One of the most popular features here on the blog are photo slide shows. And no wonder — not many fans get inside access to the secretive gaming company that we call Blizzard. Here is a collection of photo slide shows taken by staff at The Orange County Register, owners of the Blizzard Blog. If you spot any bad links, let us know!
| The Blizzard Blog’s gallery | |
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 WISH GRANTING, FEB. 2010: WoW players raise $1.11 million for Make-A-Wish Foundation. |
 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NOV. 2009: Blizzard celebrates 5 years of World of Warcraft. |
| BLIZZCON 2009 | |
VIDEO: Greg Canessa, Project Director for Battle.net and others talk to the OCRegister about their projects. See “What Blizzard gets out of BlizzCon“ |
BLIZZCON 2009: The good and bad of being an official Blizzard fan site |
BlizzCon 2009 photos: Custom Noobz from Blizzard artists, see “Photo gallery: Noobz, noobz, noobz!.” |
BLIZZCON 2009: Photos from Aug. 22, Day 2. |
 BLIZZCON 2009: Early photos from Aug. 21, Day 1. |
BLIZZCON 2009: The costume contest |
 BLIZZCON 2009: Photos from Aug. 21, Day 1. |
BLIZZCON 2009: Pre-show photos |
| 2009 Blizzard Blog Features | |
July 2009: Blizzard’s Rob Pardo enlightens us on StarCraft II during a campus visit. |
VIDEO: July 2009 interview with Chris Sigaty and Rob Pardo. See “Interviews with StarCraft II lead developer, producer“ |
JUNE 2009: OCRegister Arts writer delves into World of Warcraft art exhibit. Read: “Arts writer takes on World of Warcraft“ |
JUNE 2009: First photos from WoW art exhibit at Laguna Museum of Art. Read: WoW art exhibit at Laguna museum includes goodies“ |
FEB 2009: Blizzard headquarters gets new statue. Read: “Orc on wolf mount spotted at Blizzard’s headquarters!“ |
NOV. 2008: WoW’s ‘Lich King’ launches at midnight in Orange County. Read: “Scenes from Warcraft’s ‘Lich King’ launch in Anaheim.” |
| 2008 Blizzard Blog Features | |
 VIDEO: Nov. 2008’s launch of “WoW: Wrath of the Lich King” caught on video. |
NOV. 2008: Meet Paul Sams and view his rare collection of Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo treasures. Read: “Man who collects all things Blizzard.“ |
OCT 2008: Art exhibit at the Laguna College of Art & Design offered a rare look at original Blizzard pieces in person. Read: “Photos from Blizzard art show closing, Thavirat’s lecture.” |
OCT. 2008: First look at Laguna College Art + Design exclusive Blizzard art exhibit. Read: “When art school and Blizzard converge“ |
| BLIZZCON 2008 | |
BLIZZCON 2008: Day opens Oct. 10. See lots of photos. |
BLIZZCON 2008: Day before BlizzCon 2008 |
 OCT. 2008: Laguna College Art+Design includes teachers from Blizzard. Read: “Students thisclose to Blizzard share favorite art“ |
MAY 2008: “Get taught by Blizzard — a perk if you attend Laguna art school“ |
MARCH 2008: A tour of Blizzard’s new headquarters in Irvine. Read: “Blizzard Entertainment moves into new campus.” |
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| BLIZZCON 2007 | |
BLIZZCON 2007: Video coverage of the second BlizzCon, August 2007. |
BLIZZCON 2007: First day of photos |
 BLIZZCON 2007: Day before BlizzCon 2007 |
BLIZZCON 2007: More set-up photos |
| Earlier on Blizzard: | |
MAY 2007: Ezra Chatterton’s big wish as a child living with brain cancer is to make a character for World of Warcraft. Blizzard grants that wish. Read: “Blizzard makes WoW wish a virtual reality.” |
NOV. 2005: Dennis Chan plays Warcraft professionally. Read: “Between games and reality.” |
MARCH 2003: Professional gamers from South Korea stop by Blizzard’s headquarters. Read: “More than a game.” |
 OCTOBER 2005: The company’s first BlizzCon takes place. Read PDF of story: Page 1, Page 2. |
