Author Archives: thrawnator

Yearly post…

Posted on January 30, 2012

Hey everyone! Time for a new yearly post… Well… I guess I have nothing or too much to say at this point… More on that later!

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Merry Holidays everyone! May 2011 suck less! As my present to the interwebs, I present this little trick I re-discovered this morning. You used to be able to hold the left key on any Youtube video to activate a simple … Continue reading →

Posted in Achievements, Happy Times inc. | Tagged easter egg, left then up keys, snake game, youtube | Leave a comment

Crash Ballet

Posted on December 10, 2010

I just managed to dig this short video from the forgotten drawers of the interweb. It was produced for a contest held by Coudal Partners and based on original footage by NASA of a plane crash simulation. The music is … Continue reading →

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My cello is itching!

Posted on December 16, 2009

While I’m still trying to finish my latest post on Lore and the Windrunner family, I found this little gem: Metallica’s ‘Nothing Else Matters’ played by four cellos. If you still have doubts about my theory (and I’m of course … Continue reading →

Posted in Happy Times inc. | Tagged apocalyptica, cellos, metallica, Nothing else matters, quatuor | 5 Comments

Lore for Dummies, myself included… (part 1)

Posted on December 2, 2009

Ever since I started playing World of Warcraft, I’ve had a thing for its Lore. I listen to many different podcasts about this game and I make a point to pay a lot of attention every time a Lore segment … Continue reading →

Posted in lore | Tagged azeroth, draenei, draenor, exodar, lore, sargeras, titans | 3 Comments

Lore, I am your master! Stop flirting with your sister!

Posted on November 30, 2009

After a couple of weeks of hard work, I finally got my Loremaster achievement and colors. Fortunately, I love questing so it wasn’t too much of a pain, not as bad as, for example, getting an epidural. More on that … Continue reading →

Posted in Achievements, lore, Uncategorized | Tagged demon hunters, illidan, kalimdor, leotheras, loremaster, thalipedes | 3 Comments

Elite Tauren Chieftains

Posted on November 8, 2009

A couple of days ago, some old friends and I wanted to get a feel of our old favorite instance Karazhan. I figured the fastest way to get there, was to use the Direbrew’s Remote and fly from Thorium Point … Continue reading →

Posted in Happy Times inc., Rock the Casbah, Uncategorized | Tagged grim guzzler, level 80 elite tauren chieftain, world of warcraft, wow | Leave a comment

More on classical music and warcraft

Posted on November 2, 2009

Just a quick update on my last post on the music of World of Warcraft. In a comment (the only one…) Mann said that his favorite music in the game is the Azuremyst Isle theme. I just checked it and … Continue reading →

Posted in Happy Times inc., Moody blues, Rock the Casbah, Uncategorized | Tagged cello, Duduk, Gorecki, Kol Nidrei, music, soundtrack, world of warcraft, wow | 1 Comment

Sounds of Warcraft

Posted on November 1, 2009

I’m a music lover and I absolutely adore most of the music in World of Warcraft. We owe it to great composers like Russell Brower, Jason Hayes, Tracy W. Bush, Derek Duke, Glenn Stafford and Neal Acree. Some people will … Continue reading →

Posted in Happy Times inc., Rock the Casbah | Tagged console commands, music, Russel Brower, soundfiles, world of warcraft, wow | 1 Comment

Hallow’s End treats FTW

Posted on October 26, 2009

Hallow’s End started over a week ago and I finally managed to get the squashling pet I needed for the meta-achievement. A couple of nights ago, while raiding, I made an interesting discovery. The buff from the Soothing Spearmint Candy and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged candies, food buff, hallow's end, world of warcraft, wow | Leave a comment