The Freezing Trap is excellent for its slowing effect and the Immolation Trap is a simple single target damaging trap. Even though they become increasingly ineffective in the higher levels of World of Warcraft, they can still make a huge difference in various situations.

All of that being said - it could be argued that ravagers have the ability to deal more damage than any other pet in the game. If you can be a little patient and wait for one until outlands, you might consider one if you go Beast Master.

This is because Cats have a high attack speed, as well as the useful Dash ability, which assists in chasing down runaway mobs. Bears, on the other hand, have extremely high armor and health, and make good tanks. As a bonus, Bears can also be fed all kinds of food! Both these two type of pets make good aggro holders when leveling or grinding.

Below are a variety of viable WoW hunter builds, mainly to give WoW hunters who aren't sure what talent build is right for them an idea on where to put their talent points.

It can be very successful and damaging in close confrontations but I have found it to be annoying in other scenarios.

While no World of Warcraft Hunter Pet Guide can tell which pet is best, players can easily find their best pet by simply playing around with the pets and finding what works best for them.

The Forge tackles an interesting question: are fantasy sports MMOs? Some of the more traditional sports fans would probably deny it, but Matt echoes a great case made by Charles Hudson: they feature repetitive gameplay, a combination of luck, skill, and strategy, and there is the obvious social element.

SFGate takes on virtual giving in MMOs, with pretty accurate results-- they cover everything from Facebook (is that an MMO?) to Habbo Hotel, and even though they don't take on any more traditional MMOs (I've heard many stories of gift-giving in World of Warcraft), the fact remains that in any game where players can transfer items among one another, there's a possibility of giving virtual gifts for the holidays.

Destination Games posted another Tabula Rasa Weekend Wrap-up this morning, revealing the results of the latest Friday Night Fight. In the game of Star Wars Galaxies, making Star Wars Galaxies Credits is necessary.

The Insert Credit site has the news that the Korean online fighting game Perfect KO (which enters Beta test this month), will feature the Street Fighter characters Ken and Chun Li as playable avatars.