World of Warcraft: Turtle Mounts and More!
December 9, 2006 | 134 Comments
There are a few unique items in World of Warcraft which can only be acquired through the new World of Warcraft Tradin Card Game. If you get one of these uber rare cards, you are presented with a scratch off area which will reveal a code. You can the redeem this code.
The code sets the item up to be received from Landro Longshot at the Booty Bay docks in Stranglethorn Vale. Very cool.
There are three items you may get:
- Landro Longshot (~$20)
- Thunderhead Hippogryph Hatchling (~$50)
- Saltwater Snapjaw (Turtle) Mount (shown) (~150)
If you fail to get one of these special items in a deck, you will get UDE points, which you can save up to buy any of these items:
- Tabard of the Frost (2,000 points ~$12)
- Fireworks Trinket (10,000 points ~$59)
- Ogre Disguise (25,000 points ~$150)
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Ultimate Iron Man
February 7, 2006 | 2 Comments
When I found out Orson Scott Card was writing Ultimate Iron Man, I had to check it out.
Card is without compare my favorite author. His portrayal of children as intelligent full characters captured me at a young age. Many other authors leave children as one-dimensional after thoughts. Used to build character of others, but with none of their own. In fact, his character development is fantastic all around.
Anyway, it was no surprise that Card decided to begin his Ultimate Iron Man series with Tony Stark as a child. Stark was always just a rich snob with a fancy suit to me. Card made him a gifted child with unique abilities. This portrayal of Iron Man made him have neural tissue distributed throughout his body, not just in his head, giving him the advantage of great intellect, but this was coupled with suffering. His entire body hurt constantly, like having second degree burns all over.
Card take Stark through to early adulthood when he gets his first taste of alcohol, setting the ground work for his alcoholism. Apparently, the distributed neural tissue greatly enhances the effects and adds some relief to the constant pain. I’m a bit uncomfortable with this justification of his alcoholism…
Anyway I look at it though, this is the first time Iron Man has ever been made interesting to me. This series gets two thumbs up from me.
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