Archeology 101

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So with the new expansion we have a new secondary profession to work on, Archeology.  Now this does not have any immediate benefits to it and it does involve A LOT of travel time.  But I come with a few tips for you would be history seekers.

1) Eastern Kingdoms is where you should go if you want to find more then just Fossils and Night Elf parts.  The Eastern Kingdoms has a variety of Dwarf, Troll, Fossils and Night Elves.  If you go to Kalimdor you will find out Night Elf and Fossils.  Now while this would allow you to solve artifacts faster, that is actually a trap.

2) DO NOT SOLVE ANYTHING.  At least until you go grey on what you can pickup.  For a long time you will be able to skill up on finding the pieces, and since the parts do not go to your inventory you might as well wait to solve them all until you cannot skill up from picking up pieces.

3) If you want to make your life a little easier, get the Add-ons Archy and Tom-Tom.   Archy tracks your pieces, and the dig sites for the continent you are on.  Tom-Tom works with Archy to give you an arrow to the nearest dig site.

I hope these tips assist your with your trips to dig up the past.

Are You An Addict?

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Top 10 signs that you are addicted to World of Warcraft:
 
 
10. When someone says "wow" you immediately think of the acronym for World of Warcraft.
 
9. You dream about World of Warcraft, either as the actual player or observing like you would at the computer.
 
8. You have heated discussions with friends/family about who is better, the Horde or the Alliance.
 
7. You cancel real life appointments to raid with your guild.
 
6. You know what LFG, WTB, WTS, LW, L2P, MC, WOTLK, ZF, CATA, etc, etc mean.
 
5. People ask you who is your favorite team and you reply “The Horde” or “The Alliance”.
 
4. You named your cat Leeroy Jenkins.
 
3. For Halloween you want to be yourself.
 
2. Your best friend is your main.  Your good friends are your alts.
 
1. You run your weekly errands on Tuesday mornings. 

Warcraft - A Quest you have to do

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No, I don't mean that every player is forced to do this quest by the game.  I mean that you are doing yourself a great injustice if you do not do this quest.  It is given by the following NPC at the Southpoint Gate in Hillsbrad.

This is possibly the funniest quest that I have done in the 6 years that I have been playing World of Warcraft.

And because I do not want to spoil the quest for you, so hints on what it pertains to except it makes fun of stereotypes.

The Gameslave Podcast EP: 52

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Welcome to the next episode of The Gameslave Podcast.  Coming to you just before the American holiday where we stuff our faces.  If you are in the States you can enjoy the holiday, if not enjoy your Thursday!!

The Gameslave Podcast EP 52

World of Warcraft

City Invasion
Pilgrims Bounty 
Adorable Sheep  

Homefront - A Release Date
Desert Bus for Hope 
PAX Celebrity D&D Podcast 
Scott Pilgrim on Blu-Ray
Air-Bender: Cartoon Series ∞> Movie

Geeky Gift Giving Ideas

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Well that cold nip is back in the air and as we head deeper into this winter season, we start thinking about what to get our more geeky friends and family for Christmas.  I know it's before Thanksgiving right now, but it doesn't hurt to think ahead and beat out some of the holiday rush with some gift giving ideas.  There's only 44 more days till Christmas, so it really isn't that far off.d8 Phone Charm from World of Dice

One gift giving recommendation I have are the interesting dice jewelry products found at World of Dice.  I recently got to meet the owners of this business at this past NDK convention.  I found the jewelry to be very well made with a wide range of colors and dice types.  You can get any of the 100 or so colors of Chessex dice in d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, or d20 die types in almost any of the jewelry products listed!  Talk about variety!

I made a purchase for myself of one of their phone charms.  The charm I picked was a scarlet d8, mostly because I like red and I often have characters that rely on the d8 for the majority of rolls.  As you can see by the picture, it's still going on strong nearly three months later.  I'm still very happy with my purchase as the price was very reasonable for the well made product and there is a lot of variation so everyone's can be a little different.  This would make a great stocking stuffer or group buying gift for your gaming table or general geek culture friends!