A Look Back (and Forward)

Wired has done a retrospective view of World of Warcraft (with videos) that lists the "seven most catastrophic" moments in the game.
http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2010/12/world-of-warcraft-catastrophes/

Blizzard is promoting Cataclysm here and there with interviews (Tom Chilton and Alex Afrasiabi in the link below)...
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/09/alex-afrasiabi-and-tom-chilton-on-cataclysm/

and with videos.  These show off the new zones for folks who want an orientation before they start exploring.
http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/709055/World-of-Warcraft-Cataclysm-Zone-Videos---Blizzard-Commentary-On-The-Secrets-Inside.html

Visit the lost zone of Zulgurub in this video made before Cataclysm removed it from the game.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/10/wow-moviewatch-in-memory-of-zulgurub/

Eurogamer wonders what will take WOW's place.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-12-08-what-can-topple-world-of-warcraft-article

How the new guild leveling system is going to destroy WOW.
http://www.mmomeltingpot.com/2010/12/bio-break-wow-guilds-are-going-to-suffer/

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Solo Runs Through Various Instances

I turned up quite a few solo run strategy articles this morning. First is Pike the Hunter's attempt to solo Attumen, the first boss in Karazhan, so she could get the Worgen Claw Necklace. She hasn't gotten through the instance yet, but she has tried some things and has other ideas outlined here.
http://www.aspectofthehare.net/2009/07/solo-artist.html

WOW Alone has gotten through Blood Furnace (Burning Crusade) by himself as a Level 80. I haven't found a mention of what character he used for this but his main character is a hunter.
http://wowalone.blogspot.com/2009/07/solo-ing-blood-furnace.html

And he has heard from Celebrandil who has given the steps to soloing Zulgurub and recommends using a gorilla as a pet, which means Celebrandil must be a hunter.
http://wowalone.blogspot.com/2009/07/celebrandils-tips-on-solo-ing-zulgurub.html

Rummaging through WOW Alone's blog, I see two more instances he's run by himself and documented--Scholomance (as a Level 80 hunter) and
http://wowalone.blogspot.com/search/label/solo%20dungeons

Hellfire Ramparts (also as a Level 80 hunter).
http://wowalone.blogspot.com/2009/06/solo-ing-hellfire-ramparts.html

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