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In the Land of Azeroth there are tonnes of secret NPC, Items, Weapons, and general name drops that make refrence to other movies, games or media. Here is a list of a bunch we have found while scouring the net.
Video Games
Diablo I & II � The weapon “Wirt’s Third Leg” is a reference to the character of Wirt the peg-legged boy from Diablo, and his wooden leg which you could actually pick up and wield as a weapon after Wirt’s death in Diablo II. “The Cow King’s Hide” is a piece of chest armor which can be looted from Onyxia and other random world Mobs, and it refers to The Cow King from Diablo II, located on the real Cow Level. The enemy Razorclaw the Butcher and the item Butcher’s Cleaver are references to the overlord unique monster in Diablo 1 and the item he dropped. The item Shadowfang is a reference to the sword of the same name in Diablo II. One of the tips displayed as the player logs in to the game is ‘There is no cow level’, a reference to the fact that there was no cow level in Diablo I. The phrase ‘There is no cow level’ is also the instant victory cheat code in the Blizzard RTS Starcraft. WoW players who purchase the collectors edition receive a gift coupon in-game which can be redeemed for a mini-Diablo pet.
Donkey Kong � In Un’ Goro Crater, the gorillas sometimes drop an item named “Empty Barrel”, a reference to Donkey Kong throwing barrels at Mario in the Nintendo arcade game and the continued importance of barrels in the Donkey Kong Country and Donkey Kong 64 series.
Cameron Diaz
Where you may know her from: There’s Something About Mary, Charlie’s Angels
What We Know: Appearantly she plays a character called Hippopotamus on Detheroc
Steel Series has announced this week that new features will be available to those who use their World of Warcraft Mouse. With the release of patch 3.2.2 you will now be able to bind your keyset from within the game using a newly added UI. The process is simple and is easily explained on Steel Series site in 10 steps. You can program the mouse with over 130 pre-set commands or create your own custom macro. Originally you would have to exit the game and use an external program the buttons individually and it would import it in, but this new feature is sure to speed up response time now that it is going straight through the game it’s self as well as give some extra points in favor of picking up this awesome piece of Warcraft Merch.
Sister site Middle-earth Center is hosting an awesome contest to win some great Lord of the Rings items! All you have to do is conjure up a so-called ‘Motivational Poster’ (see picture). You can base your poster on anything related to the Lord of the Rings, be it an image from the movies or a screenshot from one of the many games. The winner will be able to select one of the following prizes;
- Shadows of Angmar – World Companion
- LotR: Conquest Strategy Guide
- 1 Month Code for the Lord of the Rings: Online
Check out their announcement post for more info on how to enter! Good luck!
With a new patch always comes it’s sets of ups and downs. Blizzards latest news of a new dungeon system seems to be quite the downer indeed. For those of you not familiar with PUGs (Pick-up Groups) they are not something of a hot commodity in the gaming community. Think of it like this, instead of going into a raid with all of your fellow guildmates and friends, you will be matched up with random people who you probably never have met. They COULD Be the best player this game has ever seen, on the other hand they COULD be a complete and total noob! This has been done by many other games in the past, one being Guild Wars. It did not receive very good reviews there and we doubt it will do much different in Azeroth.
The new dungeon system is not the only worth while feature coming up in the new patch. along side it are such features as:
A Cataclysmic event is upon us! Gear up now for the face of Azeroth will soon change forever…
As we prepare for a new, war torn Azeroth, your brethren ask that you conjure up your best tale from you World of Warcraft experience. Entertain the Alliance and the Horde with your stories for a chance to be rewarded with some of the best drops in history from Nvidia, NEC, SteelSeries and Crucial …
Go to our forums and enter the Tales of Azeorth contest. Conjure up your best warcraft related story and post it on our forums Link located at the bottom of this post. Your tale can pertain to ANY in game or out of game experience as long as it pertains directly to World of Warcraft. Stories will be reviewed and then voted upon. You could win the GRAND PRIZE consisting of a Custom GameRigs Gaming Case with a picture of your toon and guild tabard on it as well as a 24″ NEC Display, 2 GB Crucial Memory, a subscription to Massive Online Gamer magazine, and a SteelSeries QcK Gaming Surface (Wrath of the Lich King).
To Learn More about the contest, prizing and the rules please follow the buttons below.
Contest Starts October 22nd.
As an avid World of Warcraft gamer, I have been witness to many boss fights. Actually, I’ve done every boss in the game come to think of it. Not all the hard modes, but you get the idea. I’m going to do a famed top ten list. This list is my personal favorite raid boss encounters in the game. There will be a bit of bias towards vanilla WoW, simply because it offered the most challenge.
10. Curator
Biggest damage multiplier in the game to date, I believe. When he was evocating he’d take like 400% more damage. Big numbers make us nerds go “HURRGHH,” and white knuckle our wireless WoW gaming mice with excitement. Yeah, really… it’s that fun, I promise.