Last week in Warcraft: October 6th - Oct 12th

Joystiq's MMO-addled sister site WoW Insider strives to bring you the most up-to-date news and information on the World of Warcraft every day. But for those of you who don't stop by on a daily basis, we've broken down the most interesting and exciting topics of the past week into bite-sized pieces for easier digestion. Don't play World of Warcraft? Never fear -- we'll return you to your regularly scheduled Joystiq programming right after this message.

• Noncombat companions and you
  They won't help you fight, but do you have a favorite noncombat pet?

• Four wheels of fury!
  Toyota meets World of Warcraft

• Brewfest screenshots
  See the Brewfest without that pesky hangover

• All the World's a Stage
  David talks about how to give your RP character

• Using WoW to teach children values
  Robin discusses how you can use WoW to teach your kids

• Leveling improvements for patch 2.3
  Want to catch up to your friends in Outland? Patch 2.3 is going to help you out.

• /silly: Time for Plan B
  WoW Insider's own comic goes over some of the problems with pets

• Patch 2.2.3 is live!
  Patch 2.2.3 hits the live realms with a handful of bug fixes

• WoW Insider interviews Hugh Hancock and Johnnie Ingram
  Mike chats with the two authors of Machinima for Dummies

• Do pricy mounts support goldsellers?
  If Blizzard wants goldsellers to go away, should they try to remove the reasons we need the gold?

• What's the most boring class?
  We all have our favorite classes -- but what about our least favorite classes?

• The return of Varian Wrynn
  Is Varian Wrynn, the King of Stormwind, coming back to us?

• Patch 2.3 on the PTRs
  It's the biggest patch yet!

• Surprises in Patch 2.3
  We knew a lot about the patch before it hit the PTRs, but there were still some surprises!