Cataclysm Archive

  • President Obama’s policies have pushed the Doomsday Clock back by one minute

    President Obama’s policies have pushed the Doomsday Clock back by one minute

    Posted on January 14, 2010 | No Comments
    Way to go, President Obama! Thanks to your bold and forward-thinking policies, the Doomsday Clock has been moved back by one minute! That means Planet Earth is “one minute” further away from utter destruction! Well, destruction brought about by man himself; an asteroid can still smash into the planet and we'd all be doomed. Or, as we've seen in Haiti this week, some other cataclysm can strike and we'd have zero control over it.

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  • An asteroid almost smashed into Earth, and we only knew about it 15 hours before it happened

    An asteroid almost smashed into Earth, and we only knew about it 15 hours before it happened

    Posted on November 12, 2009 | No Comments
    Did you hear the news? An asteroid passed within 8,700 miles of the planet on Friday. The craziest thing is that scientists only knew about it 15 hours before it flew by. So if you have any confidence that this planet is safe from giant space objects smashing into the surface, possibly destroying all life in the process, well, think again.

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  • Beware the fake WoW beta invite emails

    Beware the fake WoW beta invite emails

    Posted on September 7, 2009 | No Comments
    Despite the fact that Blizzard has warned us, there have been some fake beta invite emails starting to go out for the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion, Cataclysm. In fact, they tried to catch the CrunchGear crew this morning with their little fake email and site.

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  • Is it at all possible to hibernate till World of Warcraft: Cataclysm comes out?

    Is it at all possible to hibernate till World of Warcraft: Cataclysm comes out?

    Posted on August 23, 2009 | No Comments
    It was only a few days ago that I gently chided Apple fans, telling them to “hold their horses” with respect to Snow Leopard's release date. One Blizzcon later, not only have I re-rolled another character (a Warlock), I'm now trolling message boards, comment pages, and the like looking for more and more information about Cataclysm, the upcoming expansion pack. The most important bit of information still eludes me: its release date.

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  • Looks like we’ll probably be playing as Worgen and Goblin in next World of Warcraft expansion

    Looks like we’ll probably be playing as Worgen and Goblin in next World of Warcraft expansion

    Posted on August 11, 2009 | No Comments
    While I haven't logged into World of WarCraft since, I don't know, February (for the Valentines Day things), a new expansion should bring me back into the fold. Most fans know that Blizzard trademarked the name “Cataclysm,” and that's what we expect the name of the next expansion to be. But now! Now, friends, wow.com's sources have pretty much confirmed two new races for the expansion. Say hello, probably, to the Worgen (Alliance) and the Goblin (Horde).

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