WoW Moviewatch: What My WoW Characters Are Thinking

Wowcrendor is the machinimator that made you realize the game is still fun, even if you find some things frustrating. Wowcrendor is the machinimator who virtually invented a genre; we call it Wowcrendorism. What My WoW Characters Are Thinking is the video Wowcrendor most recently released about WoW.

Whether he's poking fun at warlocks or pointing out our own game-addled amusements, you can always rely on Wowcrendor's mostly harmless humor to highlight those unique cultural moments. Like that character that was going to be your main... or the one you were going to play with your friends but then you wandered off. It's like he can read my mind. I've had every one of these. Interested in the wide world of machinima? We have new movies every weekday here on WoW Moviewatch! Have suggestions for machinima we ought to feature? Toss us an email at moviewatch@wowinsider.com. Tags: featured, guide-to-machinima, machinima, movies, ow-machinima, world-of-warcraft-movies, world-of-warcraft-videos, wow-created-movies, wow-fan-movies, wow-guide, wow-machinima-guide, wow-movie-guide, wow-movies, wow-video-guide, wow-videos

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WoW Moviewatch: What are Warlock's Demons Thinking?

Many threads of influence lead to the style of Misty the Troll's video. Obviously, we start with Wowcrendor, who's the grandfather of dialogue-driven WoW comedy like this. I feel like Wowcrendor's style influenced SlightlyImpressive, though obviously Griff has grown into his own ensemble-featuring thing. And now we end up with Misty the Troll's.

The video feels like a Wowcrendor-style video, which isn't really a bad thing. The comedy's basically effective and the in-game graphics get the job done. But I'd encourage Misty to keep going and grow his own voice, which is where you'll really find success. For now, though, What are Warlock's Demons Thinking? is a fun video with which to kill a few minutes. Interested in the wide world of machinima? We have new movies every weekday here on WoW Moviewatch! Have suggestions for machinima we ought to feature? Toss us an email at moviewatch@wowinsider.com. Tags: featured, guide-to-machinima, machinima, movies, ow-machinima, slightlyimpressive, what-are-warlocks-demons-thinking, world-of-warcraft-movies, world-of-warcraft-videos, wow-created-movies, wow-fan-movies, wow-guide, wow-machinima-guide, wow-movie-guide, wow-movies, wow-video-guide, wow-videos

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Some Thinking For The Weekend

‘Tis the season… for serious, deep thought, apparently. Here are a few serious, thoughtful posts to take you into the weekend:

Balkoth writes an excellent, highly analytical post arguing it would be a very bad idea to let WoW players raid current content cross-server – “Whenever social upheaval occurs in WoW, guilds tend to dissolve and people tend to quit. So how much stability are you willing to give up for fluidity? How much are you willing to sacrifice on the altar of cross-realm raiding?”Doone makes the sure-to-be-controversial statement that much current game design – and almost all MMORPG game design – is highly unethical – “I know, this is a really rough indictment, but I think I can show that it’s not an extreme view of things and in fact it’s the normal state of things. This is what makes the problem invisible to us. This is what will make many of you say “I don’t see the problem.””And Saxsy makes an equally controversial – and very interesting – case for allowing RP characters to have extreme levels of power or ability – “That, I think, is the key to determining the propriety of the extra power. Is the power something that would be the focus of the RP, or at least an influence for the RP? Or is it something that you have no intention of following through on?”

Have a great weekend!

Tagged as: cross-realm raiding, ethics, RP

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