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Battle.net Authenticator on Your iPhone!

Want to be the coolest person at your next WoW party? Then check out the free Battle.net authenticator application for the iPhone and iPod touch. Ditch that pesky keychain authenticator and go high tech with Blizzard’s newest security innovation**. The Battle.net authenticator application for the iPhone/iPod touch goes everywhere you go and doesn’t get misplaced or left at home like the keychain version. You might not need your keys, but you will always have your iPhone with you, right?

World of Warcraft security? There’s an app for that!

**Be sure to read the notes in the application description for a trouble free installation.

SteelSeries Releases AION Limited Edition Zboard

Following their line of WoW-themed gaming gear SteelSeries is releasing an AION-themed Zboard. It’s available now for pre-order ($19.99) It’s pretty…

-Christian

World of Warcraft Addiction or Demonic Possession?

Is this WoW addiction, or demonic possession?  Mogs.com does not have a priest to perform an exorcism, and we are not addiction specialists either, but we are pretty sure this kid needs some help.   This YouTube video really makes one wonder, WoW addiction, demonic possession, or perhaps both?  You be the judge.  Let us know what you think!

Dan@mogs.com

SWG Customization

This week I’m going to show you what can be done in SWG to customize your city and your gameplay experience.

These are some screenshots of a cool setup someone did with his city.

The ability to create custom content in SWG is really cool and you can’t do anything like it in any other game. Come and play everyone!

Mark

SWG PIMP

Netbook GAMING?

I’ve recently decided to sell my LAN box and in it’s place buy a new EEEPC 1000HE. Over the past few years, I’ve begun to do less PC gaming, more console gaming, and strayed away from larger machines. So I was after something very small and inexpensive with great battery life. The new 1000HE met all of these criteria; 10.1″ screen, Intel Atom N280, 160gb hard drive, upgradeable to 2gb of memory, weight around 3 lbs with the battery. Straight out of the box I swapped in a 2gb ram chip, installed Windows 7 and began tweaking it to my liking. I must say it’s very impressive for having only cost me $395 in total. It multitasks well, runs Aero, allows me to browse the web, and use chat programs, but how well does it game? Well as expected, it lacks in that department. The Intel 945 chipset isn’t known for mind blowing performance. However I did some research and discovered some very helpful tips and tools that have drastically increased framerates and allowed me to run games that would not run previously.

First: Download modded graphics drivers for the chipset, or manually mod them yourself if you’re savvy. They can be found at the link below along with everything else I am covering.

(http://intel9xx.moonfruit.com/)

Second: Download GMAbooster. By this point you should already see a performance increase.

Third: Overclock the N280 using SetFSB. In today’s world, overclocking is a simple task even for those who aren’t as tech-inclined as others. My 1000HE is currently clocked at 1.83ghz, up from the stock 1.67ghz ,with very little increase in heat or loss of battery life.

To run a few games that wouldn’t run under normal circumstances, use 3DAnalyze. There are other emulation programs discussed as well at the link I posted. These tools and tips are not exclusive to the EEEPC, one can use them on any netbook or laptop with the Intel 9XX chipset. On a side note, ReadyBoost works very well in Windows 7 with the 1000HE. I’m using a 4gb USB drive fully dedicated and I have a noticeable increase in application launch speed. If all you really wanted to know was, does WoW run well on a netbook? The answer is YES.

-Christian

Best Warcraft Machima. EVER.

It’s hard to believe in this day of playing Warcraft from your iPhone that there might still be a few lost souls who haven’t seen this greatest piece of Machinima known to man. “The Craft of War: Blind” by Percula has been floating around the internet for a while now, but apparently the video’s host (Vimeo) removed the video citing there terms of service against “game play footage”.

Well no worries, the video is back up and posted in all its glory. “Percula”, the creator, has crafted a short film filled with intense action that demonstrates his fantastic artistic ability. There is a lot of machinima out there that makes me giggle, or cringe, but this is the first Warcraft Video I have seen that really got me interested.

Jason

Celebrities Love Warcraft

Have you ever wondered about the guy, currently tanking your 25 man Naxx group, that you have raided with since release? Or maybe it’s 4:00 in the morning and you’re PvP’ing with a crazy 29 twink in Warsong Gulch. They probably don’t talk much in vent or have erratic play schedules, but when they are there they put the work in and get the job done.

Let’s face it, I’ve raided Warcraft since release and I have heard every “Can’t make it” and “Have to go” excuse in the book. Everything from “oh crap my cat is choking afk” to my favorite flat out router unplug. But then again, I haven’t raided with Steve Preeg or PvP’d with Mila Kunis.

What happens when your guild leader says “Sorry guys I can’t run Heroic Naxx tonight, I have to go pickup this Oscar thing at the Academy Awards”.

Steve Preeg has worked on the digital effects team of some pretty big movies, including the Lord of the Rings trilogy and I, Robot. The World of Warcraft guild he leads has cleared all WOTLK endgame content so far except Sartharion, and (current endgame aside) that’s pretty impressive. This year at the 81st Annual Academy Awards his small digital effects team took home Oscars in the visual effects category for the (incredibly creepy) work they did on Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, beating the other contenders, The Dark Knight and Iron Man.

Then there’s Mila Kunis, ohhhhhh Mila. You may remember her as Jackie from That 70′s Show or Meg from Family Guy. No? Maybe there’s a couple other little movies you might have heard of, Forgetting Sarah Marshal or Max Payne? Ahhh… Now you remember, that’s right, Mila Kunis.

She is Warcraft addicted. There I said it. She completely geeked out over World of Warcraft while promoting Max Payne last year on Jimmy Kimmel and not only does she play, but she runs a twink in the 19-29 battlegrounds and looks incredibly cute talking about it.

She’s currently dating Macaulay Culkin and he has an 80 paladin or something, but forget about that. Mila, he can’t PvP like I can. “Home Alone” can bring it, 19-29, 80, or if he wants to get crazy.. I have a level 1 twink bank alt I’ve been working on. Just let me know.

Google tells me that other celebrity World of Warcraft players include Dave Chappelle, William Shatner, Jay Mohr, Matt and Trey Parker, and Robin Williams.

The Titans of Eve

Over the years we have heard customers speak of the Titan ships in Eve Online.  I jumped into the game finally, and though a noob, what a fascinating game this is.  Certainly not for the intellectually challenged.  If you are a moron you may want to back out now and hook up some old school paddles from the late 70’s and pong yourself to stardom.  As I started my adventure in Eve, I was so curious about the Titans I started looking them up and even got some help from a customer who knows his EVE.  Anyway, to make a potentially long blog short, here are the four races and their respectful Titans.  I also thought a quick image of a Doomsday device being used by a Titan would be interesting.  Each Titan has a Doomsday device and each is unique.  I’d love to hear your thoughts on these ships or if you have more images please send them to dan@mogs.com.

Amarr Titan Avatar

Caldari Titan Leviathan

Gallente Titan Erebus

Minmatar Titan Ragnarok

Doomsday Device Preparing to Fire

I'm Still Addicted to Left 4 Dead

Zombies, shotguns, and a hundred more screaming flesh hungry zombies.  What could be better?  It’s no lie that I’m an FPS fanatic, but even if you aren’t that into the genre, I believe Left 4 Dead is enjoyable for all.  A simple no-brainer (see what I did there?) arcade style shoot ‘em up from Valve, the creators of Half-Life.  Left 4 Dead was released for PC on November 18th, 2008, so if you haven’t picked it up yet and you enjoy a good FPS, then don’t miss out on this one.

Left 4 Dead Walkthrough: Dead Air 4: The Terminal – Expert Gameplay – HD

Dan at Mogs Top 20 Predictions 2009

1. Mark at Mogs.com will be caught on video battling a figment of his imagination with a light saber.
2. Millions of WoW players will lose their minds and start jogging across the countryside in search of their bodies.
3. Star Trek Online will be a smash hit!
4. Larney at Mogs.com will win a world spelling bee championship!
5. Elvis will be sighted at Blizzcon 2009.
6. A super volcano will erupt somewhere in the United States.  Side note: Mogs has noticed a bulge in their floor.
7. Josh at Mogs.com will win the Orc lookalike contest.
8. VLA will be founded in Akron, Ohio.  Virtual Life Anonymous.
9. Justin at Mogs.com will go on a shooting spree believing the world is infested with zombies and he is in fact power leveling himself.
10. Gilbert Godfrey will hijack Ventrilo and become know as “The Voice of Ventrilo”
11. Blizzard will unveil a new epic mount known as the Luminescent Rhino of Doom.
12. Snorks will make a massive comeback and someone will claim they are messengers of Satan and the blow tube on their head is an instrument of Evil.
13. An MMO based under the water will come to light.  The infamous Seahorse of Fiery Wrath will be among the end game monsters.
14. It will come to light that the creators of the Smurfs ate one too many magic mushrooms.
15. Dan at Mogs.com will spontaneously combust while explaining to a customer that gold is not delivered to anyone’s home address.
16. Andrew Dice Clay becomes a motivational speaker.
17. A Titan ship emerges over the skies of Phoenix, Arizona and contact is made.
18. Mogs.com starts having contests with gold, gil and isk prizes!
19. Two mounted customers, believing they are Death Knights, approach the Mogs headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio and unleash death and decay, calling locust type monsters down upon an unsuspecting CSR while he is eating his fruit loops.
20. The kid that survived a dreaded Moose attack with knowledge he picked up from playing a hunter in World of Warcraft gets perma-morphed into a sheep.  Check out the article: http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/12/boy-survives-mo.html