Beginner's Guides to Elder Scrolls Online

A nice overall guide to beginning play in Elder Scrolls Online.
http://www.usgamer.net/articles/elder-scrolls-online-beginners-guide-classes-racial-skills-crafting-and-lockpicking

Here's a table comparing the various racial bonuses.
http://elderscrollsonline.info/races

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Guild Wars 2: Data Visualization

Curious about the distribution of professions, races and skills in GW2?  Not to worry, Erik has build a visualization model current as of Sept. 22, 2012 (I think).
http://guildwars2viz.com

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Skyrim Initial Skill Bonuses by Race

The skill bonuses each race starts out with.
http://www.reddit.com/r/skyrim/comments/m0e2a/complete_list_of_skyrim_race_differences/

A list of all the skills with links to explanations of each.
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Skills

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WOW Head Database Improvements

WOW Head has added new filters and pages to their database.  This article lists and explains the new features.
http://www.wowhead.com/blog=153764

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Armory Data Mining Looks at Race and Class

The Armory Data Mining Site looks at the race and class distribution in WOW.  Bottom line:  No one likes trolls, especially troll warriors. Dwarf rogues aren't too popular, either.
http://armorydatamine.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/ebony-and-ivory/

UPDATE:  A guest stats person looks at the feral druids using modern statistical techniques to decide how many current players (probably just Level 80s) are bears and how many are cats.
http://armorydatamine.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/druid-cats-and-bears-again/

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WOW Cataclysm Leak and New Race/Class Combos Speculation

MMO Champion is researching what the next expansion pack for WOW (named Cataclysm) will be like. There are lore spoilers in this information so don't look if you don't want to know. I've posted the summary at WOW Insider but for the most information follow the link to the MMO Champion website. Most of this will be released publicly at BlizzCon apparently.

http://www.wow.com/2009/08/14/world-of-warcraft-cataclysm-leaked-by-mmo-champion/#continued

The possible new race and class combinations are discussed here. I can't say all this speculation on the next expansion pack or upcoming patch interests me terribly but here is the information for those who want to know.

http://www.wow.com/2009/08/14/new-race-class-combinations-datamined/#continued

Big Bear Butt has written an interesting reaction to the Cataclysm changes.

http://thebigbearbutt.com/2009/08/14/speculation-on-cataclysm/

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