Completely non-warcraft related, we present the following patent application Apparatus for facilitating the birth of a child by centrifugal force 1963, how we miss thee for your general wtfness.

Put out your cooking fires before leaving the Charred Vale, below we have a classic example of what happens when a careless Orc wandered off from his campfire, the local wildlife got startled and.. disaster. So, remember, everyone be careful out there.  Safety is the concern of us all.

Straight from the catwalks of Darnassus we have… Beetle Druid!

A very short update, we are open. Tje opening was as good as ever. Thought for the day Why does it feel like I still have the headset on, I handed it back 4 hours ago.

Well someone has been busy with the earth moving machinery and where did they get all that cut and dressed stone on such short notice?

This is where it starts, we have ops, boxes are coming in from cars. Hotel walk throughs have happened, build is ongoing, tech is being tested. Tge “notpart of the con, why the hell ae there so many people here” (I reckon over 150) pub quiz is happening. Tomorrow we kick off properly.

A change of pace / topic, the Nth discworld convention is now officially almost go. We are at the hotel, as are around 10 other people. Weirdest comment so far “you’d be amazed at the number of times the cats bottom was in shot”

So, does this lead to other worlds or just to a reclaimed gnome homeland?

Triggered by a rant from Dara O Briain where he merrily goes off on one about GTA4, Call of Duty and other similar games.  He has a problem getting through various choke points in the game.  The end of level ‘boss’ type encounter where working out the boss and getting through is mandatory to see…

I’ve previously discussed my general thoughts around Real ID, the problems with it and some of the motivations which were driving Blizzard.  I do not actually ascribe malicious intent to Blizzard or Activision.  I know this goes against the received wisdom that Kotick is satan reincarnate but to be honest I think this is so…