Project Lore

Look up. See those guys in little boxes? Playing World of Warcraft? I know you miss them. We all do. But when site founder Alex Albrecht and his buddy Jeff Cannata aren't busy filming Project Lore, they spend their time on a little program called the Totally Rad Show (or is it the other way around?). Well, if you've been itching for your fix of these two handsome and very talented men, then you're in luck! The latest episode of Totally Rad features segments filmed live from this past weekend's BlizzCon (on a side note, does anyone ever actually call it Blizzard Convention? That just sounds weird...), which means you get to hear your Project Lore favorites rap about Cataclysm for the very first time, as well as a few of those other games shown at the event. If you don't recognize these guys, then you haven't been on Project Lore enough! They talk about the pre-show leak, several of the new features, and the surprising changes made to Azeroth. Jeff goes so far as to call it World of Warcraft 2, a sentiment I have to admit that I agree with. Well, maybe more like WoW 1.5 now that we know not every zone is going to get such a massive face lift, but the fact remains that Cataclysm represents a major overhaul of the game in more ways than one. Overall, it seems like the guys are really excited for the expansion, going so far as to say it rekindled a somewhat waning desire to play through recent raid content. Alex seems pretty enthralled with the ability to play as Worgen or go back into Deadmines at 85 (in fact, the crew's first time through the dungeon is currently replaying on Project Lore if you haven't caught it yet). Even Totally Rad's third pillar, Dan Trachtenberg, seemed intrigued with the prospect of getting back into the game. If you want to hear their thoughts on WoW, skip ahead to the 29-minute mark, but there're plenty of other cool (dare I say, rad) things in the episode. They include a review of Hayao Miyazaki's animated film Ponyo, the newest entry in the Wolfenstein series, and a segment on Epic Games' wonderful Metroidvania-inspired Shadow Complex (just finished it over the weekend, myself, and I can confirm the awesome). You've already heard so much of what we on the blogging side think of Cataclysm, but share with us your reactions to Alex and Jeff's, err... reactions to BlizzCon in the comments section!

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The First Annual Streamy Awards Ceremony was held Saturday in Los Angeles, and among some very tough competition, Alex Albrecht took home the Streamy for Best Host of a Web Series for his work on Project Lore. He managed to beat out his co-host on Diggnation Kevin Rose, Boing Boing TV's Xeni Jardin, EPIC FU's Zadi Diaz, and Wine Library TV's Gary Vaynerchuck to win the first Streamy for Best Host. Project Lore was also up for Best Hosted Web Series and of course the Audience Choice Award, but those categories were won by EPIC FU and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, respectively. Another MMO-related show that you may have heard of, The Guild, won quite a few Streamys as well. Felicia Day and friends took home Streamys for Best Comedy Web Series, Best Ensemble Cast in a Web Series, and Best Female Actor in a Comedy Web Series. The big winner, though, was Dr Horrible, which won seven Streamys. For all of the awards, check out this list of Streamys winners on Tubefilter. Also, thanks to everybody who nominated and voted for Project Lore on the Streamys!

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Tomorrow, Alex Albrecht (Bowbins, Deadbins, etc) will be a guest on WoWInsider's podcast and you can catch it live at 12:30pm PST! He'll be joining Turpster, Mike Schramm, Patrick Beja, and Michael Sacco to discuss the latest WoW news like why fewer players are participating in arenas, new changes to professions, and Blizzard's new addon policies. Check back here, WoWInsider, or UStream on Saturday for the stream!

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Thanks to you guys, Project Lore has been nominated for the Streamy Awards. We asked for your nominations and you guys responded like champions! The official nominees have been announced, and not only are we in the running for Best Hosted Web Series and Best Host (Alex Albrecht), we're also in the mix for the Audience Choice Award. That means whoever gets the most votes at http://vote.streamys.org/ from now until March 28th wins the Streamy. You can vote once a day so tell everyone you know to vote for Project Lore!

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I'm sure most of you have heard of one of the largest MMO news and information sites out there, Allakhazam. They cover just about every MMO out there, with a great community to boot! They recently asked to do an interview series about Project Lore over the next few weeks, and we couldn't be happier to chat with them. This week, Alex Albrecht, AKA DrDark, sat down and talked with Allakhazam about the origin of Project Lore, his characters, opinions, life, and of course, World of Warcraft. Check out the interview here and let us know what you think!

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Alex Albrecht AKA DrDark was interviewed about MMO's, World of Warcraft, and Project Lore for CNN's weekly video game segment, Get Your Game On. Check out the interview:

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