A Look at Race and Racials

So you’ve done some character research and you have an idea of what class to play, but you really have no clue what race to pick!  It’s a tough choice.  I always recommend aesthetics, if it doesn’t look cool to you then don’t bother with it.  And the racial traits are really just bonus abilities [...]

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So You Want To Join The World (of Warcraft)?

Commenter “Jimbo” asked the following question on my recent 3.1 Death Knight article:
So I have a dilemma…
This is for anyone who is familiar with WoW
I enjoy all genres of games, but any form of RPG really holds a special place in my heart. I’ve never been that interested in WoW, I’ve never even bothered to [...]

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3.1 Fun-splosion – Death Knight Edition

Patch 3.1 has hit the PTR and Shit has hit the fan ladies and gentlemen.  There is a LOT of new stuff a-comin’.  I…wow.  I don’t even know where to start.  Okay, let’s start with us, fellow Death Knights.  What changes will we be seeing?  I’ll be talking about the major documented changes to the [...]

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Blood Vs. Unholy – Thoughts?

With one Death Knight to 80, I decided to revisit a Horde DK I made on my friend’s server in an attempt to play with him.  He momentarily quit to work on his short film, but since it wrapped, he has expressed interest in jumping back in game.  When I last left my undead DK, [...]

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Dante’s Inferno Announcement Trailer

Since it’s almost the end of this wonderful Monday I thought it would be nice to share with you a little trailer from the fine folks over at EA who have been working hard to adapt Dante’s Inferno for your gaming pleasure. This one looks seriously twisted, in a good way. Don’t worry fans, [...]

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Street Fighter IV Impressions

As Street Fighter IV has now been out in North America for over 24 hours, the positive reviews have been flowing all over the Blogosphere. Everyone loves this game it seems. And guess what? The Bird Nest does too.
A little disclaimer about me and fighting games: I’m terrible at them. Just plain awful. I [...]

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God of War III Preview at GamesRadar

I wish I had the resources to write a preview myself, but check out the good people at GamesRadar.com and their God of War III preview. It’s written really well and if nothing else, provided a bit more of depth than I’ve seen in other previews, hence my need to link to it [...]

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Heads Up: GTA IV DLC Released

Happy day after presidents day everyone! For those who are starting their work week today (me) well, good luck getting into the groove and hope this short works goes well for all of you.
For those with itchy trigger fingers, the GTA IV add-on Lost and Damned is now available on XBL marketplace. I never [...]

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Star Wars The Old Republic: New Planet Announced + God of War 3 Screens

Ok so this is a very busy Friday afternoon, and I know you love the quick posts, so here’s one more little tidbit for the blogosphere before the long weekend: BioWare announced a new playable planet for their upcoming MMO, The Old Republic. Check out their post here for the details. The planet is [...]

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Quick Fallout Goodies and MS Goes Retail

I don’t have time to go into details (too busy discussing bad movies in the previous post) but I figured I would link to two interesting stories. Joystiq has the scoop on some new details for Fallout 3: The Pitt DLC and it sounds awesome. Sign me up for working with, instead of [...]

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