For 4 months in 2005 World of Warcraft became a hunting ground. At this time, Angwe parked his character at Menethil Harbour and he killed everyone that tried to get on a boat! If you were playing World of Warcraft at this time and headed to Menethil Harbour, then it was very likely that you would have met a gruesome end at hands of Angwe! Killing upwards of 10 people a day, Angwe claims to have killed over 10,000 people in the game and for this episode of Tales From The Hard Drive we tracked him down!
We speak to the people behind The Fuel Rats, a specialist community of Elite Dangerous Commanders who often risk their own safety to rescue those who find themselves stranded in the far corners of the galaxy, running out of fuel. Run out of fuel and you soon run out of Oxygen, and help is rarely nearby. That's when you need to call The Fuel Rats! Exploration is a huge part of the appeal of Elite Dangerous, but for one intrepid explorer, curiosity very nearly got the better of him... until The Fuel Rats embarked on a daring rescue mission that took over 600 hours of flying! CMDR. Deluvian set out from the edge of the Milky way and travelled over 140 light years away before calling for help... Would the Fuel Rats get to him in time? Find out in the latest episode of Tales from the hard drive from PC Gamer
Most players in DayZ survive by forming merciless bandit clans. But Dr Wasteland stood out by doing something entirely different...
In 2005, unlike today, thoughts of Pandemics were far from most people's minds. But at this time World of Warcraft was almost brought to it's knees as the contaminated Blood Plague pandemic swept through server after server. The plague spread with alarming speed across all corners of the World... of Warcraft, eventually infecting over 4 million players. What was most intriguing were the actions of individuals in the game as the plague spread. There were those who turned martyr, risking their own health to save others while there were some who deliberately tried to spread the infection far and wide.
A tale of friendship, betrayal and an extraordinary EVE Online Scam... Have you ever thought someone was a friend, only to find out they've been lying to you the whole time? EVE Online is well known for the scams carried out by players in-game, but one unfortunate EVE Online user 'Tikktokk' fell victim to a much more personal scam. He faced not only the loss of a friendship, but the loss of his prized 120B ISK Chremoas that had over 400 kill marks
The last thing you would expect to be killed for in Dark Souls is your fashion choices, but armed with a pair of binoculars the fashion police would kill you for that exact reason. The fashion police are an urban legend in the Dark Souls community, a group seen so rarely that many believe they are nothing more than a myth. But how do we track down someone who is essentially a Dark Souls fable?
For one couple, it wasn't your typical online dating experience - no Tinder, no Bumble. All they had was the Sims Legacy Challenge. Love works in mysterious ways... even virtually!
Nerds Inc. are an infamous Minecraft group of exploiters and griefiers on the 2B2T anarchy server. Over 3 years they tracked players movements and collected data on all players... and when the time was right, they stole EVERYTHING!
Arma 3 is the most authentic military sim on the planet and Shack Tactical is one of the longest running communities of military role players in the game. Players meet every week to play out military scenarios and have "Serious Fun"... but in 2018, in what became one of their most legendary missions, things didn't quite go to plan...