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When not enjoying the quests that Northrend has to offer, there are plenty of dungeons to pillage and loot. During the journey from level 70 to 80, there are over 10 different 5 man dungeons to conquer, ranging from the ancient Nerubian kingdom of Azjol-Nerub, to the ice troll capital of Gundrak. In addition to having the ability to run all of these dungeons again at level 80 in heroic difficulty, Wrath launches with four larger raid dungeons. Naxxramas, the frozen dread citadel which served as the hardest raid in the original WoW, makes a return as the entry level raid dungeon in Wrath. Both the Obsidian Sanctum and the Eye of Eternity offer players the chance to challenge powerful dragons, and the Vault of Archavon is only available to players who control the PvP zone of Wintergrasp. The newest feature regarding raiding in Wrath is the ability for players to do these raids in either a 10 or 25 man group. This new feature is a welcome addition to the game, as it will allow a much larger amount of players to be able to experience the end game content.

Apart from the dungeons and raids of level 80, Wrath also offers a whole slew of player versus player content. The aforementioned PvP zone known as Wintergrasp is an entire non-instanced zone in Northrend dedicated to PvP. The new battleground, Strand of the Ancients, offers players combat on a smaller scale in an attack and defend type map, styled after the D-Day offensives. Both Wintergrasp and Strand of the Ancients feature all new siege vehicles, such as tanks and catapults, and offer a whole new layer of strategic depth in PvP. With Arena Season 5 starting on December 16th, there is more than enough PvP content in Wrath to satisfy both the casual and hardcore PvPers.

The appeal of Northrend may be great, but there is one reason not to hop on a zeppelin or boat as soon as you log into the game, and that the brand new hero class: the death knight. The death knight is a plate wearing class that can both dps and tank, and automatically starts at level 55 as long as you have a pre-existing level 55 character. The death knight is unique in that they don use mana or rage like other classes, but they use a new resource system using runes. There is a rune type for each of their talent trees: unholy, frost and blood, and as death knights exhaust these runes, they build up runic power used to power other abilities.

The Death Knights starting zone is also really enjoyable. As soon as you log in to your new hero class, it will be hard to miss the hulking presence of Arthas himself standing in front of you. The story of the death knight rise and fall is definitely worth experiencing, even if you don plan to level your death knight all the way to 80. The class is really fun, and significantly different from any other class in the game at the moment. Since Blizzard has stated that the death knight is their first hero class, we can only assume that more will be on the way in future expansions. It may be too early to tell whether or not the class is perfectly balanced, but so far, the class seems finely tuned. Utilizing an assortment of powerful diseases and excelling in melee combat, the death knight is a powerful class that will be enjoyed by all.

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the virtues of virtual worlds

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Part 1 of this two-part series examines the virtues of virtual worlds as research environments. This final part looks at some of the types of experiments that are being conducted in the metaverse.

Universities and government agencies, even a few private corporations, are going all "mad scientist" on us in the realm of virtual worlds. But why are they experimenting there and why are so many drawn to virtual worlds like a dying man to a priest?

"As a new part of the real world, virtual worlds are like the utopian communes and artistic movements of the 1960s: a flowering of creativity and exploration of alternate ways of life that may eventually reshape all other dimensions of reality," William Sims Bainbridge, program director in human-centered computing at the National Science Foundation (NSF) told LinuxInsider. He is known as "Catullus" on "World of Warcraft" ("WoW"), and he conducted the first full scientific conference on "WoW." He expects to soon publish "sober, scholarly essays" on the basis of the discussions held in that conference.

Civilization Study
Bainbridge's book will hit shelves in late 2009. "It is a study of the civilization of 'World of Warcraft,' examined as if it were real -- and it IS real -- using classical sociological theories and methods," he explained. To do this research, Bainbridge created 22 characters (avatars) of all kinds and ran them for more than 2,300 hours, on his own time and his own dime.

However, the majority of experiments conducted in virtual game worlds happen in Second Life. "While we do work with educators and researchers to help them get the most out of their Second Life presence, they don't need our permission to conduct research as long as they do so in a way that is respectful of our community standards," John Lester, Operations Director at Linden Lab (the creators of Second Life) told LinuxInsider. "Second Life provides an open platform for creativity and experimentation. That makes it very popular with academics, who use it to research everything from urban planning to computer science to psychology."

Virtual No-Play, In-Play Zones
However, not all virtual world experiments are contained to a single game environment. A few blend virtual and real worlds across digital borders. For example, GamerCoach offers a virtual service by way of live, in-game, video game player coaching and training across gaming brands. The company has over 100 "coaches" registered from the U.S., Canada, Korea and Great Britain.

"The experiment is to see if inexperienced, 40-year-olds and older, video game players on Playstation, XBox, Wii and PC, will accept live in-game training from younger, tech savvy experienced game players," Jim Bonfield, managing partner of GamerCoach, told LinuxInsider. "We are still in Beta but the technology works very well and our proof of concept is happening. We could never offer this in the 'real' world due to geo restrictions."

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There are still other virtual world experiments that ignore the gaming world entirely.

"I conduct research for treatment of phobias, particularly the fear of flying, in a virtual world," Jayme Renee Albin, Ph.D, assistant director at Behavioral Associates told LinuxInsider. Albin's virtual world research has been published and presented at peer review conferences and journals. "It's an amazing technology that allows people to be exposed to environments that normally would be too overwhelming for them to face. It allows for the ability of control and accessibility for repeated exposures," she says. "As long as the subjects are viscerally aroused in the virtual world the treatment can be effective."

Along those same psychological lines, Wesleyan Professor Matt Kurtz led a National Institute of Mental Health-funded study called "A Virtual Reality Apartment as a Measure of Medication Management Skills in Patients With Schizophrenia: A Pilot Study." It was published in the Schizophrenia Bulletin.

The study simulated a four-room apartment in a virtual reality environment. The virtual reality (VR) tool was created by the researchers to help them learn more about the neurocognitive skills of people with schizophrenia and specifically about their ability to take medications on schedule. Previously, patients were tested using a paper and pencil test, which was limited at best.

The VR tool can be used by clinicians so that they can get an idea of how easy it will be for a client, based on his or her cognitive skills, to remember to take a variety of medications at specific times, Kurtz believes. "It's an interesting melding of technology, research and practical applications," Kurtz told LinuxInsider. Kurtz is also planning a study which will use computer avatars to test emotion recognition in schizophrenia patients.

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Samuel Goldwyn Films' FIREPROOF starring Kirk Cameron far surpassed industry expectations to place #4 at the box office for the weekend. Produced by Sherwood Pictures in Albany, GA, FIREPROOF is the company's third film following FACING THE GIANTS -- also released by Goldwyn that went on to gross buy cheap wow gold north of $10 million.

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