Anne Stickney

Today's list of hotfixes is pretty short, but there are a few major issues that have been addressed. The Iron Maiden's health has been reduced by 25% on Raid Finder difficulty, which should reduce the length of the encounter. In addition, events in Ashran are no longer on individual timers -- events are now randomly selected at regular intervals.

A new short story has been released on the official website. The Code of Rule, by Ryan Quinn, gives us one of those chunks of lore we were missing from the development of Warlords of Draenor's story -- how exactly the ogres of Highmaul allied with the Iron Horde in the first place.

Tonight I finally got my hands on the one music roll I've been adamant about hunting down -- Legends of Azeroth, the music from the original login screen.

Slightly Impressive has released a new video that manages to squarely hit the nostalgia button -- well, for me anyway.

Blizzard's latest Community Spotlight features an interview with Brandi "Py" Wilson, winner of the BlizzCon 2014 Costume Contest.

One of the best memories of Burning Crusade was that one time I figured out how to fly upside down. I nearly made myself motion sick but it was totally worth it.

Oblivious Films has returned with, appropriately enough, another episode of The Grind Returns -- this time, featuring a nemesis every World of Warcraft player who has been playing for any length of time is well acquainted with.

On the one hand, deciding an appropriate age for your orc may seem like a simple task -- they have lifespans similar to humans, after all. However, orcs are deceptively complicated, largely due to aging hijinks with the original Horde.

Blackrock Foundry LFR has been an interesting experience — far more so than Highmaul, which was kind of fun in terms of flavor, but not so much with the fights. I liked Kargath’s bout, I enjoyed Tectus and his sonorous pronouncements, but most of the fights were kind of forgettable. Not so with the Foundry. I love Hans’gar and Franzok, and yesterday I finally got to experience Operator Thogar, which I also really enjoyed. Trains are fun and there should be more of them. You know what else is fun? Answering questions. Let’s do that!

Although she's not necessarily heavily involved with Draenor, Jaina Proudmoore, leader of the Kirin Tor, has made her presence known. And her current behavior is slightly confusing to those that have read the novel War Crimes, but not necessarily out of character.