"Can I bring my rechargable power bank the shape of the greatest orc warriors Orgrim's Doomhammer on a plane?" asks Itaku on Twitter.
"We're glad you asked," replies AskTSA, an official account of the Transportation Security Administration. "Replica weapons, even those belonging to Horde Chieftains, must be packed in checked bags."
@Itaku We’re glad you asked. Replica weapons, even those belonging to Horde Chieftains, must be packed in checked bags.
— AskTSA (@AskTSA) April 21, 2017
Indiana cops caught a fugitive by getting Blizzard to turn over the IP address from which he was playing World of Warcraft:
Howard County, Indiana Sheriff Department Deputy Matt Roberson tracked down fugitive Alfred Hightower via the hugely popular massively multiplayer online game. Hightower was wanted on several counts of drug dealing but had fled the country to Canada.
After finding out Hightower was a WoW fan, Roberson sent a subpoena to the game's maker, Blizzard Entertainment. With the information they sent back, Roberson was able to pinpoint the perp's location.
WOW: Fugitive Caught via World of Warcraft
(Thanks, Marilyn!)
Previously: Man "wins" World of Warcraft Boing Boing Your World of Warcraft toon on a poster Boing Boing World of Warcraft as everyday life in China - Boing Boing Giant World of Warcraft tankard - Boing Boing Gamerkitsch Warcraft steins - Boing Boing World of World of Warcraft: the future of gaming - Boing Boing Pacifist Warcraft player trying to hit the top without killing ... Warcraft Identity of Obama's FCC Transition Team Co-Chair Revealed ... Read the restA 16-year-old boy in Ontario, Canada, says he met and fell in love with a 42-year Texas mother of four while playing World of Warcraft. Their chats were sexually explicit, she flew to Toronto, he snuck off there to meet her and escape in her rented car. He's home now, and reportedly playing WoW again. The response from parents and police seems remarkably mellow. Would things have been handled differently if genders/ages were reversed? Read the rest
A Taiwanese World of Warcraft player has "completed" the game, having scored all 986 achievements. To accomplish this remarkable feat, he "killed 390,895 creatures, accumulated 7,255,538,878 points of damage, completed 5,906 quests (that's 14.62 quests per day, apparently), raided 405 dungeons and hugged 11 players."
Man 'finishes' World of Warcraft
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Ted sez, "This website allows you to create posters of WoW characters. The company allows you to use a variety of backgrounds and designs, as well as inserting a character (in their currently loaded) armor into the poster, with pets and all (this is a big deal to hunters). Paper is high quality stuff."
(Thanks, Ted!)
Previously: World of Warcraft and Philsophy - Boing Boing London mapped in Warcraft II style - Boing Boing Giant World of Warcraft tankard - Boing Boing World of Warcraft as everyday life in China - Boing Boing World of World of Warcraft: the future of gaming - Boing Boing Should employers discriminate against World of Warcraft players ... FCC commissioner: Warcraft is a "leading cause" of college ... Read the rest
