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WRUP: Gesundheit
Welcome back to Massively's What Are You Playing, the game where we tell you what we're playing this weekend and you try to convince us that H1Z1 doesn't sound like a four-syllable sneeze. Seriously, say it aloud. It could give Final Fantasy XI: Treasures of Aht Urhgan and EverQuest: The Legacy of Ykesha a run for their money.
WRUP: PAX to the future
Busy, busy weekend. No time. Go play games! What's everyone playing this weekend?
WRUP: Well, that's just like your opinion
This has been a week for opinions. Lots of things happening; new patches, jokes, games on platforms, and a partridge in a pear tree. And while bloggers should have opinions, there's sometimes a wide diaspora about what we even having bother having opinions about! With that in mind, when we asked our intrepid team what they're playing this weekend, we asked them to also tell us about their favorite opinion right now. Anne Stickney (@Shadesogrey) This weekend is going to be spent giving those patch notes a closer look, doing a heck of a lot of writing, and watching baseball games with my Dad - woohoo, baseball season is here! That said, uh ... I guess at the moment my opinion on the Rockies is that they seem to have a fairly solid hitting team, but man their closing pitchers could use some work. Some of them are good, some of them are ... not. I'm sort of hoping it was just opening week nerves on their part. Despite that, I'm still hoping they have a better season than last year. ... I can always hope, anyway. Right?
WRUP: What is it about bobbleheads
Welcome back to Massively's What Are You Playing, the game where we tell you what we're playing this weekend and you tell us how bobbleheads make people with unusually fat heads really sad. Or just fly around in circles in Rata Sum giggling and photobombing screenshots. Whichever works.
WRUP: Days of future PAX
PAX East 2014 is next weekend and the Joystiq crew is going to be so, so busy with panels. Please join us! What's everyone playing this weekend? [Image: Shutterstock]
WRUP: Impressions on the Heroes of the Storm
It's time for another weekend, and the news is still dry as a desert. Unfortunately, we've already made up fake news. We've made up haikus. But not all is lost: we're seeing news and experiences from Heroes of the Storm. So while it's a tiny diversion from WoW, we asked your intrepid WoW Insider staff about their feelings on HotS at this point. It's looking pretty sexy and I can't wait to play it for reals. What about you, dear reader? Are the heroes keeping you afloat while we all wait patiently for WoD?
WRUP: The artist formerly known as EQN Landmark
Welcome back to Massively's What Are You Playing, the game where we tell you what we're playing this weekend and you tell us how you're as relieved as we are that EverQuest Next Landmark finally ditched the huge and unwieldy brand name and shortened itself to just Landmark. Also is that Pikachu? And you thought you had only to worry about phallic symbols.
WRUP: Virtual insanity
It's what we're living in. What's everyone playing this weekend?
WRUP: You won't believe these incredibel WoW headlines
It's been a slow week. Month? Let's just say: the news hasn't been rolling in like we'd hope. So your intrepid WoW Insider staff took matters in our own hands and took a page from other news organizations. If there's no news worth telling, then we'd just make it up. Keep reading below. You won't believe what we uncovered. (That isn't true.) Adam Holisky (@adamholisky) I'm working to get all the pets I need up level 25 to do the Celestial Tournament. Only about 12 more pets to go... Fake Headline:World of Warcraft players to have their real names displayed in-game
WRUP: Gratuitous marketing ploys
Welcome back to Massively's What Are You Playing, the game where we tell you what we're playing this weekend and you tell us how sideboob is totally relevant to the marketing of an MMO strategy game. These are the people who made ArcheAge, folks.
WRUP: GDC OUT
We hope you've enjoyed our coverage of GDC 2014! We're now going to spend the evening playing Towerfall on a couch. What's everyone playing this weekend?
WRUP: Just a little haiku
Some say that haiku is done. That as an internet art form, the haiku has been beaten to death and left on the roadside. But we few, we happy few, we band of bloggers, say that there is yet a little life one can drag free from the beaten style and left to your enjoyment. So this weekend, we've offered you not only the games that we will be playing. We also offer a bit of our souls in the form of a few poems. Make sure you don't miss out on Rossi's epic lyrics, in particular. I think they'll please even the most hardened prose addict. But what about you, dear reader? What will you be playing this weekend? We'd like to know. Leave a comment below so that we may know a little more about your deepest, darkest soul. We're curious, and we promise not to tell your family.
WRUP: Geopolitical conspiracies
Welcome back to Massively's What Are You Playing, the game where we tell you what we're playing this weekend and you tell us how the ArcheAge IP-blocking fiasco is part of a grand geopolitical conspiracy related to Russian politics in Eurasia and not just, you know, the relatively petty squabbles of international video games conglomerates. Also, give us ArcheAge.
WRUP: GDC 2014 incoming
Next week is the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. It's the first of the year's big conferences and we'll be there covering what is sure to be a deluge of independent titles. It's not all indies, as major publishers like Epic, WB, Sony and Microsoft also have a few surprises planned. What's everyone playing this weekend? [Image: Shutterstock]
WRUP: Good news everybody!
When you say news around here, you frequently get a wide variety of results. After all, we're a WoW news site, and it's easy to assume were talking about in-game news. But, sometimes, recent world events are so troubling that we might be talking about those affairs. Or we might be talking about some personal news. After all, "news" is a big word. So when we asked your intrepid WoW Insider staff what they thought of the news this week, we got some surprising answers. Kick back with a bottle of your favorite legal beverage, and join us in the freshest installment of WRUP: What R U Playing? Leave a comment below and let us know as well; we love hearing what our fellow players plan to do with their weekends.
WRUP: Fat chocobo secretly hates you
Welcome back to Massively's What Are You Playing, the game where we tell you what we're playing this weekend and you tell us that you really, really need a fat chocobo to ride and nothing else will do. We're sure you're planning to ride it, not to put it in a fat microwave and see whether the Peep experiment scales up. For science.
WRUP: Censored in Europe
Much like South Park: The Stick of Truth, this post has been censored in Europe. It contains lewd acts, vulgar language and other stuff that just isn't appropriate for anyone but dirty birds. Whoops, turns out we can't do regional posts, so this is now censored for everyone. Sorry, all. What's everyone playing this weekend?
WRUP: We band of bloggers
Sometimes, words fail. And so as we wrap up this WRUP, and ask your intrepid WoW Insider staff what they're playing this weekend, we turn to the bard for some paraphrased inspiration: This story shall the good player teach his newbs; And BlizzCon or expansion shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the World (of Warcraft), But WoW Insider shall be remember'd; We few, we happy few, we band of bloggers; For you to-day that writes your posts with me Shall be my brother; be your words ne'er so vile, This day shall recommend your writing: And new players in real life now a-bed Shall think themselves accursed they were not here, And hold their epics cheap whiles any speaks That wrote with us upon WoW Insider's page! And with that, let's just get straight into it.
WRUP: You're doing it wrong
Welcome back to Massively's What Are You Playing, the game where we tell you what we're playing this weekend and you tell us how we're doing it wrong. This week, we're bidding a fond farewell to some (but not all!) legendary Massively staffers thanks to budget cuts across the AOL Tech and Joystiq networks, so today's WRUP will celebrate the Massively crew, past and present. Clanket sold separately.
WRUP: The end of #4iF
And here we are at the end of Four in February. How'd you do? What's everyone playing this weekend?
