If you've ever wondered about some of the more unusually-named
items in World of Warcraft, they might just be named after one
of Blizzard's many employees -- or even after someone in the
Warcraft community. Wowhead just released an incredibly
comprehensive Blizzard and Community References in WoW guide
that covers what is a far larger group of references than I'd
originally thought. There are even some items on the list that I
didn't even know existed, like Brazie's Black Book of Secrets,
sold only to Alliance raiders in Icecrown Citadel for a heart-
stopping 22,000 gold, and a reference to former Encounter
Designer Alexander Brazie.  It's interesting just how many of
the items and NPCs we interact with on a daily basis are
actually references to real-life people and events. While some
are fairly obvious -- who doesn't know that Ghostcrawler the
spirit beast is named after Greg Street -- others are far more
obscure. I must have picked it up a thousand times, but I never
realized that Robble's Wobbly Staff was