Warcraft

No fun storming the castle in this lousy adaptation of the hit video game

"...Battlefield Earth and a return to the world of Warcraft, I’d take the gentlemanly way out and eat my..."

June 10, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Connective Issue

Web 2.0, online gaming, but everything's in-between

"...magazine. Right now, he maintains a dominant World of Warcraft guild, all while serving as chairman of the board..."

March 2, 2007 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

In Play

"...Warcraft 3: Reign of ChaosBlizzard Entertainment..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Screens Feature by Marcel Meyer

Scanlines

"...Warcraft II..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Screens Feature

Team Players

Guilds take the lonesome gamer out of seclusion ... kind of

"...multiplayer online games like Guild Wars and World of Warcraft manifest something more sociable, offering unique virtual realms for..."

July 28, 2006 Screens Feature by Carson Barker

Role-Play Playing

When improv asks, 'Can we get a suggestion for something you'd slay a dragon with?'

"...a knockoff of the popular MMORPG called World of Warcraft. Which Roberts is, of course, into big-time. Right?..."

June 19, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Scanlines

"...*Warcraft II (Electronic Arts/Blizzard) A real-time strategy game that allows..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Screens Feature

Sword Art Online the Movie: Progressive – Scherzo of Deep Night

MMORPG anime puts the grind into dungeon grinding

"...Jenkins? The legendary meme spawned when a World of Warcraft player wrecks a carefully planned raid by just storming..."

Feb. 3, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Max Reload and the Nether Blasters

Gamer comedy isn't for casual players

"...screaming his own name, completely botching a World of Warcraft party's plan and earning 1337 meme status by his..."

July 24, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Some Secret Grotto

Men don't fear commitment

"...dudes you know are into badminton and World of Warcraft (respek), but ever since September 11, my Facebook feed..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW Gaming Finalists Announced

Local noms include The Banner Saga, Talos Principle, & Rooster Teeth

"...Bravely Default – Square Enix Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – Blizzard Entertainment Monument Valley – ustwo Super Smash..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Screens Post by James Renovitch

300: Rise of an Empire

Better than the first movie, this sequel is a more deserving Aegean “epic.”

"...spectacle right down to its shattered ships and duplicitous warcraft, and this time out the story’s been leavened and..."

March 7, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Serious Play in Saving the World

Gaming gets on the sustainability bandwagon

"...social Internet-connected environments like Second Life and World of Warcraft, where people work creatively together as avatars building in-world..."

April 18, 2008 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Game for Giving

Good Things Come in Shrinkwrapped Packages

"...New Epoch. Yet another in this genre is the WarCraft Battle Chest (Blizzard Entertainment, $70). It includes all three..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Screens Feature

The Prophecy

"...Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal PC CD-ROM Blizzard Entertainment..."

July 12, 1996 Screens Feature

Scanlines

"...Warcraft 2:..."

Feb. 16, 1996 Screens Feature

Carnaval to Chili Cook-Off: This Week's Recommended Community Events

A kickoff for Black History Month, Mean Girls trivia, a farewell to boobies, and more

"...Before there was World of Warcraft, before there was even a World Wide Web, there..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, December 10-16

"...two creators produced an episode called "Make Love, Not Warcraft." The story lovingly mocked nerds and the culture of..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Can Kitties, Weed, and Votes Save Blockchain?

As the cryptocurrency bubble looks ready to burst, developers and innovators at SXSW see new uses for the underlying tech

"...mean for long-term, long-scale experiential games like World of Warcraft or EVE Online, where people want to feel like..."

March 15, 2019 Screens Feature by Tom Cheredar

Now Streaming in Austin: Becoming Jessica Nigri

Rooster Teeth’s new cosplay documentary, Becoming Jessica Nigri

"...of the Night Elves from Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft. With a plan to unveil the costume at the..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: What Is He Saying?

Sometimes a declarative statement is just a fishing expedition

"..."because I have 100 max-level characters on World of Warcraft." Sometimes you just have to throw in the towel...."

Aug. 21, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

Best of Austin – Thursday

BOA all day, erryday

"...your Wii remote and your massively multiplayer World of Warcraft. For our money (50 cents, thank you very much),..."

March 20, 2015 Features Feature

In Real Life in Real Life

Cory Doctorow brings his newest work to the Texas Teen Book Festival

"...teenager joins an all-girls team in some World of Warcraft-like MMORPG and discovers the real-life consequences of her avatar's..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Local Game Music Gets Orchestrated

Wing Commander get the Austin Civic Orchestra treatment this weekend

"...this case, ACO will play music from World of Warcraft and a Wing Commander Suite. You've likely heard of..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Screens Post by James Renovitch

DVDanger: School's Out!

"Evil Speak" and "Final Exam" vie for murder cum laude

"...Somewhere, there's still a producer having a World of Warcraft nightmare fever dream...."

May 17, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Bedtime Gorey

This view of an upper-crust world both morbid and lively should please die-hard and casual Gorey fans alike

"...Texas. There's Doctor Who improv, Firefly improv, World of Warcraft improv, Star Trek improv, Sherlock Holmes improv, Harry Potter..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

LoneStarCon 3: Lessons From My First Worldcon

Oh, the mistakes I’ve made in my first gathering of the genre faithful

"...Center on Thursday, I didn't know a World of Warcraft orc from Shrek. Oh, how young and naive I..."

Sept. 2, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

Play 'Star Wars: The Old Republic' for Free

Massive online game goes free-to-play this fall

"...This is a similar model World of Warcraft adopted as sales began to slip. It seems a..."

July 31, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Alif the Unseen

Maps to the Middle East: 'Alif the Unseen'

"...series of comic books and enjoys playing World of Warcraft. So that's a double check mark vis-à-vis Islamic geek..."

June 15, 2012 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Education: 'It's Time To Be Innovative'

Something everyone can agree on: digital classrooms

"...systems of massively multiplayer online games like World of Warcraft...."

March 16, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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