Dan

"I personally remember a day when heroic throw (and the silence on it) didn't exist. Protection warriors did just fine."

Thing is back in the days you recall, people used crowd control etc. Tanks rarely tanked more than 1 or 2 mobs at a time. Now days tanks are expected to tank 4+ mobs at a time. As mentioned if you suddenly have 2 casters in 1 group and want to group them together this silence is so essential.

I've been pugging the new heroics almost every day since it came out on my shaman and as tanks quickly become confident in how to handle the new stuff the need for me to heal constantly is reduced. Even if I didn't have the free time a interupt here or there means less healing to do anyway.

Same with grounding totem, I'll often just pop a grounding down on a large group of casters knowing that one of those casts is going to hit and hurt the tank or even a dps. Doesn't take much to pop a grounding totem then chuck the normal air totem back down after it. So much variety in the shamans spellbook, shame not to utilise them.

Had to switch it off. I'd rather hear some1 adapt the song to their range or hire some1 who can actually sing than to go overboard with auto-tune. That sounded horrible and was probably a well written funny song otherwise.

Yay finally a contest not restricted by location. I still won't hold my breath though :D

Seriously power auras is infinitely useful. Have a wonderful setup on my shaman courtesy of "suicidalkatt" who put together "theultimateshaman UI" package.

One important thing I added to it which is helpful to any spell caster is a big warning with a sounds effect to warn if a target has "spell reflect" up. Simple to setup and very very handy when your about to pound a massive lava burst on a target.

Overall it makes tracking buffs and debuffs on yourself and targets a lot easier as it's often pretty difficult to glance through the tons of buffs that can be active during raids/pvp. Can take a lot of time to set up but totally worth it and I enjoy wow a lot more with it.

Is it too early in the episode to guess cancer? Lets get Wilson anyway

Haha yes I'm so glad someone posted the "Mitchell & Webb Look" video. Love it!

They're doing 2 deals. This Dark Corners pack comes with 7 new maps and is 1200. Alternatively I believe the 2nd pack is 1600 and includes both the Snowblind & Combustible pack aswell as the new Dark Corner pack.

"I can't see Project Natal ever moving beyond the sort of mini-games/tech demos shown in that video."

I don't think the Wii has even moved beyond the mini-games/tech demos it originally created, just repackaged them in slightly varying colours.

My dislike fro the wii aside, I agree with most points that yeh it looks rather optimistic and I'm doubtful it'll have any particular impact on gaming as we know it, much like the eyetoy and similar attempts at changing the way we play (except the wii ofcourse).

So happy with this. Hope the stream quality will atleast be a bit better than BBC's live stream. If it does end up with an HD option I will be subscribing instantly.