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Anne Stickney

Anne Stickney @Shadesogrey — Anne Stickney knows entirely too much about World of Warcraft lore, and would like to tell you all about it. Currently ensconced somewhere in the mountains of Colorado, Anne is the co-author of the World of Warcraft: Ultimate Visual Guide, as well as the author of the World of Warcraft Annual 2015, and the World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Strategy Guide.


The Queue: Let’s make some happy trees

Welcome back to The Queue, the Q&A column for all things Blizzard related. If you have a question for the Queue, leave a comment and you may see it answered!

Does anyone else kind of wish clicking the easel opened some kind of MS Paint interface in which we could paint our own garrison artwork? No? Maybe? …you’re right, we’d probably end up with a lot of really tasteless “art” screenshots flying around.


Know Your Lore: Welcome to the machine

What I really enjoyed about Welcome to the Machine is that for a moment it took you out of that role of adventuring hero, and put you in the NPC position. It was an amazing, wonderful, weird quest, and I still consider it one of the highlights of the Cataclysm expansion. As much as I love the quest, though, I didn't really want an entire expansion of it.

The Queue: Sometimes I miss Cairne

Welcome back to The Queue, the Q&A column for all things Blizzard related. If you have a question for the Queue, leave a comment and you may see it answered!

I found it kind of sad but sort of nice that even though Cairne is gone, his ghost was updated with the new tauren model in time for Children’s Week earlier this month. I also found it really weird that I was still taking my orphan to go witness Cairne’s funeral several years after it actually happened, but we’ll just ignore that one. Question time!


Role Play: Roleplaying addons

If you've got your character set and you're ready to begin roleplaying in game, you might want to take a moment to look for roleplaying addons. While you wouldn't think addons would be a requirement of roleplaying, of all things, there are actually several options out there that serve as incredibly useful tools.

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