And I’m not talking about “LAN parties”, not really at least.

Kotaku writer AJ Glasser wrote a step by step walk through on how to throw a successful gamer party. Honestly, I didn’t think there was much to it but he does make out some good points such as

Do: Serve things that can be eaten quickly with one hand – usually during a loading screen (pizza rolls, hard candies, gamer grub).
Don’t: Serve anything that will leave stains on your controllers or splooge all over the floor (Cheetos, pizza, mochi ice cream balls).

I’ve never thrown one myself but I think for my 20th birthday I will have a “LAN party”.

Tags: aj glasser, gamer, kotaku, LAN, party

Although WoW has become major cause of college dropouts (according to the FCC), I have not become one of those people. Unfortunately, I’ve actually been to busy to play to make any real progress but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been keeping up with my gaming news.

Kotaku is one of my favorite sites for gaming news (if not the only site I read now), and they’ve recently released their take on the new expansion, Wrath of the Lich King. Overall they said they enjoyed the game but that it was not challenging enough and not for newbies (meaning the expansion doesn’t take place till around level 68).

In addition, WoW has also announced the ability to change up your character for $15. For those of you who love to customize and change their mind like crazy, this is definitely something you’ll want to explore. You’ll be able to keep your characters stats as is but change the outward look of your character whether its, face, hair, skin or sex. Fun stuff?

Tags: kotaku, News, world of warcraft, wrath of the lich king