Wrath Of The Lich Ling Wallpaper
The more you battle against the Lich King’s relentless
wrath, and the more you identify with your character and avatar, the more
you’ll want to accessorize your ordinary life with relics from your adventures. Start with wallpaper.
You already know the Blizzard Entertainment guys are no
slouches. They put their trademark
genius on everything they do. Clearly,
somewhere in their mission statement, they have proclaimed, “If it isn’t
perfect, it isn’t finished.” That
standard certainly applies to their more than 120 wallpapers.
Talk about specializing, personalizing, and constantly
evolving! You could change your desktop
every day for over three months and never repeat a graphic. The wallpapers represent just about every
faction, race, and class. You may choose
the shield from your race or calling, or you may choose its icon. They also feature battlegrounds, monsters, and
dramatic battle actions. They also offer
a few specialized holiday wallpapers, because, after all, what Christmas would
be complete without a graphic displaying Santa harassed by elfin aquamarine
ogre?
Like all the Azeroth scenery and all the avatars, the art in
the wallpapers jumps off the screen in dramatic depth and dimension—as close to
real 3-D as any computer-generated image will be until the techies perfect
their holograms. The vivid colors and
intricately ornamented borders capture all the game’s drama and sophistication. The battleground scenes especially look like freeze-frames
from epic contests. In one of my
personal favorites, a high-powered woman mace bravely goes face-to-face and
hand-to-hand with Arthras his very own self.
Spell blazing in her right hand and sword buffed in her left, our
six-pack stomached woman mace’s eyes glower into her enemy’s luminous
neons. She shows no fear; she’s just
furious as the two of them struggle in a raging storm. Nice!
In true World of Warcraft spirit, the wallpapers allow for
even greater differentiation and distinction: Blizzard Entertainment’s website offers
approximately twenty fan-generated wallpapers, all of which live-up to the same
high standards the in-house artists must satisfy. In fact, some of them outperform the pros,
and a few of them elegantly introduce elements of anime and hentai into the
predominantly gothic gallery. Blizzard
also sponsors wallpaper contests which usually develop holiday themes and
showcase not only the talents but also the diverse styles among gifted gamers.
In addition to the spectacular array of wallpapers, a
gallery also displays more than 650 fan-generated images. Adaptable to many uses in the game or on your
computer, these images capture all the drama, action, vividness, depth, and
detail you find in the company’s stuff.
Here, too, many of the fans actually one-up the professionals, showing
exquisite attention to depth, color, and detail.
