Tag: World of Warcraft
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Running of The Trolls benefits The Trevor Project
World of Warcraft’s Running of the Gnomes has been going on since 2010, seeing thousands of pink haired gnomes race to raise money for charities combating breast cancer. In 2015 the Running of the Trolls for the Trevor Project was established, with the latest event taking place this weekend. Organised by Dravvie, the run chose…
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Peacecraft Brought Kindness to YouTube When It Needed It Most
Griffin McElroy’s Peacecraft series saw our sweet gnome friend Raandyy set out on a quest to end the fighting in World of Warcraft. In the process, it reminded us what YouTube’s gaming segment – and games culture as a whole – ought to be. Here is a secret: the part of my bio at the…
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Grieving as a Gamer
Grieving and death are infinitely uneasy for me to write about. However, words aren’t coherently forming to write about anything else. Since the passing of my grandmother, I’ve struggled writing articles (this one has actually taken a good week), but it’s not for lack of trying or lack of video games. Rather, I’ve been so…
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Crumbling The Tower of Babel with Cinematic Storytelling
As technology advances, video game cinematics play an increasingly important role in games with heavy narratives. Trailers and cutscenes become a shared talking point amongst players. An individual’s play style may vary from person to person, but the cinematics they watch remain the same – most of the time, anyway. Sometimes, translation gets in the…