This Virtual World

Every now and then a new guide hits the market that captures a niche or hole in information that no other guide has yet covered. Recently, I had a chance to sit down with just such a guide – the incredibly accurate and overwhelmingly detailed new monthly guide being released byWarcraft Formula.

The idea is simple. You pay a small upfront fee for full access to a past library of Warcraft Formula guides
going back to the release of Wrath of the Lich King and every month, for a small fee you get the newest guide in the series. Each guide comes with PvP strategies, recent news in the game, class strategies, recent gold making options, action plans, and information that is as up to date as it comes, written as often as it is.

You also get a nice bonus in the form of an Action Plan that guides even the noobs among you to build an account from the ground up to be as effective as the pros out there. What Warcraft Formula
does is nothing short of astounding, creating a new product that allows users of all skill levels to start out with nothing and build their way up to pro status every month with sharp, pointed strategy guides.

It’s not a select guide – you don’t get a leveling guide or a gold guide or PvP guide alone. But, unlike the guys offering those guides, you get information that isn’t three months old and mostly nerfed. You get info as it is added to the game and you get strategies that no one else has seen yet. I was astounded at how much information is included each month in these guides.

To top things off, the guide writers – Brad Johnson and T Dub Sanders – are the geniuses behind Warcraft Millionaire and PvP Bible (respectively), making them the best possible sources for all the top new info in the game. You can’t get much better than the best around in PvP and the best around in gold making. If you’re looking for the next big thing in Warcraft guides, this is it folks – don’t miss out on Warcraft Formula.

World of Warcraft is a land of elites. It’s just the way it is. The game has been online for the last four years and some players have been playing the whole time, pretty much destroying anyone in their path to become the best around. So, it’s no surprise that people look for new guides all the time to help them get better and bump up to par with the top pros out there. Luckily, every now and then a guide actually comes along that can help you do that – becoming a top player in a land of elites. This time around, that new guide is Warcraft Formula.

To be a hundred percent accurate, Warcraft Formula isn’t a single guide. It’s a ton of guides, with a new one added to the mix every month. I reviewed the first couple of months for this review and they were top notch content. Each guide was 30 pages long and included three features, top news from the month, questions from readers, an action plan and a preview of the next month. Each feature was full of useful content that was designed to do just about anything you needed it to – from building up a powerful play through strategy for a Death Knight to creating a 10 man raiding group. It’s not hyper specific information, but it’s a heck of a lot more than the general strategies you get from the existing guides on the market.

To top things off, you get a whole bunch of extras with the guide. The first extra was the Fast Track Action Plan that Brad and T Dub provide. It’s a guideline that helps players figure out how to put together a good WoW account. Basically, it includes everything from an outline of how to build a character, choose your UI and the right class and professions to how to get into a guild, start up PvP and go about raiding. Essentially, it’s a route to stop making so many silly mistakes as you play through the game – a great tool for beginners and something even a few veterans could probably benefit from.

In the end, Warcraft Formula is a great new product that provides something I’ve never seen before in a WoW product. It is updated every month with a new ebook and all for a decent monthly fee with information about pretty much every aspect of the game not just a couple of select areas.

World of Warcraft Guide

Hello! Today I would like to share a video I stumbled across. It focuses on Second Life, a virtual adventure where you create your own avatar, world, and socialize with other players. Now that sounds awesome! I personally love virtual games like this. I got hooked on World of Warcraft, and then Warhammer Online. I have my eye out for a new virtual land to explore, and Second Life may be my next choice!





Second Life is a creative, interactive land I would love to visit, and plan to in the near future.

~Dragon Girl~

When a Virtual World brings active learning to the table, added to a great virtual adventure, I am most happy to check them out. Our minds are always seeking new ways to learn, and I have found through my own experiences that active virtual play enhances our ability to learn many times over conventional learning methods. We are virtual beings, living in a virtual world. We simply thrive on exciting virtual activities designed to encourage us to explore, create, and evolve in ways we can only imagine. In this moment I am excited to bring a glimpse into one such world, called Mingoville. Here is a virtual experience which has a lot of potention for learning, while playing!

Let’s take a few moments to visit a cool place to learn English and have fun… Mingoville – A Virtual World

From the People at Mingoville

Like the Mingoville School you are familiar with, the new Mingoville World is also based on the belief that kids learn better when they have fun and when they decide when and where to learn.

In the Mingoville World, all activities and games are in English. We have developed a whole universe based on fun and exciting educational games and exercises that teach children English while they play online.

At Mingoville, we have been working hard to develop a virtual world where learning English is 100% integrated into all games and exercises. A virtual world allows kids to practice and learn English without even thinking about it. We hope you enjoy it and consider using this new teaching tool in your curriculum.

Good News

Mingoville is free. You have free access to the Mingoville School and the Mingoville World. However, it is also possible to buy extended access to the Mingoville World and become a SuperLearner. As a SuperLearner, the student will have access to more fun educational games and the possibility of buying clothes and other things for his flamingo.

We are living in a Virtual World of our own making, if we can just understand how it is done. Until we understand the process, we must learn how to play. Here is a short video to enjoy…

Hi, I would like to introduce myself, I’m Dragon Girl, a new guest poster here on This Virtual World. I am the normal poster’s daughter, and yes, I have my mothers love of techy things and gadgets. It’s amazing what modern technology can do! I am excited to have been invited to join her in this particular exploration of the virtual world…
I look forward to becoming a regular poster here on This Virtual World!

~Dragon Girl~

Now don’t get too excited… still have to wait a bit to own Iron Man 2 (Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy). Yet the good news is that we can pre-order it with a special promotion through Amazon (some restrictions apply), and possibly recieve the lowest price, before the release date of September 28, 2010. Now, I have not seen this movie yet. Although I tried to find the time, before I knew it I couldn’t find it in theatres any more! So I am really excited to watch it when it is released in September.

Editorial Review of Iron Man 2

After the high-flying adventures of the first Iron Man picture, the billionaire arms manufacturer and irrepressible bon vivant Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) finds himself nursing a hangover. But not like any hangover he’s had before: this one is toxic, a potentially deadly condition resulting from heavy metals (or something) bleeding out of the hardware he’s installed in the middle of his chest. This is the problem Stark needs to solve in Iron Man 2, not to mention the threat from resentful Russian science whiz Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke), whose father helped create the Iron Man technology.

There’s an even bigger problem for the film: the need to set up a future Marvel Comics movie universe in which a variety of veteran characters will join forces, a requirement that slows down whatever through-line the movie can generate (although fanboys will have a good time digging the clues laid out here). Actually, the main plot is no great shakes: another Iron Man suit is deployed (Don Cheadle, replacing Terrence Howard from the first film, gets to climb inside), Stark continues to bicker with assistant Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), and a weaselly business rival (Sam Rockwell) tries to out-do the Iron Man suit with an army of Vanko-designed drones.

Mickey Rourke is a letdown, burdened by a wobbly Russian accent and looking skeptical about the genre foolishness around him, and Scarlett Johansson has to wait until the final couple of reels to unleash some butt-kickin’ skills as the future Black Widow. That climax is sufficiently lively, and the initial half-hour, including Stark’s smirky appearance before a Senate committee and a wacky showdown at the Monaco Grand Prix, provides a strong, swift opening. But the lull between these high points is crying for more action and more Downey improv. –Robert Horton

My daughter wants to be a journalist and a nature photographer. She has the knack for catching the most amazing images, and knows how to use the light, composition, and subject to the best of her limited abilities. She does quite well with her little digital camera, yet I feel the need to upgrade really soon to a camera with greater abilities and features in my quest to encourage her to challenge her artistic talents.

In my search for a great camera, within our limited budget, I ran across the Canon EOS Rebel T1i 15.1 MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera with 3-Inch LCD and EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens This sweet digital camera has some great features that will lend excitement to her image portfolio, and adventures into the nature shots just waiting to be discovered. She is also an amazing photographer when it comes to shooting people and animals, and knows how to capture the light as well as the emotion of a great shot. So let’s take a look at the Canon EOS Rebel, and what it has to offer the budding, as well as professional photographer.

Product Features

~ New 15.1-megapixel CMOS sensor with DIGIC 4 Image Processor
~ Includes Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens
~ Full HD video capture at 1920 x 1080 resolution; HDMI output
~ 3.0-inch Clear View LCD; Live View Function for stills (Quick, Live and Face Detection AF modes) and video
~ Capture images and video to SD/SDHC memory cards (not included)

Techincal Details

~ HDMI output for HD viewing of stills and video.
~ 3.0-inch Clear View LCD
~ Auto Lighting Optimizer
~ Wide range ISO setting 100-3200
~ Compatible with over 60 Canon EF/EF-S lenses
~ Self Cleaning Sensor Unit
~ Metering Modes: 35-zone TTL full-aperture metering
~ Self-timer: 10-sec. or 2-sec. delay or 10-sec. delay plus continuous shooting
~ Flash Exposure Compensation: ±2 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments
~ Continuous Shooting Speed: Max. 3.4 shots/sec. (with One-Shot AF or AI Servo AF)

Canon’s new EOS Rebel T1i is packed with features, both refined and new. In addition to its admirable performance with an all-new 15.1 Megapixel Canon CMOS sensor, DIGIC 4 Image Processor, a 3.0-inch Clear View LCD with anti-reflective and scratch resistant coating, and compatibility with the EOS System of lenses and Speedlites, the EOS Rebel T1i adds remarkable Full HD video capture at resolutions up to 1920 x 1080.

An HDMI port allows for quick connections to high definition TVs and monitors for easy viewing of your stills and video. The entire operation is simple and easy even if you are a beginner. You’ll have uncompromised EOS Digital performance with power and flexibility right in the palm of your hand.

Well then, this sweet little baby has me excited, and what a great gift this would make! I would love to hear opinions for anyone familiar with this latest technological gadget. What a great way to view and capture images of This Virtual World we create and live in.

Well then, I finally made it into the 21st Century and purchased my very first cell phone. I know, I am the Wilma Flintstone of the modern day technological world, and for someone who loves tech stuff and gadgets, I am certain this comes as a suprise! But hey, everyone has one, and I don’t like to chat on the phone much. Yet, I am so active, and I love to keep in touch with family and friends. Not to mention my big brother keeps telling me it’s not safe traveling around these days without a cell phone… sheesh!

So I am here to share my leap into the future with my thoughts on my new LG from AT&T. Let me assure folks who are wondering… I simply love it! I am not in need of a lot of the features available, yet I sure love to text! I think texting is a gift from the tech goddess, and a cool way to say hello and keep in touch with my family and friends instantly. Having the qwerty keyboard is a huge plus! Life is too full to mess around, and I like efficiency.

Features

~ 3G-powered smartphone in black with 2.8-inch touchscreen and slide-out QWERTY keyboard; customizable and intuitive user interface
~ Compatible with AT&T Navigator GPS, Video Share, AT&T Mobile Music, and streaming video from Cellular Video service
~ 2-megapixel camera/camcorder; Bluetooth stereo music; MicroSD expansion (to 16 GB); digital audio/video player
~ Up to 4 hours of talk time, up to 264 hours (11 days) of standby time
~ What’s in the Box: handset, battery, travel charger, user manual, quick start guide

So far, so good. I haven’t misplaced my phone, although I have to remind myself to bring it when I travel, hah! I am into simple solutions, so as long as I have text, sweet little alarms to remind me of how time flies, the ability to snap a shot on the run to capture those precious moments, and – oh yeah, speed dial for my favorite people to chat with, well then, I am set!

Yep, Life’s Good!