News from the Azeroth front

So far, so good on my quest for 60. I made it to 59 last night... I kept dying a lot, though; I made my best progress when I stopped trying to quest, and just stood close to home base and kept grinding monsters.

(Many of them were level 59 boars, and I was unavoidably reminded of the South Park WoW episode where they grind boars to 60.)

The experience is good, but I still wonder if my armor repair bills would be lower if I went back to Winterspring. Maybe I'll try it for a bit tonight. I doubt I can manage a level in a single evening, even if I play for several hours, but it would be nice.

Ironforge was a ghost town last night on Uther. Even the Dranei starting area, where I fiddled around a bit, was pretty empty. I think the whole server is in Outland right now.

Elves and aliens lurking behind your icons

Yeah, I'm posting a ton of WoW stuff this week. Don't worry, I'll find other stuff to talk about soon enough.

So, I was looking at a official Blizzard Entertainment desktop pic for The Burning Crusade, and I started thinking, "I wish they had one with the great graphics from the cinematic." Then I thought, "Hey, I have QuickTime and Photoshop, what else do I need?" and I threw together a little image.

( Look behind the cut for a small version )

Click this link for the full-size desktop pic (1024x768 - that was the largest I could easily make with the source material).

Enjoy!