Subject: World of WarCraft

• They know their audience...

  It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here, what with all the DVDs I get in the mail every day for awards voting. But this isn't a post about them. It's about another very big box that arrived without warning, bearing a large "World of Warcraft" logo. Now, I am the imagined target audience for this stuff, being into toys and comics and all that, but I've never gotten into online role-playing or collectible card games. Nonetheless, if I were, I'd be so psyched. And I'm kinda psyched

  November 21, 2007

• To Do This Weekend 10/10-10/12

  BlizzCon 2008, October 10, 10:00 a.m. Irvine-based Blizzard Entertainment has enjoyed great success with its World of Warcraft series, dominating the online, multiplayer, role-playing game industry and thoroughly permeating pop culture. This weekend, Blizzard is hosting its annual BlizzCon at the Anaheim Convention Center. Anaheim Convention Center 800 W. Katella Ave. Anaheim, CA (714) 765-8950 Bat Boy: The Musical, 8 p.m. nightly unitl November 2 Bat Boy: The Musical is an adult-themed tale of

  October 10, 2008

• World of Warcraft, Government Pork and UC Irvine

  The online Bad Idea Magazine points us to a 49-page report by U.S. Senator Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) titled "2008: Worst Waste of the Year--A look back through some of the year's most outrageous federal spending." Included is this:Studying American and Chinese Video Game Habits - California ($100,000) American and Chinese video game playing habits have been too long overlooked by mainstream science, according to the National Science Foundation (NSF). To remedy this, NSF gave University of Californ

  December 16, 2008

• [Summer Guide] Different Brushstrokes This Summer at OC's Art Venues

  June 4, 2009

• Is Latest UCI Virtual World Study Grant 'Waste' or Boon for Business?

  Here we go again. The 49-page report "2008: Worst Waste of the Year," which U.S. Senator Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) compiled to expose examples of "outrageous federal spending," included the National Science Foundation (NSF) having given UC Irvine a $100,000 grant to study the differences in how gamers from the U.S. and China play the popular online video game World of Warcraft. Well, UCI just announced it has received a new $3 million grant from

  February 17, 2009

• Endless Warcraft

  October 9, 2008

• The General Store

  Trading posts, purveyors of fine goods & services, skilled tradesfolk, trinkets, gewgaws & sundries
  

  September 20, 2007

• Game On

  Getting Medieval: Two Worlds sends next-gen RPGs back to the Dark Ages

  September 6, 2007

• Game On

  Student Bodies: Brooktown High takes you under the bleachers

  May 31, 2007

• Boobs, Bloodshed and Some Actual Art at Laguna Art's 'World of Warcraft' Show

  June 25, 2009

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  July 2, 2009

• Laguna Art Museum Raffling Tickets to Sold-Out BlizzCon

  ​This year's BlizzCon is August 21 and 22 at the Anaheim Convention Center, where every installment of the Blizzard Entertainment hullabaloo has been held. It's a celebration of the Irvine-based computer game company's three major, incredibly popular franchises--Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo--and it's been totally sold out for months.But the Laguna Art Museum, who are currently hosting the World of Warcraft-themed WoW: Emergent Media Phenomenon exhibit, might be able to help you out. If you c

  July 28, 2009

• Ozzy Osbourne to Close BlizzCon '09

  Apparently Ozzy Osbourne really liked doing this World of Warcraft commercial. He's going to be closing out this year's massively sold out BlizzCon '09, with a concert in Anaheim on August 22.

  August 11, 2009

• Programming Note: We Goin' To BlizzCon!!

  Yep, I'm OC Weekly's man at BlizzCon, the annual two-day convention for Irvine-based computer gaming giant Blizzard Entertainment. It's at the Anaheim Convention Center. I've got some lovely memories of Blizzard's real-time strategy games, but you'll hear more of that with the coverage. For now, I'm here to say: 1. Follow the BlizzCon action on OC Weekly's Twitter.2. Check out that video up there! It's a taste of the fun to come. Actually, I was probably more psyched before I saw it. But still

  August 21, 2009

• What You Missed: BlizzCon, Epicenter, Musicians Swap Meet

  ​Oh, hello there. So what'd you miss this weekend this time?Well, first off: It was the annual nuuuurd pilgrimage to Anaheim Convention Center on Friday through Saturday--that's right, BlizzCon!The official gathering for all things Blizzard (you know, that giant video game company based in Irvine that's responsible for putting out everything from Diablo and Starcraft to World of Warcraft?) attracted thousands and thousands of attendees seeking the latest in news from the world of Blizzard--oh,

  August 24, 2009

• Our Deep Thoughts On BlizzCon

  Chris Victorio​Whew, that was interesting. We're back from two days at BlizzCon 2009, and are only a little geekily ashamed to admit that it was a good time. You wanna see pictures? Here's our slideshow, and here's our post with many, many overflow pictures.This just in (two days ago) from Twitter:@OCWeekly what's blizzcon?Great question, @DiAnna42. Here, let's take a few hundred words to answer that question.

  August 24, 2009

• Coburn Ready to Blow Over UCI Computer Games Center?

  Coburn: Ready to blow?With UC Irvine's announcement of the establishment of the Center for Computer Games & Virtual Worlds, you've got to wonder if U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn's head is going to explode. At least his virtual noggin must be staining a carpet in some sims world somewhere. The Oklahoma Republican puts out annual "Worst Waste of the Year" reports, and among the examples of "outrageous federal spending" in the 2008 edition was the National Science Foundation having

  September 4, 2009