYIN!? More »

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I’ll go ahead and tell you how pumped I was for this MMO titled World of Warcraft before I even got to play it. I remember installing it on my computer for the first time only to realize that my computer did not meet the graphics requirement of WoW in 2004. Deprived from what would later consume over 3 and 1/2 years of my life, I spent the next half year waiting for my new computer (that I bought just to play WoW with) and reading the strategy guide everyday. I probably ran through that book over 10 times.

Sad right? But what is it that makes WoW a game that someone like me would be willing to go so far for? Rather, the question should be, what doesn’t make WoW a game that gamers would be willing to go over the edge for? Here’s my side of the feud More »

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