Battle.net Changes Again
Just short of the release of StarCraft II, the website component of Battle.net has undergone yet another facelift, both in terms of look and basic functionality. Gone is the “bluish” […]
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RealID Backpedal: What Did We Learn?
If you read my other posts on this topic, you probably know that I was pretty ambivalent about the announced and recently retracted requirement of real name usage on the official Blizzard […]
RealID Security Issues are Overblown
I was alarmed to read quite a sensational headline on WoW.com yesterday: “Security flaw allows addons to expose full real life names without user permission.” After familiarizing myself with the […]
Real ID, Trollsbane
As Blizzard announced back at BlizzCon ’09, Battle.net is seeing updates as it moves to Battle.net 2.0. Patch 3.3.5 brought us Real ID, the new way to connect with close […]
Don’t See RealID? Check Parental Controls
I was dismayed to find the new RealID feature was not working for me when I installed patch 3.3.5. There were a few others with the problem, but not many. […]
Starcraft 2 Beta Patch 13 and Situation Report
There is quite a doozy of a patch coming to Starcraft 2 in the coming weeks. It adds a lot of social features (including map publishing and Facebook integration), interface […]
WoW PTR 3.3.5: First Look at New Social Options
The first round of testing for WoW’s Patch 3.3.5 was, not unexpectedly, disjointed and, at times, impossible to even connect. But regardless of that, I had at least a little […]
Blizzard Reminds You To Opt-In For Cataclysm Beta
Blizz sent out a friendly reminder today that, if you care to participate in the upcoming Cataclysm beta, you better get your patoot over to your Battle.net account page and […]