It isn’t often that I first learn about events in Perth from our free community newspaper (I read it while waiting for fast food at our local fast food joint, too) but that’s what happened with the GO3 Electronic Entertainment Expo 2007. (I wish I could say that I first read about it on Simone’s blog, but I would be lying.) Maybe this means I should pay closer attention to this weekly paper, which I usually save, but only to line Baubles the Cat’s litter tray.
This three-day event at the end of March aims to “showcase the latest in games hobbies and electronic entertainment.” Apart from an expo and a conference, they will also be holding a lan party (Wikipedia definition).
I’ve just turned comment moderation on because of the spammer who’s been thoughtfully adding links via comment over the weekend. This is very irritating, but I don’t like the other option, which is to make people register before they can comment.
I suppose the fact that this blog has escaped the notice of spammers for all this time has been too good to be true. Spammers, you are a blight on the Internet. May your fingers fall off!
Published on 18 January 2007
in WoW and games.
The first World of Warcraft expansion, The Burning Crusade, was released on Wednesday. For those who don’t know what an expansion is, in computer game terms, it refers to a release of new content or features that substantially adds to a game. (Wikipedia also has a definition.)
Even though neither of us has been playing much WoW lately (Morgan, if you’re looking at the screenshot, yes, Tatanka is still level 17), we couldn’t resist and had to get ourselves each a copy of the expansion. There has been so much talk and anticipation that I guess I had to take a look. So I now have a level 8 Blood Elf Paladin named Ingmar (not a very elfy name but I wasn’t feeling very inspired when I made him). A male character because I have discovered that this is the easiest way to avoid stupid comments about boobies from teenaged boys.
It’s quite challenging to play in the new areas at the moment, because there are so many other players all trying to do the same quests. No doubt there are far more new Blood Elves around than there are Draenai (the other new race) - why are elves always so popular? I did also make a Draenai - Drogheda - but I think I will reroll a male character even though I like her name.
