• Rested XP (11/15/24): Housing, Refreshes, and Warcraft Direct
    Nov 16 2024

    When is player housing coming to World of Warcraft? This past week's Warcraft Direct not only celebrated the 30th anniversary of the IP but gave a look at the future of the MMORPG. Join Will as he talks it over, discusses his lack of interest in WoW Classic, and waxes poetic about punching goblins.

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    29 mins
  • The Boss Fights of the Sunwell Plateau Raid
    May 5 2024

    The season finale for The Burning Crusade appears and Will Harrison returns with all the World of Warcraft lore you could want, this time talking about the Sunwell Plateau, the Sunwell Offensive, and how a character only found in a manga suddenly became the most important lore figure ever... At least for a few minutes.


    Oh, and Kalecgos is a sad boy.


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    34 mins
  • Gnomes, Gnomality, and Gnomeregan
    Jan 24 2024

    Join Will for the first episode of 2024, as he delves into the depth of the Gnomish capital to ask the question: Why did everyone forget about the Gnomes of World of Warcraft?

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    27 mins
  • Holidays, Stories, and Cheer
    Dec 25 2023

    Join Will on this holiday-tinged episode as he reads a story from the 'Fairy Tales of Azeroth' hardcover book collection and prepares to return to work in January.

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    37 mins
  • Rested XP (12/11/23): A Season of Discovery
    Dec 11 2023

    Will returns, giving an update on the next episode while also talking about the WoW Classic Season of Discovery and the two new Alliance capital cities coming in the next retail patch. So many cities.

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    20 mins
  • Rested XP (11/13/23): Dreams, Pineapples, and Book Clubs
    Nov 14 2023

    BlizzCon is over but that doesn't mean the World of Warcraft news stops there! Join Will this week as he talks about the 10.2 Emerald Dream patch, the upcoming Amirdrassil raid release, and a raid training minigame called Pineapplassil that you won't want to miss.

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    17 mins
  • Metzen, WorldSouls, and Endings - A BlizzCon WoW The War Within expansion talk
    Nov 4 2023

    Join Will as he talks about the day that was in BlizzCon 2023 announcements, with three new World of Warcraft expansions coming via the WorldSoul Saga and how we're heading deep, deep underground.


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    22 mins
  • Rested XP (10/30/23): BlizzCon, Speculation, and Tall Dwarves
    Oct 30 2023

    The Forsaken episode is out and Will is back with yet another dose of WoW news for your week. He's talking about BlizzCon 2023 speculation, rumors of the next WoW expansion, and why Heroes of the Storm isn't dead yet.

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    23 mins