Screenshot post: Introducing Bryn

If for some reason you’ve read the about page here at Mysterious Buttons you might remember that one of the goals of the blog was to get the viewpoint of someone who was not only new to WoW, but new to gaming. Provided I could persuade her. Well, I don’t want to tempt fate too… Continue reading Screenshot post: Introducing Bryn

Clever spammer, have a biscuit

Hmm. Checking my spam queue the other day I found these two plausible-looking posts. When I read the first, I almost reflexively hit the “approve” button before two things happened. Firstly, the comment seemed very familiar. Eerily so. Secondly, my eyes tracked down the page and I spotted the second, identical post from a different… Continue reading Clever spammer, have a biscuit

Wanted: raiding guild for brand-new raider

UPDATE TO THE PREFACE: Gah, I forgot I’d scheduled this. I’ve now exchanged emails with a couple of lovely people, so to be completely clear, this is more joke than an actual want ad. PREFACE: I wrote this at the same time I wrote yesterday’s oh-noes-I-must-find-a-new-guild post, and thought I’d post it a day or… Continue reading Wanted: raiding guild for brand-new raider

Need food badly from Rock Paper Shotgun

I’ll say this up front: you really don’t have any excuse for not reading Rock Paper Shotgun. If you play WoW, you are by definition a PC gamer (yes, even you Applecores) and there is no finer PC gaming website than RPS. If you’ve not visited before, stop reading now and go. Actually, no, wait… Continue reading Need food badly from Rock Paper Shotgun

Molten Core

First up: In what seems to be an inevitable turn of events, the moment I say “it’s not happening, it’s time for me to leave” there are signs of life within my current guild. There is a reply to the forum post! People are making noises in /g about current content. Perhaps Alas is right:… Continue reading Molten Core