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This time our wonderful wizards are joined by the Friendly Necromancer himself to chat about all things Wizard 101. We discuss the new Meowmodon mount, school themed housing and the holiday event. Make sure to check out the Winter Wizards Smash and Bash PVP Tournament by Diary of a Wizard, this Sat. Dec. 19th. Friendly answers some questions from his blog about the Balance school and we discuss Balance as a secondary and in PVP. We also answer some listener email and Twitter questions. Make sure to listen all the way through the show to learn how to win your very own FOG Unicorn pet from your friends at Ravenwood Radio. Write us at ravenwoodradio at yahoo dot com or send a message on Twitter to @ravenwoodradio or @spiritcaller.

The wizards are back this time with a special guest, the icy queen herself, Christina Icedreamer. We discuss what we've been up to as well as the upcoming Yuletide festival. We also discuss player housing and the announcement of the new school themed houses. Make sure to sign up at Wizard 101 Central to get your very own danger hound and free gold. Also sign up at Wizard 101 ConnectX and come to the PVP tournament on Dec. 19. Friendly joins us again with a tip about floating furniture. Thanks to all our listeners for questions and discussion topics. If you have any feel free to write us at ravenwoodradio at yahoo dot com or send a message on Twitter to @ravenwoodradio or @spiritcaller.

The Wizard 101 test realm came available tonight so I hopped in to take a look at the new school themed housing. All I can say is... wow... amazing... omg... must have! The houses are so cool and each really captures the feel of it's corresponding school. There are so many great choices, I really can't decide which I want. Player housing is a strong point in Wiz101 and I have to say this is some of the best I've seen in any game. The locations are large and detailed with nooks and crannies to explore for hours.

In case you haven't heard about it yet, here's some of the details on housing from the official source:

Wizard House Fast Facts:
• Houses currently available include: Wizard City small and big island, Krokotopia small and big island, Marleybone small and big island, Moo Shu small and big island and Dragonspyre small and big island.
• Seven additional school houses based on the seven schools of magic: life, death, fire, ice, myth, storm and balance.
• School houses may be purchased for 10,000 Crowns (20 USD) or 100,000 in-game Gold.
• School houses will be available mid-December.

Here are some shots I took on my tour:

Death

The Death school house is like a spooky haunted house, complete with an animation on the outside that makes the house look like a face. Downstairs is a furnace that spits fire out at you and outside is a dirty green pool.

Fire

The Fire house is a spiraling tower with many levels and awesome sounds and fire effects.

Ice

The Ice school house is an elaborate winter wonderland with several levels and a hidden pool with a frozen gobbler underneath.

Life

The Life house is a lush tree-house themed home that is covered with green grass everywhere.

Myth

The Myth school house has a floating level and a cool Greek theme.

Storm

The Storm school house is a maze-like submarine complete with a lighthouse and a private island.

Balance

The Balance house is a really unique archaeological site complete with bridges and a huge angel statue in the middle.