A WOW Player's Guide to Final Fantasy 14

How the two games are the same and different.
http://www.massively.com/2010/09/20/a-world-of-warcraft-players-guide-to-final-fantasy-xiv/

WOW Head has a video and is trying to start a discussion on the comparison.
http://www.wowhead.com/blog=168781

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Combat Ratings (Level 85) for Cataclysm

Thanks to BobTurkey, I have a link to what Elitist Jerks has worked out as the combat ratings at Level 85 in Cataclysm.  This is based on the beta, mind.
http://elitistjerks.com/f15/t29453-combat_ratings_level_85_cataclysm/

Here's what ThinkTank thinks about these figures.
http://wowthinktank.blogspot.com/2010/09/generalcataclysm-ratings.html

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Assign Your Blame Properly: A Flow Chart

Thanks to the Melting Pot, I can share this article about how to properly assign blame for a wipe.
http://rootbranch.wordpress.com/2010/09/17/on-accountability/

Put your drink down before you click on the link and start reading.

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Running WOW on Linux: Installation

The Pot has the first in its series on playing WOW on a Linux machine.  This is about installation and shows screen shots, has commands and generally goes into things in depth.  Great article.  This is the introduction:
http://www.mmomeltingpot.com/2010/08/running-world-of-warcraft-under-linux-prologue/

And here's the installation article.  I'll update this as new articles are published about running WOW on Linux.
http://www.mmomeltingpot.com/2010/09/running-world-of-warcraft-under-linux-installation/

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Guild Chat Planned for Mobile Armory UPDATED

This costs extra and will be added to the regular Armory later.  whoopeehttp://wow.joystiq.com/2010/09/21/guild-chat-coming-to-the-mobile-armory-app/

When Kotaku mentioned this, they were less than enthusiastic and also wondered if the timing of the announcement had anything to do with ArenaNet's article about the same functionality.
http://kotaku.com/5644227/mobile-guild-chat-coming-to-world-of-warcraft

Here's how it works with ArenaNet in Guild Wars 2.
http://kotaku.com/5643811/staying-connected-to-guild-wars-2-on-the-go

ANOTHER UPDATE:  Blizzard announes new features for the Mobile Armory, including a 3-D model viewer, a screenshot mode, activity feeds, etc.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/09/22/wow-mobile-armory-gets-3-d-model-viewer-activity-feeds-and-more/

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Plants Versus Zombies Ripoff in Cataclysm

Thanks to Kotaku, I know that there's going to be a Plants versus Zombies mini game inside Cataclysm.  Here's a long video from the Cynical Brit site for those who want to see how it will work or who are curious about the original Plants versus Zombies game.
http://kotaku.com/5643666/plants-vs-zombies-now-in-your-world-of-warcraft

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Cataclysm Talent Calculators

I noticed a lot of folks are searching for Cataclysm talent calculators this week.  I can recommend two:  MMO Champion's and WOW Head's.  Choose the one that works best for you as each site has a good reputation for solid information.  But remember, this is based on beta information.  Things can and will change.
http://cata.wowhead.com/talent

http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?#

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A Guide for the New Level 80

Gevlon discovered a new guild member hadn't a clue about how to play his new Level 80 character, so he wrote a general guide.  Very helpful information from the Greedy Goblin!  I'd ignore the paying gold for helpful advice, though.  Goblins think like that but why pay when you can research things on this site (and others) for free?  Google is your friend, goblins are not.
http://greedygoblin.blogspot.com/2010/09/guide-to-genuine-new-players.html

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Frostwing Halls on 10- and 25-man Normal

How to get through Frostwing Halls in ICC on normal mode.
http://morrighan13.wordpress.com/2010/09/21/icc-10-and-25-man-normal-crib-sheet-the-frostwing-halls/

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