By Frank on June 30, 2009
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And by “T” I mean “Torrent” of course…see what I did there? That’s the quality of writing you can expect from a reputable, single-digit reader blog like this one.
Anyway, it seems to be the end of a lot of services today, so in addition to the end of Chinese gold-selling, we’ve got Destructoid [...]
Posted in Internet | Tagged Copyright infringement, Digital distribution, Napster, Pirate Bay
By Frank on June 30, 2009
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The Escapist, among other sources yesterday, reported that China has banned the practice of gold-selling or Real Money Transfer services from the country.
For those not in the know, the businesses in question employ workers who play MMOs all day, farming in-game cash, and then turn around and have that cash delivered [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged games, Gold farming, Massively multiplayer online game
By Frank on June 29, 2009
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It’s the start of another week, and for those of you down in the dumps, don’t despair that the weekend is far, far away. For Americans, July 4th makes this week a short week, but aside from that, there’s tons going on in the world to bring a smile to your face:
Preview – [...]
Posted in Case Of The Mondays Cure, Gaming, Internet | Tagged google, Michael Jackson, StarCraft II, transformers
By Frank on June 28, 2009
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Today I had a social outing with co-workers. Now, very rarely will I talk about personal or work details on this blog, if I do at all. This is mostly because I do not want to blend personal and work affairs with the internet. There are, after all, more and [...]
Posted in Social Geekery
By Frank on June 28, 2009
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Moon Over Endor has a little sidepost on Star Wars Galaxies (you know, that OTHER Star Wars MMO) and, via Massively, what one of the developers has in mind for the game in the face of the Bioware hype machine that is Star Wars: The Old Republic. According to this SWG producer, plans [...]
Posted in Gaming, Star Wars: The Old Republic | Tagged BioWare, Gaming, Star Wars Galaxies, Star Wars: The Old Republic
By Frank on June 27, 2009
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Via Destructoid, I’ve found out that some fancy British fashion place has decided to use an interesting marketing campaign to sell its high-priced clothes. Seems that they’ve taken a page out of Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat, mocking up fake 2-D fighting graphics of models looking quite snappy in clothes that [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged games
By Frank on June 27, 2009
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Even before these “tough economic times”, gamers have always been looking for ways to save a buck or two. Whether it’s through a used game, or a deal that happens at a local vendor, or a package that has more to offer than taking away your productivity, gamers are always looking [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged cheap ass gamer, podcast pingback
By Frank on June 26, 2009
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Classes are yet to be revealed in Bioware’s Star Wars: The Old Republic, but one thing that we haven’t seen a lot about, on anywhere official, is stuff about the Jedi and the Sith. Sure, we’ve seen gameplay videos with glimpses of front-flipping Force masters taking down monsters or the [...]
Posted in Gaming, Star Wars: The Old Republic | Tagged BioWare, Jedi, Star Wars: The Old Republic
By Frank on June 25, 2009
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Over at the multiple author gaming blog site Multiplaying, there’s a post by Abberant about Nintendo patenting the “I Win” easy button – a system wherein designer ShigeruMiyamoto is going to have a mode that allows players to skip parts of the games that are too difficult for them to accomplish. Apparently, this [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged Overly Positive Thoughts
By Frank on June 24, 2009
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So if you haven’t heard the buzz around the interwebz about this news, check out this link about the Mythic/Bioware group merge on Warhammer Alliance.
For those not in the know, both Mythic and Bioware exist under the EA umbrella these days, so in a bold move of re-organization and utilization of [...]
Posted in Gaming, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Warhammer Online | Tagged BioWare, EA, Massively multiplayer online game, mythic
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