Wait, what? Female worgen? In Grizzly Hills? NOW?!
Well… kind of. Watch on for more.
This is my first time seeing this content, and I was obviously surprised. What about you, readers — had these “female worgen” slipped past your own radar, too?
Posts Tagged ‘character model’
Deathwing’s Reputation Versus His Size: An Argument for a HUGE Character Model
29 May 2010 | 19 Comments » | Mordil
As we all have seen both here at LoreHound and prolifically around the web in the last couple of weeks, the WoW Cataclysm Friends and Family Alpha has been launched, and subsequently leaked.
MMO-Champion led the frenzy by posting hundreds of screenshots from zones all over the post-cataclysmic Azeroth. Shortly thereafter, Blizzard ordered that the information be taken down — but not before it already had made its rounds all over the intertubes, and into the thirsty minds of players everywhere. And dominating right at the very top of that list was the model for Deathwing himself.
We’ve heard a ton of feedback, both here and elsewhere around the web, on what the WoW community feels about the model. One of the interesting aspects of reading through some of these comments is coming to the conclusion that people are really split on how they want this specific figurehead to be portrayed, and even to a certain degree idolized in-game.
From what Blizzard has released, we still know nothing about the final fight with Deathwing (and the raid probably is just in the idea phase of design, anyways). We know nothing of the mechanics involved, nor of what Deathwing’s model could mean during the final battle. But regardless, that doesn’t stop plenty of people from already speculating on what could come to be.
Blizzard: Paving the Way for Female Werewolves Everywhere
25 May 2010 | 7 Comments » | pixiestixy
By now, we’ve probably all seen the character models that Blizzard, at long last, released this month showcasing the female worgen. They’re still lacking hairstyles, but regardless those models, I must say, look quite sharp.
So, why did it take so long for Blizzard to release any information on what the female model looks like? Well, certainly part of that has to do with building up anticipation for Cataclysm, but I suspect part of it also has to deal with the fact that they’re dealing with a subject that has been largely ignored in popular culture.
Werewolves have been terrorizing people in folklore with their super-human size and strength, not to mention fangs and claws, for hundreds of years. The phenomenon of their transformation from man to wolf still remains pervasive in pop culture today — but that’s just the issue at hand. The transformation usually is from man to wolf, yet rarely woman to wolf.
Let’s poke at some of these pop culture references, take a look at a thesis for the reasoning of why this is and talk a bit more about Blizzard’s role behind the cut.
