Blizzard has a Web Site up called WoW Armory where you can go look at all the details of any character on any server in the World of Warcraft. It is a pretty interesting site; and in and of itself is quite fun if you are a WoW player.

But what is really interesting about this site to me is that it is all done in XML & XSL. This is the first site that I have seen that has this size, scope and receives heavy traffic that is done all in XML. I find this interesting. XML (with XSL Transformation) has not really caught on as a display methodology for the Web ... And probably rightfully so; as XML seems to be better suited as a lightweight data transportation / communication technology.

But Blizzard, a company that I have a bit of respect for, seems to me to have pulled this off quite nicely. It is a very cool (heavy dork factor there), graphically heavy, dynamic site that pushes and pulls quite a heavy load of data. And, while it is clunky (a little slow) sometimes; it runs no slower than a lot of other high traffic, data centric sites that I have seen.

Hats off to Blizzard for creating a great Web Site by going off the beaten path with XML.

Especially for us World of Warcraft Gamers!

Spore to go on sale in September! In case you don't know, Spore is a "massively single player" PC game that will allow the player to create life from the unicellular level and advance it to a complex society capable of conquering the galaxy! Sounds fascinating doesn't it!

Spore to go on sale in September